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Today’s radio
GOOD MORNING SUNDAY
6AM, RADIO 2 HHH
Daniel Levitin has nothing against Sudoku, but says it won’t stop your brain deteriorating. What you need, according to the author and neuroscientist, is a regular work-out in a ‘spiritual gym’. Daniel, who’s written a book called The Changing Mind: A Neuroscientist’s Guide To Ageing Well, joins Kate Bottley and Jason Mohammad to talk about keeping the brain active and in good health.
BOOKCLUB
4PM, RADIO 4 HHH
Marian Keyes, who was on Graham Norton’s show yesterday talking about her new book, Grown Ups, joins James Naughtie and a studio of readers to discuss her bestseller Rachel’s Holiday, which manages –withgreatstyleandwit–tobe
Anne-marie Duff (7.30pm, R3) both funny and moving about depression, addiction and the rocky road to recovery.
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
7.30PM, RADIO 3 HHH Blanche Dubois gets on the New Orleans trolleybus that has the destination Desire on the front, and arrives at her married sister’s home. Blanche is an ageing Southern belle, down on her luck, who imposes herself on her sister and brother-in-law, bringing destruction with her. Anne-marie Duff plays the part of Blanche in this repeated production of Tennessee Williams’s play.
EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT CLASSICAL MUSIC
9PM, CLASSIC FM HHH Catherine Bott marks St David’s Day with music from Wales, plus performances by Welsh singers and musicians. She includes Karl Jenkins’s powerful The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace, and the harpist Catrin Finch playing the 18th-century song of a tragic love affair, Watching The White Wheat. There’ll also be songs from Bryn Terfel and Aled Jones. SJ