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27/11/2015

Patti Smith, Grayson Perry, Holly Pester, Anthony Horowitz

BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, Patti Smith, Grayson Perry, Holly Pester, Anthony Horowitz

Ian McMillan's guests are Patti Smith, Anthony Horowitz, Holly Pester and Grayson Perry.

Ian McMillan presents the word cabaret, examining the notion of having permission to be creative. Ian is joined by Patti Smith, Grayson Perry, Anthony Horowitz and Holly Pester.

Where do you find the permission to be creative? The Verb aims to find out with Patti Smith, Grayson Perry, Anthony Horowitz and Holly Pester.

Patti Smith has just published her second volume of memoir 'M Train' (Bloomsbury), a book that follows Patti around New York as she writes, reads and drinks coffee.

Grayson Perry's recent exhibition at the Turner Contemporary in Margate 'Provincial Punk' examined his interests in contemporary Britain from class and taste to war.

Anthony Horowitz has just published his second James Bond novel 'Trigger Mortis' (Orion). He explains where he gets the permission to take on another writer's most famous character.

The poet and sound artist Holly Pester examines the phenomenon of 'vocal fry' in a special commission for The Verb.

Producer: Faith Lawrence.

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