Andrew Edwards hears top tips to help you if you like him are afraid of flying. He tells psychologist Gill Harvey Bush what it’s like for him when he’s on a plane. Plus Andrew finds out the latest on the 2nd Asia Triennial which is currently in museums and galleries across Manchester and discovers from acclaimed crime novelist Val McDermid how her views of private investigators have changed in the light of the phone hacking scandal.

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This is the omnibus edition of our Poems On The Road project that was in partnership with the Manchester Literature Festival.

The MLF commisioned 5 local poets – Shamshad Khan, Helen Clare, Suzanne Batty, Peter Kalu and Martin De Mello – to write poems based along the A6 corridor.

We took 5 new radio producers – Polly Atkinson, Garteh Davies, Jystyna Madeska, Johnny Duncan and Cathy Bolton – and trained them in radio production to record the poems in situ and interview the poets to find out more about the poems and the inspiration behind them.

These pieces were then brodcast on our weekday breakfast and drivetime shows at 8:30am and 5:30pm in the week between 9th and 13th May 2011. This omnibus edition brings all 5 pieces together.

This project was financed by the Community Media Association and Arts Council England.

For more information on the MLF please visit their website www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk

ANDREW EDWARDS meets the Artist QASIM RIZA SHAHEEN as he begins his exciting year long residency at the CONTACT THEATRE in MANCHESTER.

PLUS ANDREW hears all about DOMESTIC BLISS a sparkling new comedy by ROY KNOWLES from two members of the cast.
ZOE IQBAL plays Holly and MATTHEW MELBOURNE plays Mark.

And that is putting the art into the heart of your week on Artbeat on ALLFM. Next Live show SUNDAY 20th FEB.

This podcast is the edited version of the show without any musical content which is removed for copyright reasons.

Caroline catches up with LA rockers The Disparrows

In an ARTBEAT Special ANDREW EDWARDS talks to some of those involved in the REPLAY THEATRE FESTIVAL at the CONTACT THEATRE this week. Shows covered include
BE RAIN FOR ME and ISLANDERS. PLUS ANDREW meets MATTHEW BUGG who wrote and directed a new musical at the LOWRY this week. MISS NIGHTINGALE is set in the Second World War and stars AMBER TOPAZ who tells ANDREW what attracted her to the production.

NEXT LIVE EDITION SUNDAY 23rd JANUARY at Noon.

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