On Air Manx Radio Breakfast Ben Hartley & Sian Cowper | 7:30am - 9:30am

Shiaght Laa 25th February 2021

Shiaght Laa

Thursday, 25 February 2021 - 25 minutes

Fiona McArdle introduces the programme.

David Callin's excellent selection of poems is available by contacting David by email - dcallin2bvc@gmail, or you can contact him through Facebook. We hear again the poem which gives its title to the collection, 'Always'.

Dr Jennifer Kewley Draskau is a brilliant academic and writer who has has used her research as a foundation on which to develop exciting novels. Her latest novel is based on the history of one of a dozen Manx felons held in Castle Rushen and facing the death penalty. In 1698, these twelve instead accepted transportation to Britain's comparatively recently-acquired plantation colonies in Jamaica. Jennifer tells us more.

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