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Free Thinking: Nadifa Mohamed, Gentle/Radical, Dylan Thomas

Nadifa Mohamed, Gentle/Radical, Dylan Thomas

BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, Nadifa Mohamed, Gentle/Radical, Dylan Thomas

The work of Turner prize nominees, a Tiger Bay murder story, Under Milk Wood on stage.

A welsh note in today's programme as Rana Mitter hears about a historic miscarriage of justice uncovered by Nadifa Mohamed, about art and community in Cardiff's Riverside.

A Somali arrested for murder in 1950s Cardiff inspired the latest novel from Nadifa Mohamed.  She talks to Rana Mitter about uncovering this miscarriage of justice in a newspaper cutting with the headline "Woman Weeps as Somali is Hanged".  On stage at the National Theatre, Michael Sheen, Karl Johnson and Siân Phillips lead the cast in a production of Under Milk Wood so we look at the craft of Dylan Thomas's writing and talk to Siân Owen about her framing of the story for the National Theatre stage.  Plus, we hear about the links between art and community demonstrated by the Cardiff collective Gentle/Radical, who've been nominated for this year's Turner Prize, and look at the work on show in Artes Mundi 9 at the National Museum, Cardiff; Chapter, and g39 - with Sarah Pace, contemporary art curator and consultant in Wales.

Nadifa Mohamed's novel out now is called The Fortunate Men.  You can find her discussing the writing life alongside Irenosen Okojie in the Free Thinking playlist called Prose and Poetry  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p047v6vh

Under Milk Wood runs at the National Theatre in London from 16 June–24 July 2021

An exhibition of work by Gentle/Radical will be held at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum in Coventry from 29 September 2021 - 12 January 2022 as part of the UK City of Culture 2021 celebrations. The Turner Prize winners will be announced on 1 December 2021 
The Artes Mundi 9 Prize exhibition is now open at the National Museum Cardiff Chapter and g39 until September 5th. The prize winner is announced on 17 June 2021.

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021 is taking place between 12 and 19 June in Cardiff and you can hear broadcasts on BBC Radio 3

Producer: Emma Wallace

Image: Nadifa Mohamed
Credit: Sean and Seng

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