{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6155e18746dfcc0014273af1/645ce10a1a339e0011a487b7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Annie MacManus: Home, Irishness & Changes","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6155e18746dfcc0014273af1/1662478681004-b3de204ec61609fd1ef27b683c955f53.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Our guest this week is DJ, podcaster and author Annie MacManus - more widely known as Annie Mac - who came on to talk about her second book The Mess We’re In. </p><p><br></p><p>The London-based Dubliner’s debut novel Mother, Mother was set in Belfast but her latest is about Orla, a young woman who moves to London at the turn of the millennium and her chaotic adventures as she tries to make it in the music industry and find home in a brand new place. </p><p><br></p><p>MacManus talked to podcast host&nbsp;Roisin&nbsp;Ingle about the concept of home, her life and work in London, leaving BBC Radio 1 after 17 years and “politely” turning down an MBE last summer.&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"The Irish Times"}