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Day 10.6 - BBC interview Dai Smith - The Gallery, Blackwood Miner's Institute

Five people including me. Six chairs, three laptops, two white pillow cases hung on the back of the radiator. One table covered with the remains of many dinners and breakfasts. NATIONAL THEATRE WALES in neon lights behind Dai Smith the chairman of the Arts Council of Wales. The BBC arrive and are beginning to set up lights for an interview with Will Gompertz the new BBC arts editor. The two men are engrossed in a discussion in preparation for the interview. I need a hero can be heard echoing from the auditorium. I have moved myself five times in the last 10 minutes. There is talk of News Night and the Today Programme. So much going on it becomes difficult to track, zebra striped shoes with pink bows, red leather shoes, two pairs of trainers. Dai is now standing on a large metal flight case ready for the interview.