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Front Row: Designer Sir Kenneth Grange, Taylor Swift's new album, Venice Art Biennale

Designer Sir Kenneth Grange, Taylor Swift's new album, Venice Art Biennale

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Designer Sir Kenneth Grange, Taylor Swift's new album, Venice Art Biennale

Taylor Swift's new album reviewed, designer Sir Kenneth Grange, the Venice Biennale

Taylor Swift new album The Tortured Poets Department reviewed. Also a review of the huge international art show, the Venice Biennale. Sir Kenneth Grange on his life as a designer.

Taylor Swift returns with The Tortured Poets Department, a surprise double album that features 31 tracks that fans are saying is her most intimate and lyrically revealing yet. Joining Tom Sutcliffe to discuss the work are Times music writer Lisa Vericco and Satu Hameenho-Fox, whose new book Into The Taylor-Verse is out next month.

The Intercity 125 train, the Kenwood mixer, the Morphy Richards iron, the Wilkinson triple razor, bus shelters, the black cab, and the Parker 25 pen all have one thing in common – they were designed by Sir Kenneth Grange.  As a new book about his life and work comes out, we went to his house to meet him. 

Hettie Judah joins us fresh from the famous international cultural exhibition, the Venice Biennale, now in it’s 60th year. She’ll be reviewing the highs and lows.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Julian May

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