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My name's Katie Lecky and I'm an assistant commissioner for on demand music on BBC Sounds.

The BBC has an incredible musical heritage and culture and as a music lover, I love being part of that.

With music on sounds, we offer collections and mixes for everything, from workouts to

helping you nod off, boogie in your kitchen, or even just a moment of calm. And they're all put

together by people who know their stuff. So if you want some expertly curated music in your life,

check out BBC Sounds. Hello, today, two actors, two Irish actors. Fiona Shaw is,

I suppose, most widely known as Mrs Dursley in the Harry Potter films, but her theatre and TV roles

range impressively from Richard II, Electra and Medea on stage to ruthless Carolyn Martins in the BBC drama Killing Eve,

and a brief but unforgettable appearance as Fleabag's therapist.

With Fiona is Nicola Cochland, Claire Devlin in the Channel 4 Netflix comedy Derry Girls,

season two of which is up for a Best Comedy Award at this year's BAFTAs.

Most recently, Nicola's been filming the period drama Bridgeton to be released later this year.

Fiona Shaw, would you start us off? What is your choice of a good read?

Well, I've chosen a book that has been around for a long time, which is slouching towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion.

In this lockdown period, I just thought I would have a real look at America.

I also was a great friend of a woman called Jean Stein, who wrote a book called East of Eden,

a West of Eden, sorry, she wrote West of Eden, which was the history of people who ran Hollywood between the 40s and 60s,

and somehow, slouching towards Bethlehem picks up from that point, really, in the 60s

when, you know, it became something else.

It's a series of pieces of journalism, of essays.

It's a series of essays, but they're both hilarious.

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