Friday, 11 April 2014



Here are a few highlights you can expect on The Weekend Edition on Saturday 12th April. Between 8 and 9 London time I'll be going through the papers and playing some relevant music.

At 12.30 an ABBA special on the 40th anniversary of their Eurovision win. We feature the Swedish Cultural Attache from Paris and the Ambassador to London talking about the Soft Power effect of music and how social democracy in Sweden meant the group were always lauded more abroad. I talk to the author of a new book about ABBA backstage stories, hear from their manager, lighting designer, and the publisher of a photographic tome about the group. I speak to producer Pete Waterman, interview a Swedish Vicar about how he whirled Queen Silvia round the floor at his wedding, to the tune of Dancing Queen, talk to Katrina of Katrina and the Waves about her Eurovision win in '97, and ask Frida herself what ABBA's favourite ABBA tune is.

Then, at 14. 15 I speak to Maureen Freely. She has just been appointed President of English PEN. She's also an author and the translator of Turkish Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk.

Those are just some of the highlights you can expect on Saturday on The Weekend Edition on www.monocle.com/24. Hit listen live....and it would be great if you felt like voting for us in the Webby Awardshttp://pv.webbyawards.com/2014/web/general-website/radio-podcasts

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