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Only Artists brings two artists together to talk about their creative work.

Only Artists from BBC Radio 4 brings two artists together to talk about their creative work. The agenda is theirs, the conversation is free-flowing, and there is no presenter.

Only Artists from BBC Radio 4 brings two artists together to talk about their creative work. The agenda is theirs, the conversation is free-flowing, and there is no presenter.   The title derives from the art historian EH Gombrich, who began his highly influential book The Story of Art with the famous line “There really is no such thing as art. There are only artists”. Here are some of them…

Only Artists Podcast

Only Artists: Series 7: Iqbal Khan meets Benjamin Zephaniah

06/03/2019

Iqbal Khan meets Benjamin Zephaniah

Series 7

BBC Radio 4 - Only Artists, Series 7, Iqbal Khan meets Benjamin Zephaniah

The theatre director Iqbal Khan meets the poet Benjamin Zephaniah.

The theatre director Iqbal Khan meets the poet Benjamin Zephaniah in their home town of Birmingham.

The theatre director Iqbal Khan meets the poet Benjamin Zephaniah. 

Iqbal Khan was born in Birmingham. His productions include innovative stagings of Othello and Much Ado About Nothing for the Royal Shakespeare Company. 

Benjamin Zephaniah is also from Birmingham. He's written more than a dozen books of poems, as well as novels, plays and children's books.

Producer: Clare Walker

Only Artists: Series 7

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Only Artists brings two artists together to talk freely about their creative work.

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