GER LEDDIN reports from the 2013 Derry Festival of Light. Derry is the UK City of Culture 2013. He details the purpose of the festival and gives a brief history of the city. The piece contains vox pops with people at the festival. Gene Wilde, the Festival’s public relations officer, speaks to Ger about the…
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