The Weekly Wheatley Derek Wheatley

Derek talks to Juliana about moving to Ireland, her interest in 19th century science, the plot of her debut novel 'The Grateful Water', creating likeable characters, where the idea came from, her love for food, and running for distance!

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Derek talks to Nuala about her interesting upbringing, the positives in her autism diagnosis, how it can benefit her writing, why she wanted to write about Nora Barnacle, her new novel 'Seaborne', the correct representation of characters in her work, and how we can all read 'Ulysses'!

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Derek talks to Shobitha about her upbringing in Malaysia, the beginning of her love for chocolate, how we should embrace new flavours, how to judge chocolate, hosting events, her favourite chocolate, and enjoying her time with her 7 month old!

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Derek talks to Sinead about her earliest musical influences, becoming a vocal coach, the neuroscience behind performing, why everyone can sing, always improving our voices, cursive singing, and Nina Simone!

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Derek talks to Aidan about studying linguistics, the morphology of the Irish language, why people don't take on learning a new language, the history of the Irish language, rap group Kneecap, his identity and the Irish language, and the decline of singing solo in pubs!

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Derek talks about famous artistic achievements, songwriting, the road to writing his first album, his fear of new technology, the insecurities in his voice, writing personal lyrics, and how his driving lessons are going!

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