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Front Row: Maya Angelou remembered; Simon Russell Beale; Maleficent reviewed; the art of MF Husain

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28/05/2014

Maya Angelou remembered; Simon Russell Beale; Maleficent reviewed; the art of MF Husain

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Maya Angelou remembered; Simon Russell Beale; Maleficent reviewed; the art of MF Husain

Maya Angelou remembered; Simon Russell Beale; Maleficent reviewed; the art of MF Husain.

A tribute to Maya Angelou; Simon Russell Beale on Shakespeare's sonnets, Angelina Jolie's new film Maleficent and the art of India's foremost painter, MF Husain. With Kirsty Lang.

With Kirsty Lang. A tribute to the poet and author Maya Angelou, Simon Russell Beale discusses performing all of Shakespeare's sonnets; a review of Angelina Jolie as the evil Queen in Maleficent. Plus, we hear about the work and life of MF Husain, dubbed in the art world as the Picasso of India.

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