We talk to poet, novelist, sailor and storyteller Ian Stephen about one of his unfinished projects on today's episode as well as revisit a vintage interview with the poet and activist Mandy Haggith about her book on the paper industry, Paper Tr

[CL2] Jo Clifford / The critical filter

Mar 20th, 2015 43m 24s

To mark the retirement of one Scotland's last full time literary critics, we're featuring short interviews with Lesley Glaister, Francis Bickmore, Jenny Brown and Claire Stewart on the future of criticism. And we're also including one of our fa

[CL2] Turning it upside down

Mar 6th, 2015 32m 55s

We're at StAnza this weekend and caught up with two Poet Laureates about some of the projects they have abandoned - Glasgow Makar Jim Carruth and Edinburgh Makar Christine De Luca. We also feature our interview with writer & theatre maker Hann

[CL2] Unfinished projects

Feb 28th, 2015 23m 2s

We decided to try something new on the Laser this week and so invited two artists - musician Billy Liar www.billyliarmusic.com/ and designer Emily Millichip http://www.emilymillichip.com - to discuss their unfinished projects with us. Also we'r

[CL2] Helen Feng of Nova Heart

Feb 20th, 2015 32m 5s

We revisit our chat with Helen Feng of Nova Heart on CL2. Helen talks music, politics, disco and happiness. Featuring tracks from their EP Beautiful Boys. Check out their new album on their website: http://www.nova-heart.com Culture Laser ackno

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