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Front Row: Paula Rego Remembered, Cressida Cowell, Elif Shafak, Stones In His Pockets

08/06/2022

Paula Rego Remembered, Cressida Cowell, Elif Shafak, Stones In His Pockets

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Paula Rego Remembered, Cressida Cowell, Elif Shafak, Stones In His Pockets

Paula Rego’s life and work, Cressida Cowell, Elif Shafak's Women's Prize shortlisted book.

Paula Rego’s life and work; outgoing Children’s Laureate Cressida Cowell; Elif Shafak on her Women’s Prize shortlisted book; Stones In His Pockets 25th anniversary production.

Artist Paula Rego remembered. Following the sad news today of the death of one of the most important figurative painters of our times, we look back on her life and work with art critic Louisa Buck.

Outgoing Children’s Laureate Cressida Cowell on why she’s pushing the government to invest £100 million in primary school libraries.

Stones in his Pockets. 25 years on, the celebrated stage play returns to the Lyric Theatre in Belfast, with several Northern Irish stars making cameo appearances, including Liam Neeson and Ciaran Hinds. The play’s author, Marie Jones, and Director, Matthew McElhinny, tell Samira all about it.   

Plus, Elif Shafak. The British-Turkish novelist and most widely read female author in Turkey on her latest book, The Island of Missing Trees, shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Nicki Paxman

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