Normal People, V铆kingur 脫lafsson, Se谩n Hewitt, Theresa Lola
Sophie Raworth and Naomi Alderman review TV drama Normal People. Plus pianist V铆kingur 脫lafsson plays Bach live from Iceland.
For Front Row鈥檚 Friday Review, 91热爆 journalist Sophie Raworth and the novelist Naomi Alderman discuss the new TV adaptation of Sally Rooney鈥檚 extraordinarily successful novel Normal People. They also review the new collection of short stories by Frances Leviston, The Voice in my Ear.
Pianist V铆kingur 脫lafsson, Front Row's Artist in Residence during the lockdown, continues his weekly live performances from the Harpa Concert Hall in Iceland. This week V铆kingur will play the sublime Andante from Bach's Organ Sonata No.4, transcribed for piano by August Stradal.
The poet Se谩n Hewitt's discusses his first collection, Tongues of Fire, which contains poems about encounters in the natural world, with owls, trees and plants. He signed his book contract the day his father died and the pervading grief makes this a collection for our condition today.
Theresa Lola, the Young People's Laureate for London, has launched an online initiative encouraging young people to write something that describes what is bringing them calm during the lockdown, Say your Peace. For Front Row's Culture Club, Theresa and Se谩n offer tips on how to begin writing a poem - and how to know when it's finished.
Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Timothy Prosser
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