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Tim Burgess

The Charlatans singer Tim Burgess, elite disability gymnast Natasha Coates, boxing champion Lawrence Okolie and award-winning illustrator and reportage artist George Butler.

Tim Burgess joins Richard Coles and Nikki Bedi. The Charlatans frontman talks music, meditation and how his lockdown Twitter listening parties have become more successful than he could have imagined.

Natasha Coates developed severe allergies when she was 18. She threw herself into gymnastics and won 22 British titles and 38 British medals. Natasha talks about living with her condition and what sport means to her.

Lawrence Okolie tells the story of how he went from an unhealthy fast food server to world boxing champion and Olympian , inspired by seeing boxer Anthony Joshua in the 2012 Olympics.

Presenter Liz Kershaw shares her Inheritance Tracks: Bobby Darin - Beyond the Sea and You Could Be Mine by Guns N' Roses.

George Butler talks about his experiences as an award-winning artist and illustrator. His work, specialising in reportage, travel and current affairs, has taken him around the world, drawing and telling the stories of people in war zones, refugee camps and most recently on the Covid frontline.

Tim's Twitter Listening Party is on daily, replays available via the website. Tim Burgess' book The Listening Party is being published in September.
Lawrence Okolie's book Dare to Change Your Life is out now.
George Butler's Drawn Across Borders: True Stories of Migration is out now.

Producer: Claire Bartleet
Editor: Eleanor Garland

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1 hour, 27 minutes

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Sat 24 Apr 2021 09:00

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