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Front Row: Nigel Havers; Malevich at Tate Modern; Michael Rosen; Caine Prize for African Writing

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15/07/2014

Nigel Havers; Malevich at Tate Modern; Michael Rosen; Caine Prize for African Writing

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Nigel Havers; Malevich at Tate Modern; Michael Rosen; Caine Prize for African Writing

Nigel Havers on The Importance of Being Earnest, Caine Prize for African Writing, Malevich

Nigel Havers and director Lucy Bailey discuss their new production of The Importance of Being Earnest; Caine Prize winner Okwiri Oduor; Malevich at Tate Modern; Michael Rosen.

John Wilson talks to Nigel Havers and director Lucy Bailey about their revival of The Importance of Being Earnest, framed within the confines of an amateur dramatics production of the play. Art critic Charlotte Mullins reviews a major retrospective of Russian modernist Kazimir Malevich at Tate Modern. The winner of the Caine Prize for African writing, Okwiri Oduor, talks about her winning short story and the impact she hopes the prize will have on her Writing, and head judge, Jackie Kay, reveals why Okwiri's story was an unanimous winner. And author Michael Rosen on the enduring appeal of We're Going On A Bear Hunt, 25 years on and a record-beating reading.

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