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Front Row: Mud reviewed; Howard Jacobson's Cultural Exchange; MD Villiers

Mud reviewed; Howard Jacobson's Cultural Exchange; MD Villiers

08/05/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Mud reviewed; Howard Jacobson's Cultural Exchange; MD Villiers

Mud reviewed; Howard Jacobson reveals his Cultural Exchange; crime author MD Villiers.

Howard Jacobson reveals his Cultural Exchange, the 1971 film Carnal Knowledge, plus the new Matthew McConaughey film Mud reviewed and author MD Villiers on her novel City of Blood.

With Mark Lawson.

Matthew McConaughey stars as a fugitive befriended by two children in Mud, a new drama from acclaimed director Jeff Nichols. The kids try to help him avoid capture and reunite him with his first love, but not everything goes to plan. Critic Ryan Gilbey delivers his verdict.

M D Villiers was nominated for the Crime Writers Association's Debut Dagger award for her novel City of Blood. The book is set in Johannesburg and was inspired by a real murder which took place on the streets of the city. She explains how she started to write about her home country.

In the latest episode of Cultural Exchange, in which creative minds select a favourite art-work, Booker Prize-winning novelist Howard Jacobson nominates Carnal Knowledge, the 1971 film directed by Mike Nichols and starring Jack Nicholson.

This week further allegations arose about abuse in Britain's specialist music schools. Martin Roscoe is a music teacher who has voiced his concern about how schools are run. Paul Lewis is a world-renowned pianist and former pupil at Chetham's. Both talk to Mark about one-to-one teaching and how the culture of musical education should change.

Producer Ellie Bury.

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