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The Lost Poets at the National Library of Scotland by Scottish Review of Books

Pat chats with Eileen Reid, writer with the Scottish Review. Eileen chats about her family, music, the Communist connection in Clydebank, her father Jimmy Reid and her friend Kenneth Roy who was the journalist and editor of the Scottish Review. Pat and Eileen haven't seen each other for 40 years so they have a bit of catching up to do. Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 62 Links Eileen writing for the Scottish Review Pat's Guide To Glasgow West End Twitter: @glasgowswestend Music by Jim Byrne

This edition includes: UN Humanitarian coordinator for the Palestinian regions, Jamie McGoldrick, describes the humanitarian consequences of recent and prolonged conflict between Palestinian forces in Gaza and the Israeli government; Radio Merseyside’s Spencer Leigh delves into the delights of The Beatle's White Album as it reaches its 50th anniversary; following the death of the Scottish Review editor, Kenneth Roy, we return to the Long Interview he recorded with Isabel Fraser in 2016, and in the Reporter's Notebook, Dave Lee, the BBC’s man in San Francisco, gives his account of the terrible devastation caused by wild fire in Northern California.

The divine Muriel Spark is one of Scotland’s most revered writers, with legions of fans that include such luminaries as Ian Rankin, Alexander McCall Smith and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. On the occasion of the hundred-year anniversary of her death, literary editor and friend Alan Taylor delivers Appointment in Arezzo, an intimate, fond and funny memoir – full of colour and indiscretion – of one of the great novelists of the last century. Taylor, founding editor of the Scottish Review of Books, reveals his Muriel, in conversation with Michael Williams. Supported by Heartland Bank.

This is a recording of the opening seminar for the second season of the Scottish Review of Books Emerging Critics Programme, held at the National Library of Scotland in April 2018. Jan Rutherford chaired the event, which features contributions from Alan Taylor, Rosemary Goring, Alan Bett, and Laura Waddell. The programme is supported by Creative Scotland and the recording was made by the National Library of Scotland with full permission of all involved.

This is a recording of Muriel Spark, the Crème de la Crème, an event presented by the Edinburgh International Book Festival in association with publisher Birlinn Limited and the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh. It was held at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh on 31st January 2018 to celebrate the centenary of Muriel Spark’s birth. The event is introduced by Nick Barley, Director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and is hosted by Alan Taylor, Editor of the Scottish Review of Books and Rosemary Goring, Literary Editor of the Herald. The event was supported by Creative Scotland and recorded with the kind permission of all participants.