The Community Show – repeat

A repeat of last Friday’s show

This week: –

Cath Hanley is a medieval historian and author who writes both fiction and non-fiction and will be the first guest speaker at this year’s Wiveliscombe Literary Festival on 5^th and 6^th September. Cath will also be launching her latest book on the King who never was – but you will need to come to the LitFest to find out more!

“L B Loxley’s Wildlife” This week, Neil Waters from the Thylacine Awareness Group of Australia, talks from his home in Tasmania to LB, about the many recorded sightings of this supposedly extinct species, and the various implications

involved, should the species be proved to exist.

“Somerset People” The Wurzels Somerset’s favourite group have been going since the mid sixties, when Adge Cutler formed the group.  Band members have changed over the years but there’s one man who joined the group with Adge Cutler and he’s still with them today. That’s the jovial accordion player, Tommy Banner. John Burgess enjoyed a breakfast interview with him in 2003.

 Four in 10 adults think kids should avoid a job in the arts because they fear it’s not a ‘viable’ career.   Phil Edgar-Jones, Director of Sky Arts which commissioned the research to launch the new Sky Arts Awards, said: “The opportunities available in the arts world are more considerable than you might think.” Phil talks to Pauline about the huge range of creative possibilities are available to young people and how the Awards could encourage a new generation of skilled creatives.

Repeats Monday 4pm, Tuesday 10am and Wednesday 5am and can be heard via our Listen Again link below at any time before next week’s show.