Jan Carson

This week, gear up to feel like you're floating away, as we hear the sounds of an iceberg in the deep, and spectate on a yearly cricket match from a sandbank - that is, if the tides are right. There’s a snapshot of some of the writers of the future, and comedian Russell Kane waxes lyrical about the novelist Iris Murdoch - and his great granny. Plus, boxing coach Deirdre Gogarty pens a response to a letter she received from an aspiring ten-year old olympian-to-be Katie Taylor, 30 years later.

Presenter: Jan Carson
Producer: Anthony McKee
Assistant Producer: Elizabeth Ann Duffy
Editor: Gillian Wheelan
Production Coordinators: Caoilfhinn McFadden and Sylvie Conway

A BBC Audio Northern Ireland production for BBC Radio 4.

Programmes featured in this episode include:

Woman's Hour, 07/09: Deirdre Gogarty on boxer Katie Taylor
Great Lives: Russel Kane on Iris Murdoch
The Reunion: Casualty 40th Anniversary
Currently: The Return of the Youth Club
Young Writers’ Award ’26
Unspeakable: S4 E1 No Worries if Not
Short Works: Nothing to Report
Artworks: Last Frames - The Story of Bill Biggart
The Documentary: A23a - Biography of an Iceberg
Open Country: Bramble Bank Cricket Match
Saturday Live, 05/09: Eric Ngalle Charles's surprise caller
Soul Music: Landslide by Fleetwood Mac