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Suzan-Lori Parks, Owen Sheers, stolen artefacts and the portrayal of scientists

Suzan-Lori Parks, Owen Sheers, stolen artefacts in museums and how scientists are portrayed in culture.

Suzan-Lori Parks, the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama on her play White Noise, which has its the UK premier tonight. Life is not so bad for four liberal friends, two couples, black with a white partner, until Leo has a run in with the cops and it all begins to unravel.

The poet, playwright, and novelist, Owen Sheers, has written a new 91热爆 One drama, The Trick. He talks to Samira about exploring what became known in 2009 as Climategate, when the emails of Professor Philip Jones, Director of the Climate Research Unit at East Anglia University, were hacked and doubt cast on the research into climate change.

For Front Row鈥檚 regular Tuesday Arts Audit today we鈥檙e exploring ongoing debates around the questionable provenance of artefacts housed in some of the world鈥檚 most famous museums with Malia Politzer from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and Alexander Herman, Assistant Director of the Institute of Art and Law.

How can broadening the representation of scientists on the page, screen and stage drive diversity among scientists and increase public trust in science itself? Andrea Sella, broadcaster and professor of chemistry at University College London and award-winning debut novelist Temi Oh join Samira live in the studio on Radio 4鈥檚 Day of the Scientist.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Kirsty McQuire

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  • Tue 12 Oct 2021 19:15

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