Frank Turner, Mat O'Shanter and Hercules the Bear
Punk-folk singer-songwriter Frank Turner on his upcoming gigs, including his festival, Lost Evenings, which he's curated since 2017 and is coming to Scotland this week.
Punk-folk singer-songwriter Frank Turner on his upcoming gigs, including his festival, Lost Evenings, which he's curated since 2017 and is coming to Scotland this week.
Carnegie medal-nominated poet Simon Lamb has re-worked Robert Burns’s classic poem Tam O’Shanter for young audiences. His version, Mat O’Shanter, will be launched at the Tidelines Book Festival in North Ayrshire on Thursday. He joins Len to give her a preview.
Hercules the Bear is a new play based on the true story of a 50-stone bear that became a much-loved icon of the 1970s and 80s. Maggie Robin, who, together with her husband Andy, raised him from a cub in her Stirlingshire home, speaks to Len about their story as the play begins its tour this weekend.
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