Abi Morgan, Rita Dove, British Art Show 8, Zygmunt Miloszewski
Screenwriter Abi Morgan on new crime drama River, Pulitzer Prize-winner and former US poet laureate Rita Dove, British Art Show 8 reviewed, and Polish author Zygmunt Miloszewski.
Bafta-winning screenwriter Abi Morgan - best known for The Hour, a 2011 cold war espionage drama set in a 1956 television newsroom - discusses her new TV crime drama River, starring Stellan Skarsgård (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) as John River, a brilliant police officer whose genius and fault-line is the fragility of his mind.
Every five years, the British Art Show tours the UK to showcase the work of artists who are making an important contribution to the British art scene. This year, British Art Show 8 opens at Leeds Art Gallery and features the works of forty-two artists. Art critic Richard Cork takes a look at this year's show.
Rita Dove, the first African American Poet Laureate of America, talks to Kirsty ahead of delivering the Annual Poetry Society Lecture, and explains how poetry can bring hidden histories to light, using the case of the mixed race violinist George Bridgetower, to whom Beethoven first dedicated what we now call The Kreutzer Sonata.
Polish author Zygmunt Miloszewski, who regards crime fiction as the best literary form of exploring his society. His thriller 'Entanglement', is now available in English, and has been dramatized for Radio 4's 'Reading Europe' Season.
Presenter Kirsty Lang
Producer Ella-mai Robey.
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Abi Morgan
Duration: 08:45
British Art Show 8
Duration: 05:27
Rita Dove
Duration: 07:53
Zygmunt Miloszewski
Duration: 05:36
River
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River, written and created by Abi Morgan, begins on BBC One on Tuesday 13 October at 9pm
British Art Show 8
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British Art Show 8, organised by Hayward Touring, is at Leeds Art Gallery until 10 January 2016. It then tours the UK more information can be found here.
Installation image: Anthea Hamilton, Ant Farms, 2015. Photo credit: Graham Fotherby
Rita Dove
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Rita Dove is appearing at the Birmingham Literature Festival tonight at the Library of Birmingham.
Dove will be giving The Poetry Society Annual Lecture ‘How does a shadow shine? Poetry, Music & the Underside of History’ at dates around the UK from Tuesday 13 October, more information can be found here.
Photo by Fred Viebahn.
Zygmunt Miloszewski
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Reading Europe - Poland: Entanglement by Zygmunt Miloszewski begins on Sunday 11 October at 3pm on Radio 4.
The book is also available in English now.
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Role Contributor Presenter Kirsty Lang Interviewed Guest Abi Morgan Interviewed Guest Richard Cork Interviewed Guest Rita Dove Interviewed Guest Zygmunt Miloszewski Producer Ella-mai Robey Broadcast
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