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Front Row: The Booker Prize longlist; Freddie Mercury's costume archive, Scottish theatre

The Booker Prize longlist; Freddie Mercury's costume archive, Scottish theatre

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, The Booker Prize longlist; Freddie Mercury's costume archive, Scottish theatre

The Booker Prize longlist; Freddie Mercury costume archive, Scottish theatre.

Literary critic Alex Clark on the Booker Prize longlist; a visit to the Freddie Mercury costume archive; the future of Scottish theatre.

As the Booker Prize longlist is announced, literary critic Alex Clark takes us through the contenders for the £50,000 literary award for fiction, to be announced on 26th November.

In September, a treasure trove of personal items belonging to Freddie Mercury - from fine art to furniture and fashion - will be sold at auction. In the run up to the sales, the collection will go on display to the public at Sotheby’s New Bond Street Galleries. Ahead of the exhibition, Samira gets an exclusive tour of Freddie’s on and off-stage wardrobe by entertainment memorabilia specialists, Wallace and Hodgson.

A new report into Scottish theatre is calling for a commercially driven theatre company specialising in new work to be established in Scotland. To find out why, we’re joined by David Brownlee, chief executive of the arts data specialists Data Culture Change, theatre critic of the Scotsman Joyce MacMillan, and Patricia Stead who's executive director and Joint CEO of the Tron Theatre company in Glasgow.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Paula McGrath

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