The Culture Café - 01/06/2010

Clare English talks to sporting hero, John Beattie - on hand to preview a new BBC Scotland Radio drama: the dark and surreal, 'Personal Best' which is set almost entirely inside the mind of a runner during a half-marathon. Personal Best - John Beattie reviews this dark and surreal, upcoming BBC Scotland Radio Drama, set almost entirely inside the mind of a runner during a half-marathon. LIVE 1X1 Arts roundup 2010 Nairn Book & Arts Festival (5-13 June 2010) This year features Britain's first female Poet Laureate. Carol Ann Duffy(tbc) The "Crouching Man" - The new Antony Gormley sculpture which is being fabricated in steel in East Lothian. is now complete and about to be shipped to Holland.We revisit this story. Out of the Blue - A massive renovation project from Edinburgh arts and education trust. Co-ordinator Rob Hoon discusses the project to turn an old military Drill Hall and firing range into a thriving arts centre and sculpture garden.