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Guests
Simon Woods
James Purnell
Kate Spicer
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Craig Raine
This week saw the release of Oxford based poet Craig Raine's first collection of new work for a decade. 'How Snow Falls' sees the 65 year old contemplate life's great themes; loss and longing, sex and death as well as some more esoteric subjects. Our panel discuss whether Raine has recaptured the poetic form which propelled him to prominence in the late 1970s with influential works such as 'A Martian Sends a Postcard Home' and 'The Onion, Memory'.
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Monsters
Monsters is the work of first time Director Gareth Edwards. A low fi, sci-fi road movie set in the alien infested US-Mexican border region, the film follows American photojournalist Andrew Kaulder and his female companion Sam as they struggle to escape back across into Texas. A skilled multi-tasker, Edwards not only scripted and directed, he also created the film's numerous CGI sequences. We discuss whether this British indie with a budget of just £500,000 poses a challenge to the multi million dollar sci-fi industry in Hollywood
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2010 Turner Prize
The 2010 Turner Prize for contemporary art will be announced on Monday 6th December. The shortlisted artists include Bristol born painter Dexter Dalwood, Spanish artist Angela de la Cruz, multi-media collective The Otolith Group and audio artist Susan Philipsz. We spoke to the curator of Tate Britain's Turner Prize exhibition, Katherine Stout, about the significance of each artist's work.
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Cart Macabre
Cart Macabre is a multi-sensory theatrical co-production between performance collective Living Structures and the Old Vic Theatre. Set in the disused tunnels underneath Waterloo Station, the piece takes its audience on a mysterious journey through notions of death and the afterlife. Living Structures Artistic Director Klaus Kruse gave us an insight into the concept behind this unusual site-specific work.
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Cultural Roundup, Armistead Maupin
Author Armistead Maupin found fame with the series Tales of the City. Now on tour with his latest book Mary Ann in Autumn he popped into our Glasgow office to chat with us about his cultural influences.
Credits
- Presenter
- Kirsty Wark
- Participant
- Dan Stevens
- Director
- Derek Livesey
