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Front Row: Kazuo Ishiguro on jazz, March hares and film ratings

Kazuo Ishiguro on jazz, March hares and film ratings

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Kazuo Ishiguro on jazz, March hares and film ratings.

To celebrate the season of the March hare, Shahidha Bari hears about the significance of the emblem of the hare in art, music and mythology.

Writer Kazuo Ishiguro and jazz musician Stacey Kent talk about collaborating on their new book of lyrics, The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain.

What’s the significance of the hare in art and mythology?  To mark the season of the March hare, writer Jane Russ, sculptor Sophie Ryder and musician Fay Hield explain.

And following the British Board of Film Classification’s update to their guidance, film critic Larushka Ivan Zedah and professor of film Ian Christie ask what age ratings mean for audiences and film-makers. 

Presenter: Shahidha Bari
Producer: Julian May

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