The Read - Series 1
1 - The Lonely Londoners
Air Date: April 10, 2022
A creative performance reading of The Lonely Londoners that juxtaposes modern imagery and fascinating archive footage to reflect on how Sam Selvon's novel shaped the London of today.
2 - On the Black Hill
Air Date: June 5, 2022
A performance reading of the abridged novel On the Black Hill, by Bruce Chatwin. Identical twin brothers grow up on a farm in rural Wales and never leave home.
3 - The Day of the Sardine
Air Date: November 6, 2022
A creative performance reading of a powerful novel of disaffection that charts a young man's uneasy passage into adulthood.
4 - A Vision of Loveliness
Air Date: April 2, 2023
Performance reading of A Vision of Loveliness by Louise Levene. A darkly comic novel that reveals the seedy underbelly of London in the 1960s, rich with period detail.