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with Sally Magnusson

Live from the Spiegeltent in Edinburgh, featuring Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho; crime writer Val McDermid; performance poet Luke Wright

Live from the Spiegeltent in Edinburgh, a special edition of Sunday Morning with Sally Magnusson highlighting the best from the Edinburgh Festival.

Sally is joined by poet, playwright and freshly crowned Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho.

With her debut comedy show garlanding rave reviews, Sikisa explores identity and relationships and how she balances her comedy circuit nightlife with a day job as an immigration lawyer.

The nation’s favourite crime writer Val McDermid has released the second in her connected series of thrillers,”1989”, taking up where journalist Allie Burns left off a decade before. And with her trademark prolific work output also co-edited “Imagine A Country: Ideas for a Better Future’ exploring visions of a future Scotland”.

Booker Prize shortlisted Mohsin Hamid discusses his new novel, “The Last White Man”, a powerful fable about race, identity and our common humanity.

In an age when discussions around sexual consent are still challenging, author Katherine Angel's latest work “Tomorrow, Sex Will Be Good Again”, wants to keep the conversations open and questioning for both men and women.

One of Britain's top performance poets Luke Wright is credited as an architect of the thriving spoken word scene. Back at the Fringe this year with “The Remains of Logan Dankworth”, a show about what happens when we lose trust in one another.

And Canadian singer-songwriter Duane Forrest provides live music from the Spiegeltent.

1 hour, 54 minutes

Last on

Sun 14 Aug 2022 08:00

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  • Sun 14 Aug 2022 08:00