Spotlight on Brittany - August 2026

Hello and welcome to August Spotlight on Brittany In this month’s Book Corner Elaine takes us into the future - to 2119 - with Ian McEwan‘s latest novel “What We Can Know” - a very clever and intriguing read,  Momo takes us on a summer journey to Japan, exploring seasonal traditions from ghost stories to Obon, a festival honouring ancestors, through memories, the changing seasons, and the Japanese idea of furusato—one's home place—she reflects on belonging and invites us to ask: where, and what, is home?

And in the Story of the Song, Simon talks about “Shooting From My Heart”,  that charted in the USA and Canada in 1989, and the making of a very expensive video that was supposed to be perfect for MTV but, well you know what they say about the best laid plans…!