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Front Row: Taylor Swift and Arctic Monkeys

24/10/2022

Taylor Swift and Arctic Monkeys

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Taylor Swift and Arctic Monkeys

New Taylor Swift and Arctic Monkeys albums reviewed and horror in art and film discussed.

Taylor Swift's Midnights and Arctic Monkeys' The Car reviewed, horror in art and film discussed, and May Sumbwanyambe on her new play, Enough of Him.

Taylor Swift and the Arctic Monkeys both released their debut albums in 2006. Their latest studio albums, Swift’s tenth, Midnights, and Arctic Monkeys seventh, The Car, have just been released. Laura Barton reviews them and compares their unexpected similarities.

As new exhibition The Horror Show! opens at Somerset House, horror in art and film is discussed by the exhibition's co-curator Jane Pollard and BFI film programmer Michael Blyth.

May Sumbwanyambe on his new play Enough of Him which explores the 18th century story of Joseph Knight, an African man enslaved by plantation owner Sir John Wedderburn and brought to Scotland to serve in his Perthshire mansion.

Presenter: Shahidha Bari
Producer: Harry Parker

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