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John Boyne, Mrs Gaskell revisited, Mutism in fiction

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

John Boyne talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel A Ladder to the Sky, a satirical look at the literary world. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
John Boyne
Interviewed Guest:
Nell Stevens
Interviewed Guest:
Catherine Chanter
Interviewed Guest:
Peter F Hamilton

Front Row

Artist Keith Tyson, dark comedy Prevenge, novelist John Boyne, Shostakovich Symphony No 12

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Alice Lowe in Prevenge; John Boyne's novel The Heart's Invisible Furies; Turner prize-winner Keith Tyson on his new exhibition; Vasily Petrenko on the Russian Revolution at 100. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Meryl O'Rourke
Interviewed Guest:
John Boyne
Interviewed Guest:
Keith Tyson
Interviewed Guest:
Vasily Petrenko
Interviewed Guest:
Raymond Briggs
Producer:
Jack Soper

Front Row

Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz, Irish Women Writers, Vaseem Khan

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts news, interviews and reviews. Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz on their new film The Mercy, the true story of an amateur sailor's attempt to sail around the world. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Colin Firth
Interviewed Guest:
Rachel Weisz
Interviewed Guest:
Vaseem Khan
Interviewed Guest:
Mary O'Donnell
Interviewed Guest:
Rosemary Jenkinson
Interviewed Guest:
John Boyne