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Front Row: Touchstones Rochdale art gallery's radical 80s history, James Shapiro on Shakespeare

Touchstones Rochdale art gallery's radical 80s history, James Shapiro on Shakespeare

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Touchstones Rochdale art gallery's radical 80s history, James Shapiro on Shakespeare

The radical history of Rochdale Art Gallery in the 1980s.

Touchstones Rochdale's radical past; James Shapiro on 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare; and Arts Minister Lord Parkinson.

A Tall Order! Rochdale Art Gallery in the 1980s is the name of the show currently on at Touchstones Rochdale, which reflects on the gallery’s radical history supporting those who were, at the time, overlooked by the mainstream of the art world, some of whom have gone on to prestigious careers. Co-curators Derek Horton and Alice Correia join Front Row to discuss the show. 

We begin our interviews with the writers shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize’s Winner of Winners Award. The award picks an overall favourite from across the prize’s 25 year history. James Shapiro will be discussing 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare, his portrait of the most impactful year of Shakespeare’s life during which he wrote Henry V, Julius Caesar, As You Like It and, most remarkably, Hamlet.  

And we talk to arts minister Lord Parkinson on the new £60 million Cultural Investment Fund.  

Presenter:  Nick Ahad
Producer:  Ekene Akalawu

Main Image: Touchstones Rochdale - Gallery 2

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