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Icelandic pianist V铆kingur 脫lafsson continues his weekly live performances from the empty Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik, as Front Row鈥檚 Lockdown Artist in Residence. Tonight V铆kingur plays his own transcription of J.S Bach鈥檚 cantata Widerstehe doch der S眉nde, BWV 54.

David Greig talks about his new play Adventures With The Painted People - a first century romcom between a Pict and a Roman - which was to have opened Pitlochry Festival Theatre鈥檚 summer season, and has now been adapted for Radio 3, as part of the 91热爆's Culture in Quarantine project.

For our Friday review, we watch El Presidente- a new Amazon Prime comedy drama about the FIFA corruption scandal, scripted by Birdman writer Armando B贸. And Lily King鈥檚 novel Writers and Lovers comes with accolades from Elizabeth Strout and Tessa Hadley. What will critics Carl Anka and Alex Clark make of its consideration of grief, love, writing... and waitressing?

Following the death of George Floyd there鈥檚 been a dramatic increase in sales of books which help explain structural racism. Knights Of - a small publisher specialising in titles tackling prejudice - was facing financial crisis due to the Coronavirus, but now a crowdfunding appeal to help publishers like them has smashed its 拢100 000 target. Knights Of鈥檚 co-founder, Aimee Felone, on publishing during the pandemic and the Inclusive Indies fundraising campaign.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Timothy Prosser