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Front Row: Zadie Smith, William Trevor, Lucy Kirkwood, Allied

Zadie Smith, Lucy Kirkwood, Allied

21/11/2016

Zadie Smith, William Trevor, Lucy Kirkwood, Allied

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Zadie Smith, William Trevor, Lucy Kirkwood, Allied

William Trevor obituary, Zadie Smith on her latest novel and Lucy Kirkwood's new play.

Poet Paul Muldoon on William Trevor, Zadie Smith discusses her latest novel, Swing Time, Tim Robey reviews Allied and Lucy Kirkwood discusses her new play, The Children.

We celebrate the life and work of the award winning writer William Trevor, renowned for his short stories and novels. His editor, Tony Lacey, and poet Paul Muldoon pay tribute.

Novelist and essayist, Zadie Smith (White Teeth, On Beauty, NW) talks to Kirsty about black and white musicals, childhood friendships, and dancing, as she discusses her new novel, Swing Time.

Tim Robey reviews Robert Zemeckis' romantic thriller Allied, which stars Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard as two World War II spies who fall in love while on undercover assignment in Casablanca. 

Lucy Kirkwood, who's 2013 play Chimerica launched her as a playwright to watch, returns to the stage with The Children. It focuses on three retired nuclear physicists living under the shadow of a disaster in their former workplace. Kirsty Lang speaks to Lucy about the play and about our responsibility to the generations to come. 

Presenter: Kirsty Lang 
Producer: Rebecca Armstrong.

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