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Free Thinking: Frederick Forsyth, Emotion in Art

Frederick Forsyth, Emotion in Art

16/09/2015

BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, Frederick Forsyth, Emotion in Art

Presented by Matthew Sweet. With novelist Frederick Forsyth and a discussion on emotions.

Matthew Sweet presents. With Frederick Forsyth talking about spy fiction and fact, plus a discussion about emotions with Tiffany Watt-Smith, Susie Orbach and Thomas Dixon.

Frederick Forsyth discusses spy fiction and fact as he publishes his memoirs and Matthew Sweet explores our emotions with New Generation Thinker Dr Tiffany Watt-Smith, Thomas Dixon and Susie Orbach. Also a review of portraits chosen at the National Portrait Gallery by Simon Schama.

Frederick Forsyth's Memoir is The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue

Thomas Dixon is the author of Weeping Britannia: Portrait of a Nation In Tears and presented a Radio 3 Sunday Feature on the subject.
Tiffany Watt Smith's book is called The Book of Human Emotion.

Simon Schama's Face of Britain is a curated exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery which runs from 16 September 2015 - 4 January 2016. He is also presenting a series on BBC 2 which begins on September 30th and has written a book called The Face of Britain: A Nation Through Its Portraits.

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