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Tuesday Review, Alan Bissett and Lee Miller's son Anthony Penrose

Janice Forsyth talks to writer Alan Bissett about his new Falkirk anthology, plus Anthony Penrose, son of Lee Miller, talks about his mother's relationship with Picasso.

Janice hears about the new production from Birds of Paradise theatre company: Crazy Jane, the story of Jane Avril, who went from being a patient in Paris' Salp锚tri猫re Asylum to being a star of the Moulin Rouge.

Tom Pow and Ian Andrew talk about their new children's book Six String Jack and the Garden of Adventure, which tells the story of how JM Barrie was inspired to create Neverland.

As new exhibition Lee Miller and Picasso opens at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Lee Miller's son Anthony Penrose tells Janice about her life - as a photojournalist, and a mother.

Ian Hoey visits an exhibition of Bob Dylan's artwork.

Alan Bissett is lead artist on the Falkirk Story project, aiming to foster creativity in his home town. He tells Janice about new anthology Alight Here: A Collection of Falkirk Writing, and his new comedy play What The F**kirk?

Plus this week's Tuesday Review: Alan Bissett, Mark Fisher and Yasmin Sulaiman review Peter Carey's new novel Amnesia, 主播大秀1 comedy Sun Trap, and the Lee Miller and Picasso exhibition in Edinburgh.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Broadcast

  • Tue 26 May 2015 14:00

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