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Front Row: Professor Brian Cox, Sarah Dunant on Michelangelo, My Country, The UK charts

Professor Brian Cox, Sarah Dunant on Michelangelo, My Country, The UK charts

13/03/2017

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Professor Brian Cox, Sarah Dunant on Michelangelo, My Country, The UK charts

Turning science into an art form with Brian Cox, and Sarah Dunant responds to Michelangelo

Turning science into an art form with Brian Cox, Sarah Dunant responds to Michelangelo, and critics from both sides of the Brexit debate review My Country; a work in progress.

As Professor Brian Cox adds a number of arena shows to a live tour which has already made the Guinness World Records, he talks about turning science into an art form.

The National Gallery's latest exhibition focuses on the creative partnership between Michelangelo (1475-1564) and Sebastiano del Piombo (1485-1547). Sarah Dunant, who has written novels set in this period of the Borgias, Medicis and Machiavelli, considers the cultural, historical and geographical context of the artists and how they were considered at the time. 

Ed Sheeran has 9 songs from his latest album in the UK top 10 Singles Chart. Music journalist Laura Snapes explains how.

In response to the Brexit referendum, the National Theatre has created a new play, My Country; a work in progress. Critics from both sides of the political fence, Susannah Clapp and Lloyd Evans, review this collaboration between director Rufus Norris and the poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Hannah Robins.

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