Main content

Michael Sheen introduces Tom Newlands, a new writer from Scotland, his mentor The Damned United novelist David Peace and the Fairground Attraction singer Eddi Reader.

Margins to Mainstream with Michael Sheen spotlights 11 new writers from under-represented backgrounds on a journey to reveal truths from the margins of society. In episode three, we meet Tom Newlands, a writer from Scotland now based in London. Tom's mentor, The Damned United and Red Riding trilogy author David Peace, tells how a word processor rescued from the Tokyo trash kickstarted a career which has seen him become one of Britain's greatest novelists of the 21st century. Eddi Reader, better known as singer with Fairground Attraction, performs Tom's work in front of a live audience at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

Available now

13 minutes

Podcast