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JoJo Moyes and Denise Lewis

Internationally bestselling author JoJo Moyes joins Jo for Storytime. Plus an archive interview with Nation鈥檚 Favourite Denise Lewis.

Internationally bestselling author JoJo Moyes joins Jo for Storytime, reading an extract of her short story 鈥楲ou in Lockdown鈥�.

鈥楲ou in Lockdown鈥� sees JoJo revisit her much loved character Lou Clark 鈥� star of global best-seller Me Before You 鈥� and reveals how she is coping in Lockdown.

Speaking about writing the piece, Jojo said: 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 have any plans to revisit Lou Clark after the end of the Me Before You trilogy. But I, like many people, have struggled my way through this pandemic, and it gradually occurred to me that writing about how Lou and her family coped with Lockdown would be the perfect way to bring a bit of cheer to those readers who loved her, during a tricky few months for all of us. She made me laugh and smile (and even well up a little) while I worked on this story, and I hope very much that you enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it.鈥�

JoJo鈥檚 novels have been translated into forty-six languages, have hit the number one spot in twelve countries and have sold over thirty-eight million copies worldwide.

Plus Jo digs out an archive interview from her 2018 Nation鈥檚 Favourite series, Denise Lewis.

Jo sits down with Denise to talk through her life as an athlete and a gold medalist. Denise was born in Wolverhampton, after her mother Joan moved from Jamaica to the U.K. in 1966. After watching the Moscow Olympics in 1980 Denise was obsessed with the idea of becoming a professional athlete and in 2000 she took home the gold medal in Sydney having won the heptathlon.

Denise retired from professional athletics in 2005 and has since gone on to be a regular on 麻豆约拍 Sport as well known for diving straight in to tough challenges for charity.

2 hours, 57 minutes

Last on

Wed 3 Jun 2020 20:00
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Beastie Boys

    Intergalactic

    • Grand Royal.

  • Biffy Clyro

    Tiny Indoor Fireworks

    • Tiny Indoor Fireworks.
    • Atlantic Records.
    • 1.

  • Aretha Franklin

    I Say A Little Prayer

    • Aretha Franklin - Queen Of Soul.
    • Atlantic.

  • HAIM

    Hallelujah

    • Polydor Records.

  • We Are Scientists

    I Cut My Own Hair

    • I Cut My Own Hair.
    • 100% Records.
    • 1.

  • Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose

    Too Late To Turn Back Now

    • Soul Hits Of The '70s: Didn't It Blow Your Mind! Volume 8.
    • Rhino Records.
    • 8.

  • The xx

    On Hold

  • Celeste

    I Can See The Change

  • Elvis Presley

    Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Laughing Version)

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • AURORA

    Exist For Love

  • Gizmo Varillas

    Born Again

  • Annie Lennox

    Walking On Broken Glass

    • Now 1992 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 2.

  • Minnie Riperton

    Les Fleur

    • The Minnie Riperton Anthology.
    • Stateside.

  • Fontaines D.C.

    Boys In The Better Land

    • PARTISAN RECORDS.

  • J.S. Ondara

    American Dream

    • Tales Of America.
    • Verve Forecast.
    • 1.

  • Jamie Woon

    Night Air

    • Polydor.

  • George Harrison

    My Sweet Lord

    • All Things Must Pass.
    • EMI.
    • 4.

  • The Verve

    Lucky Man

    • Urban Hymns.
    • Hut.
    • 9.

  • Thundercat

    Funny Thing

    • It Is What It Is.
    • Brainfeeder.
    • 7.

  • James

    Tomorrow

    • Fontana.

  • Lorde

    Liability

  • My Chemical Romance

    Welcome To The Black Parade

  • hard life

    peanut butter

    • see you later maybe never (demos).
    • Island Records.
    • 1.

  • Jorja Smith

    Blue Lights

    • Lost & Found.
    • FAMM.

  • Justin Timberlake

    Mirrors

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 1.

  • Badly Drawn Boy

    I Need Someone To Trust

    • Banana Skin Shoes.
    • One Last Fruit Records.

  • Arlo Parks

    Black Dog

    • Black Dog.
    • 1.

  • Powfu, Sarcastic Sounds & Rxseboy

    i'll come back to you

    • ill come back to you.
    • Columbia Records.
    • 1.

  • Nat King Cole

    Smile

    • The Nat King Cole Story (Disc 2).
    • Capitol.

Broadcast

  • Wed 3 Jun 2020 20:00
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2