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Front Row: Angélique Kidjo, Book Club reviewed, Roseanne controversy, novelist Anuradha Roy

Book Club reviewed, Angelique Kidjo, Roseanne controversy, novelist Anuradha Roy

30/05/2018

Angélique Kidjo, Book Club reviewed, Roseanne controversy, novelist Anuradha Roy

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Angélique Kidjo, Book Club reviewed, Roseanne controversy, novelist Anuradha Roy

Beninese singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo performs live and the film Book Club reviewed.

Arts news, interviews and reviews. Beninese singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo performs live and a review of the film Book Club, starring Jane Fonda and Diane Keaton.

Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen star in the rom-com Book Club which makes its older cast the heart of the story. But does it make good use of such stellar talent? Angie Errigo reviews. 

Singer-song writer Angélique Kidjo performs live from her new album Remain In Light, which re-imagines track-by-track the original post-punk band Talking Heads' landmark album. She talks about making the album and why she wants to take Rock back to Africa.

As Roseanne, the top rated American sitcom, is dramatically axed following offensive tweets sent by it's star Roseanne Barr, John discusses the fallout with Washington Post TV critic Hank Stuever. 

Indian novelist Anuradha Roy discusses her new novel All the Lives We Never Lived, about one woman's escape from a stultifying marriage set against India's fight for independence and a world war. 

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Hannah Robins.

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