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Front Row: Sir Patrick Stewart on Shakespeare's Sonnets, Shahnaz Ahsan, Devs

15/04/2020

Sir Patrick Stewart on Shakespeare's Sonnets, Shahnaz Ahsan, Devs

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Patrick Stewart on his daily performance of Shakespeare's Sonnets.

Patrick Stewart on his daily performances of Shakespeare's Sonnets during the lockdown. A review of Devs. Plus Shahnaz Ahsan on her new novel.

Sir Patrick Stewart has been releasing daily readings of Shakespeare's Sonnets on Twitter, recorded in different parts of his Californian home. He tells Kirsty why he's doing "A Sonnet a Day" during the lockdown and what he's discovered about Shakespeare in the process.

Mik Scarlet reviews Devs, BBC 2’s new thriller miniseries created by Alex Garland (The Beach, 28 Days Later). Devs is about a computer engineer, played by Sonoya Mizuno, investigating the tech company she blames for the disappearance of her boyfriend.

Shahnaz Ahsan on her debut novel, Hashim and Family: a story inspired by her grandparents' generation - about Bangladeshi migration to Britain, belonging, identity, race and family history.

Image: Sir Patrick Stewart
Image credit: Jemal Countess/Wire Image/Getty Images

Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Timothy Prosser

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