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Join Clive Anderson for a party at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.Rosie Jones will be chatting about some of her favourite things (like gravy) and her least favourite things (like internet trolls called Darren) in I Can't Tell What She's Saying.Garry Starr: Classic Pen ... Show More

Kiri Pritchard-McLean presents Loose Ends from the Crossed Wires Festival in Sheffield. She's joined by author and broadcaster Andrew Hunter Murray who tells us how to write novels with the aid of a spreadsheet. Professional organiser Dilly Carter on unboxing a skull, comedian an ... Show More

Stuart Maconie finds himself "i lár an aonaigh" - at the heart of craic, ceol, and much more at the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann (All-Ireland Fleadh), as Belfast hosts the festival celebrating Irish music and culture for the very first time.The Fleadh comes second nature to frontman ... Show More

6 Music presenter Gideon Coe, Legendary DJ Tony Blackburn, Grime artist Nadia Rose and comic Kojo Anim join Colin Murray to pick the track they first heard as a child yet still love to this day, second albums better than the first and best artists from Croydon. Features music fro ... Show More

<p>Today we welcome singer-songwriter, television presenter and sound healing practitioner, Charlotte Church. </p><p>Reverend Eve Pitts, one of the first Black Caribbean Vicars in the Church of England and a campaigner for racial justice.</p><p>Former police officer turned best-s ... Show More

<p>Today we welcome the writer, broadcaster and journalist Jimi Famurewa.</p><p>Martin Roberts, the broadcaster, property expert and host of BBC Television series Homes Under the Hammer.</p><p>And the founder of the Tuneless Choir, Nadine Cooper. </p><p>Plus, we’ll hear the Inher ... Show More

This week, we start with Donna Summer and finish with a Scotch Woodcock, as Milo Nesbitt goes in search of the future of music, and Roger Domeneghetti sings the praises of a little fish with a big flavour.'Futuromania: Electronic dreams, desiring machines and tomorrow's music tod ... Show More

Will Gompertz is joined by comedians Paul Sinha, Sindhu Vee and Athena Kugblenu to discuss all things arty including: what is the greatest British song of all time, are there any bargains at Russell Crowe’s divorce auction, and which works of art need to go on tour. Plus this wee ... Show More

With Antonia Quirke.Director Brian Welsh discusses Beats, his acclaimed drama set in the 90s rave scene in Glasgow. He explains how to film a rave. You just hold a party and invite one thousand extras.Novelist Jonathan Coe enters the fray of Pitch Battle as he pitches an adaptati ... Show More

Colin Murray hosts Blood on the Tracks in front of a live audience in Hammersmith with comedians Russell Kane & Al Murray, musician Chelcee Grimes and journalist Martin Bashir picking some of their favourite tracks. Topics include favourite Christmas song, best lyric and greatest ... Show More