Ian McMillan’s guests include Charles Fernyhough, author of ‘Pieces of Light’ (Profile). Charles is Professor of Psychology at Durham University, where he is leading the ‘Hearing The Voice’, an interdisciplinary research project that aims to better understand the experience of hearing voices.

The poet SJ Fowler celebrates the avant garde in his work and he has written a new piece for us inspired by the work of ‘Hearing of the Voice’. Fowler’s latest collection of poetry is ‘Enthusiasm’ (Test Centre).

Listen live on BBC Radio 3 at 22:00 on Friday, 15th January or on the BBC website afterwards.