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Marley
Bob Marley is Jamaica’s most high profile cultural export , synonymous with reggae and the rasta ideology. Touching the Void director Kevin MacDonald’s new documentary delves beyond the familiar persona to explore the life of one of the twentieth century’s most revered musicians, tracing Marley’s journey from his youth in Jamaica to an untimely death at the age of 36.
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SKAGBOYS
Published almost two decades ago, Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting quickly acquired cult status and commercial success with its harrowing descriptions of drug use and Edinburgh squalor laced with literally filthy humour. There’s already been a sequel – Porno – which picked up where Trainspotting left off and now in Skagboys Welsh brings us the early years of Renton, Sick Boy and co. The book weighs in at well over 500 pages and features much of what made Trainspotting such a huge success biting comedy, eye-watering sex, wild drug taking and even pathos all served up in Welsh's characteristic Leith slang. But can Welsh’s prequel – weighing in at well over 500 pages – match the original for style and impact?
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A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, SCOTTISH BALLET
A Streetcar Named Desire put a brutal and sexually-charged story of jealousy and possession in front of post-war Broadway audiences and won Tennessee Williams the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It has already been made into an Oscar-winning film and an opera and Scottish Ballet’s new dance version premiered in Glasgow this week.
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DAMIEN HIRST at TATE MODERN
Damien Hirst’s mid-career retrospective at Tate Modern encompasses three decades of creativity: from the work which led to his early success at the Freeze exhibition in 1980s London, to the more controversial work of his later career such as For the Love of God, a diamond-encrusted skull which cost £14 million to create. Hirst’s fame and commercial success are undeniable but will his work outlast its notoriety?
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ED SMITH ON LUCK
Former England cricketer and broadcaster Ed Smith’s latest book Luck: What it Means and Why it Matters, muses on luck, fortune, destiny and fate. A freak accident at Lords cricket ground, which resulted in Smith’s early retirement from the game, caused him to look afresh at his own life and whether or not luck is a defining factor in our day to day existence. Fittingly, on Friday 13th, he tells us more.
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DON BROCO
Continuing The Review Show’s partnership with BBC Introducing, tonight Don Broco perform in the studio. Formed at school in Bedford, the foursome have received airplay on Radio 1, appeared on stage at the Sonisphere and Slam Dunk Festivals and are currently on tour with The Used. Their single, Priorities, will be available next month ahead of an album release later in the year
The BBC Introducing Website
Credits
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- Martha Kearney
