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Front Row: Howard Jacobson, Russian Cultural Philanthropy, Women's Fiction Prize, Turning Red

08/03/2022

Howard Jacobson, Russian Cultural Philanthropy, Women's Fiction Prize, Turning Red

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Howard Jacobson, Russian Cultural Philanthropy, Women's Fiction Prize, Turning Red

Howard Jacobson on his memoir Mother's Boy. Plus Pixar's new animation Turning Red.

Howard Jacobson; Russian cultural philanthropy; Women's fiction prize longlist; Pixar's Turning Red

Howard Jacobson, who won the Booker prize for his novel The Finkler Question, discusses his new memoir Mother's Boy, an exploration of how he became a writer, of belonging and not-belonging, of being both English and Jewish. 

Katie Razzall, the BBC's Culture Editor, reports on the influence of Russian money and philanthropy in British cultural institutions. What do sanctions mean for the arts? 

Turning Red is Pixar's first film animation to have an all-female leadership team. Director Domee Shi and producer Lindsey Collins discuss their story of a girl who metamorphoses into a giant red panda. 

Alex Clark analyses the longlist for this year's Women’s Prize for Fiction. 

Presenter:  Nick Ahad
Producer:  Helen Roberts

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