This week Libby Purves is joined by Glenn Colquhoun, Andrew Alderson, Michael Noakes and David Kennard.
GLENN COLQUHOUN Glenn Colquhoun is a doctor, poet and children’s writer from New Zealand. His latest collection of poetry Playing God is based on his experiences in medical practice. Playing God: poems about medicine is published by Hammersmith Press.
ANDREW ALDERSON Andrew Alderson is a former merchant banker, and officer in the Territorial Army. He was called up to serve in Iraq and on his first day in Basra he was asked if he 'knew anything about finance'. No sooner had he said yes, he was put in charge of sorting out Basra's Central Bank, in charge of £1.5 billion and running a multi-million pound economy.
His book Bankrolling Basrais published by Constable & Robinson.
MICHAEL NOAKES Michael Noakes is a portrait and landscape painter who has painted everyone from the Queen, Prime Ministers and Presidents to famous thespians. He has just painted Pope Benedict XVI which is being exhibited at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition. The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London from 26th April – 13th May.
DAVID KENNARD David Kennard is a shepherd who farms on the beautiful and rugged coast of North Devon. With the farm income in decline, David looked for other ways to sustain his living, and in 2000 he made a film about his life as a shepherd. The Year of the Working Sheepdog followed twelve months of their working life together. Mist: the tale of a sheepdog puppy is available on DVD.
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