4.2 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2012
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Dreda Say Mitchell presents a special Open Book programme on Tartan Noir, exploring the appeal of the Scottish crime novel. Glasgow based author Denise Mina joins Edinburgh writer and publisher Allan Guthrie to discuss the importance of place in this increasingly popular genre, while Stuart MacBride, writer of the DS Logan McRae books, takes us on a tour of his inspirational Aberdeen setting.
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0:00.0 | Hi, it's Nicola Cochlin. Young people have been making history for years, but we don't often hear about them. My brand new series on BBC Sounds sets out to put this right. In history's youngest heroes, I'll be revealing the fascinating stories of 12 young people who've played a major role in history and who've helped shape our world. Like Audrey Hepburn, Nelson Mandela, Louis Braille and Lady Jane Grey. |
0:24.7 | History's youngest heroes with me, Nicola Cochlin. |
0:27.8 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
0:30.9 | My name is Annie Matmanis. |
0:32.6 | And my name is Nick Grimshaw. |
0:33.9 | How long have we known each other, babe? |
0:35.5 | Probably 20 years now. |
0:37.2 | And in that time, we've always worked in and around music, right? |
0:40.9 | We have. |
0:41.5 | So it kind of makes sense that we do a podcast about it. |
0:43.8 | It sounds like he's been 20 years in the making. |
0:45.9 | It's not Avatar for podcasts, basically. |
0:48.1 | But it is good. |
0:49.0 | So we put the world to rights with regards to music. It's all the stuff that you'd want to chat to your mate about over a pint. |
0:55.2 | Sidetracked with us, Annie, and Nick. |
0:57.7 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
0:59.8 | Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, |
1:02.3 | here's something you may not know. |
1:04.5 | My name's Linda Davies, |
1:05.9 | and I commissioned podcasts for BBC Sounds. |
1:08.3 | As you'd expect, at the BBC, |
1:10.3 | we make podcasts of the very highest quality, |
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