In 1993 Alasdair Gray sent his sister Mora a cassette tape in reply to one of her letters. On it he reads the whole of this bitter-sweet short story T...

In 1993 Alasdair Gray sent his sister Mora a cassette tape in reply to one of her letters. He ends it with this excerpt from Lanark and an explanation...

In 1993 Alasdair Gray sent his sister Mora a cassette tape in reply to one of her letters. On it he reads bits of his work he thinks she'll enjoy - in...

In 1993 Alasdair Gray sent his sister Mora a cassette tape in reply to one of her letters. On it he reads bits of his work he thinks she'll enjoy incl...

Alasdair Gray rereads his own choice of short story, the slyly sinister The Trendelenburg Position. It was originally published in 1993 and although A...

Alasdair Gray continues rereading Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. Sadly there wasn’t time for him to finish the whole book! But I found it s...

Alasdair Gray rereads the opening chapters of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic adventure story, Treasure Island. Alasdair particularly admired the way...

Alasdair Gray and his sister Mora recite and reread Edward Lear’s limericks and nonsense rhymes – which leads them on to childhood quarrels, other fav...

Alasdair Gray rereads the passage from Chapter 22 of Lanark that includes his most quoted excerpt - where Thaw explains to his friend McAlpin why nobo...

Alasdair Gray reads his own favourite excerpt from Lanark – Chapter 44. End. This podcast is in memory of my beloved Uncle who left us on the 29th of ...