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Front Row: Guy Garvey; Sir David Frost's memorial; 300 - Rise of an Empire

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05/03/2014

Guy Garvey; Sir David Frost's memorial; 300 - Rise of an Empire

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Guy Garvey; Sir David Frost's memorial; 300 - Rise of an Empire

Arts news. John Wilson talks to Elbow lead singer Guy Garvey about the band's latest album

Arts news. John Wilson talks to Elbow lead singer Guy Garvey about the band's new album; Sir David Frost's memorial in Westminster Abbey; war epic 300: Rise of an Empire reviewed.

With John Wilson.

Guy Garvey, Elbow's lead singer and guitarist, talks about the band's sixth studio album, The Take Off and Landing of Everything. Written during a period of change for the band, the lyrics cover the break-up of a long term relationship. Guy Garvey discusses how recent events inspired the band's song writing.

300: Rise Of An Empire is the sequel to 2007's 300, and - like the original - inspired by the work of graphic novelist Frank Miller, and with the same stylised, blood-spattered storyline. The sequel focusses on Themistokles, the Athenian general who - during the same three days as Thermopylae - led the Greek navy against the Persian navy, commanded by a brutal woman named Artemisia. Natalie Haynes reviews.

The broadcaster Sir David Frost is to have a memorial stone in Westminster Abbey. The Dean of the Abbey gives John a tour of the site and David Frost's new neighbours, and explains how decisions about these memorials are reached.

Producer: Olivia Skinner.

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