Nostalgia Interviews With Chris Deacy

My guest this week is Juliette Jones, a freelance writer/journalist, currently based in Glasgow, who studied Religious Studies in the University of Wales in the late 1990s. Juliette was born in Inverness and she talks about the route that took her to Lampeter and the appeal of living and studying in a smaller place. Her earliest memory is from her time in playgroup and she talks about the relatively uncomplicated world of her childhood where the radio played a foundational role. In the context of learning to play the piano we also discuss the difference between wanting to do something and having it imposed. The conversation then turns to the role and importance of music and Juliette talks about how she had a different taste in music to other school friends, and we learn whether she is a New Kids on the Block or a Pet Shop Boys fan and which of the two gave her a taste of the adult world. We then move on to discuss the work she has done presenting a request show on hospital radio in Edinburgh and the ‘pure