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Front Row: Huw Stephens on The Story of Welsh Art, Prequels, reaction to the covid roadmap

22/02/2021

Huw Stephens on The Story of Welsh Art, Prequels, reaction to the covid roadmap

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Huw Stephens on The Story of Welsh Art, Prequels, reaction to the covid roadmap

As a prequel to The Great Gatsby is published, we discuss the appeal of the form.

As Nick, a prequel to The Great Gatsby, is published, we discuss the appeal of the form. With reaction to the prime minister's roadmap announced today.

As the Prime Minister sets out his roadmap to ending the Covid lockdown we get reaction from Dominique Frazer, Founder of the Boileroom, a music venue in Guildford, and Hamish Moseley, Managing Director of an independent film distribution company Altitude Film Entertainment, and ask if this offers them enough information to start to plan for the year ahead.

Radio Wales DJ Huw Stephens discusses is three part documentary, The Story of Welsh Art, which looks as visual art in the country more associated with poets and singers. 

As Nick, a prequel to The Great Gatsby is published, we speak to it's author Michael Farris Smith on why the rather retiring character Nick Carraway deserved a backstory and Professor of Literature Diane Roberts joins to discuss the appeal of the genre. 

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Simon Richardson

Main Image: Huw Stephens holding a painting by Richard Wilson called Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle.
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