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The Arts Hour: David Hockney, Gwyneth Paltrow, Michael Kiwanuka

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David Hockney, Gwyneth Paltrow, Michael Kiwanuka

09/07/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - The Arts Hour, David Hockney, Gwyneth Paltrow, Michael Kiwanuka

David Hockney talks about his new chair portraits.  We hear how digital technology is affecting African writing.  The Absolutely Fabulous duo, Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley,  tell us why they liked working with Kate Moss and British soul singer Michael Kiwanuka finds inspiration in isolation.

Gwyneth Paltrow wonders why she unwittingly inspires such levels of love and hate.  Frank Zappa’s daughter reveals an unexpected side of her father.  Children’s author Michael Morpurgo describes how he gets his story ideas.  We hear from the eleven year old  Alma Deutscher who started composing at the age of four and Matthew Sweet pays tribute to the Hollywood star Olivia de Havilland who has just celebrated her one hundredth birthday. 

(Photo shows: David Hockney (c) Leon Neal/Getty, Gwyneth Paltrow (c) Pascal Le Segretain/Getty, Michael Kiwanuka (c) Ben Pruchie/Getty)

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