1741 Costa Book Awards shortlist announced; Meera Syal; The Hunger Games review; Peter Bazalgette2007-09-12 12:00:00
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1742 Ben Elton, Queen Coal, Transmitting Andy Warhol, Leviathan, Birds in Literature2007-09-12 12:00:00
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1743 Everyman, Paul Abbott, Idris Khan, Beyond the Marches2007-09-12 12:00:00
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1744 Christoph Waltz, Treasure Island, Mozart in the Jungle, Unread e-Books2007-09-12 12:00:00
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1745 Richard Linklater on Boyhood, Garrick Ohlsson on Scriabin2007-09-12 12:00:00
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1746 Idris Elba; Howard Hodgkin; V&A's Italian Courts2007-09-12 12:00:00
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1747 Timberlake Wertenbaker, Jupiter Ascending Reviewed, Reading Europe: France2007-09-12 12:00:00
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1748 The Dark Horse, Sara Taylor, 70 Years of The Glass Menagerie2007-09-12 12:00:00
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The Dark Horse, Sara Taylor, 70 Years of The Glass Menagerie

New Zealand film The Dark Horse is based on the life of Genesis Potini, a bipolar chess champion who inspired young people to avoid gangs and crime by getting involved with chess. Larushka Ivan-Zedah reviews. Author Sara Taylor has been nominated for the Bailey's Prize for her debut novel The Shore. She discusses the interlinked series of stories set in the isolated community she grew up in on the eastern shore of Virginia. It's 150 years since the death of Abraham Lincoln, who was famously assassinated in a theatre. Lincoln was watching the play Our American Cousin by British playwright Tom Taylor, a rarely-performed play which is currently on at the Finborough Theatre in London. The director Lydia Parker and the historian Dr Adam Smith talk about the English country house farce. The Glass Menagerie was the play that launched the career of Tennessee Williams, which premiered on Broadway 70 years ago today. John Lahr, the author of a biography of Williams, reflects on that momentous night. Presenter: Kirsty Lang Producer: Olivia Skinner.…read more

1749 Boris on Churchill; Serena reviewed2007-09-12 12:00:00
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1750 Richard Ford; William Orbit; Kate Hewitt; Dylan Thomas's notebook2007-09-12 12:00:00
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1751 Sweeney Todd, Nick Cave, Peter Ackroyd, Eric Ravilious2007-09-12 12:00:00
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1752 Willy Russell switches on the Front Row neon artwork, Kon-Tiki review, Dementia-friendly theatre2007-09-12 12:00:00
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1753 Timothy Spall, Picasso Museum, Maria João Pires, Memphis2007-09-12 12:00:00
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1754 Simon Pegg in Man Up, Dennis Lehane, Occupy drama Temple2007-09-12 12:00:00
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1755 Michael Sheen, Egon Schiele, Daniel Kehlmann, classic hip-hop album Illmatic explored2007-09-12 12:00:00
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1756 Seth Rogen's The Interview, Blake Morrison, Marie NDiaye2007-09-12 12:00:00
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1757 Kazuo Ishiguro in conversation with John Wilson2007-09-12 12:00:00
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1758 Michael Flatley, Suite Francaise, Terry Pratchett Remembered, Wellington at the National Portrait Gallery2007-09-12 12:00:00
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1759 Wolf Hall on TV, Whiplash, Michael Boyd, Belle and Sebastian2007-09-12 12:00:00
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1760 David Tennant, Costa Prize category winners, Alicia Vikander, January music2007-09-12 12:00:00
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