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Front Row: Paul McCartney, The Merchant of Venice, Frames at the National Gallery

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12/12/2014

Paul McCartney, The Merchant of Venice, Frames at the National Gallery

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Paul McCartney, The Merchant of Venice, Frames at the National Gallery

Paul McCartney, framing An Allegory of Prudence, Ian McDiarmid on The Merchant of Venice.

Paul McCartney on creating a song for the video game Destiny, the National Gallery finds a suitable frame for Titian's An Allegory of Prudence, and Ian McDiarmid takes on Shylock.

Sir Paul McCartney tells John Wilson about creating a song for the video game Destiny and missing the days of vinyl.

Peter Schade, Head of Framing at the National Gallery, talks about the gallery's first ever campaign to raise money to buy a frame. It's one he's found for Titian's An Allegory of Prudence.

Ian McDiarmid stars as Shylock in the Almeida Theatre's new production of The Merchant of Venice. He and director Rupert Goold talk about setting the play in the bright lights of Las Vegas.

And amid the controversy over the singing of Delilah as a rugby anthem John talks to Barry Mason, the man who wrote the song.

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