RADIO CHOICE

SANDY DENNY (pictured) wrote and recorded the song Who Knows Where The Time Goes? in 1967, as a demo disc. Judy Collins covered the song, making it an international hit and a classic that has been recorded by a number of artistes, including Lonnie Donegan and Nina Simone. It’s a beautiful and wistful song and — as we hear in this week’s

SOUL MUSIC (RADIO 4, 9AM, 9.30PM) — one that stirs up memories and emotions.

THE victory at Messines on the Western Front inflicted serious damage on German troops, giving the Allies a false sense of confidence as they prepared for the challenge of Ypres.

TOMMIES (RADIO 4, 2.15PM), set exactly 100 years ago and based on war diaries and eyewitness accounts, shows how the logistics of keeping

the war effort going and internal rivalries would play a part in the carnage that is to come. Indira Varma is the narrator for this well-researched, convincingly acted World War I radio play.

THE Irish supergroup Usher’s Island will play live tonight on THE FOLK SHOW WITH MARK RADCLIFFE (RADIO 2, 7PM). The band are masters of a variety of instruments, including the tenor banjo, uilleann pipes and the Irish bouzouki. They play new songs and traditional music and are an entertaining bunch of lads.