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The train in the night: a story of music and loss

Nick Coleman

BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week / from Monday, January 30

The Train in the Night is music writer Nick Coleman's memoir and tells of how he struggled to overcome losing his hearing in one ear, and how he reinvented his relationship to music, his great passion in life. Today, his ability to hear is music is altered irrevocably, and the process of readjustment begins.Nick Coleman has written about music throughout his career as a journalist for titles including NME, Time Out, The Independent and Independent on Sunday, The Times and The Wire.

This week's radio tie-in choice

  • Image for The secret river

    The secret river

    Kate Grenville

    Mark Lawson meets award-winning Australian novelist Kate Grenville whose books include... [read more]

    Front Row / BBC Radio 4 / 19:15 / 31 Jan 2012
  • Image for The necessary aptitude: a memoir

    The necessary aptitude: a memoir

    Pam Ayres

    With Pam Ayres

    Ayres on the Air / BBC Radio 4 extra / 17:30 / 01 Feb 2012
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    The woman in black

    Susan Hill

    With author Susan Hill, whose signature novel The Woman in Black... [read more]

    The Radio 2 Arts Show / BBC Radio 2 / 23:00 / 03 Feb 2012