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The Arts Hour: The Best of Arts on the BBC of 2014

Steve McQueen, Kate Tempest, Jessye Norman

03/01/2015

The Best of Arts on the BBC of 2014

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Film-maker Steve McQueen, Coldplay singer Chris Martin, spoken word artist Kate Tempest

Film-maker Steve McQueen, Coldplay singer Chris Martin, spoken word artist Kate Tempest, opera legend Jessye Norman, violinist Tamsin Little and poet Benjamin Zephaniah on Turner.

Oscar-winning film-maker Steve McQueen explains why he will never be trapped by the Hollywood system. Gemma Cairney travels to Bamako in Mali to get a sense of the music scene two years after secular music was banned there. 

The Indian-British poet Imtiaz Dharker reads from her new collection of touching and delicate lines on love. The band Coldplay released their sixth studio album Ghost Stories and their lead singer Chris Martin talks about getting the balance right between public and private life. 

Upcoming British spoken-word and musician Kate Tempest releases her manifesto for artistic brilliance and performes live. Gallery owner Pearl Lam talks about her struggle to become a Chinese art entrepreneur. 

Also, opera legend Jessye Norman on what makes a diva. Violinist Tasmin Little confesses to two-timing her violin. And, the poet and Rastafarian Benjamin Zephaniah takes us on a tour of Turner's paintings.   

(Photo: Steve McQueen (c) Frazer Harrison/Getty, Kate Tempest (c) John Phillips/Getty, Jessye Norman (c) Kris Connor/Getty)

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