Straight Outta Compton, Paula McLain, Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys
Arts news with John Wilson, including a review of hip-hop film Straight Outta Compton, Paula McLain on her new novel Circling the Sun and Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys.
Straight Outta Compton, the story of Los Angeles urban artists Dr Dre and Ice Cube and the group NWA, is Number One at the US box office. Jaqueline Springer reviews the film.
Dan Auerbach, lead singer of US rock duo The Black Keys, discusses his new side project and band the Arcs, formed with his long-time friends and musicians Leon Michels, Richard Swift, 91热爆r Steinweiss, Nick Movshon and Kenny Vaughan.
Paula McLain, author of the bestseller The Paris Wife, talks about her new novel, set in colonial Kenya in the 1920s. Circling the Sun brings to life Beryl Markham, the first woman to fly across the Atlantic from East to West who was caught up in a passionate love triangle with safari hunter Denys Finch Hatton and Karen Blixen, author of the classic memoir Out of Africa.
Presenter John Wilson
Producer Jerome Weatherald.
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Film Review: Straight Outta Compton
Duration: 05:13
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Straight Outta Compton
Duration: 05:58
Paula McLain
Duration: 09:47
Northampton Sekhemka statue
Duration: 03:35
Dan Auerbach
Duration: 08:32
Straight Outta Compton
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is in cinemas from Friday 28 August, certificate 15.
Image above and left: 漏 Universal Pictures
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Paula McLain
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Circling the Sun by available in hardback and ebook from Thursday 27 August.听
Dan Auerbach
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' debut album, Yours, Dreamily is available from 4 September 2015
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Role Contributor Presenter John Wilson Interviewed Guest Jacqueline Springer Interviewed Guest Dan Auerbach Interviewed Guest Paula McLain Producer Jerome Weatherald Broadcast
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