Backchat prog no 2 2023 Syria

Alistair Miles is back with another space talk and this week it’s all about Soyuz  a series of  spacecraftwhich has been in service since the 1960s, having made more than 140 flights. 

From the archives Richard Flenley looks at Cosmic Apples and Space Saplings

Philomens Winn interviews Betty Burgess, B. E. M.on her life in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. This week in part 3 we’ll learn all about the trading opportunities that were set up from the island and we’ll also hear about the British Club and it’s activities..

Interview with Najiba Mracadeh about her first published book in English, No Rush is about Najiba’s journey from her birthplace Damascus in Syria to Galway and finally to England in the 1990’s.

Robin Haward reads an extract from No Rush A Memoir by Najiba Mracadeh.

Robin Haward read an extract from No Rush A Memoir by Najiba Mracadeh.

producer Anthea Page

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