... Moving child's eye view BY MOIRA PETTY Sometimes the Afternoon Play offers a piece, like Lulu (R4, Thursday, September 7), which is so funny, warm and original that it begs to be heard by audiences who aren't looking for an accompaniment to ironing or motoring at 2.15pm. Perhaps there is a case for a night-time repeat of daytime drama, like that of John Peel's Home Truths. What made Lulu ...

... Trap of deadly dignity BY MOIRA PETTY Commemorating the dead can be a portentous business, as Michael found out in Soft Stones (BBC Manchester for R4, Tuesday, September 12). He wanted some kind of a memorial to mark the life of his boyhood friend, dead at 35, and was planning to write a poem. While he considered this, he joined a guided tour of Leeds and noticed how the solemn dignity of ...