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Front Row: Keir Starmer, Monster and Reading Genesis reviewed

Keir Starmer, Monster and Reading Genesis reviewed

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Keir Starmer, Monster and Reading Genesis reviewed

The Labour leader's new arts strategy, plus the Japanese film and Biblical book reviewed

Keir Starmer joins to discuss Labour's new arts strategy, plus director Kore-eda Hirokazu's thriller and author Marilynne Robinson's new look at the Book of Genesis reviewed

Labour leader Keir Starmer joins to discuss his party's new arts strategy, which he unveiled this morning, aiming to boost access to the arts and grow the creative industries.

Writer and theologian Professor Tina Beattie and critic and broadcaster Matthew Sweet review Marilynne Robsinson’s new book Reading Genesis which offers a fresh look at the story of creation as told in the first book of the Bible. 

They also give their verdict on the Japanese filmmaker Kore-eda Hirokazu's new film Monster.  The mystery thriller won Best Screenplay at Cannes last May and is dedicated to Ryuichi Sakamoto as this was his final film score before his death last year.

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