Eimear McBride and Nathan Filer, Mr Burns
Prize-winning first novelists Eimear McBride and Nathan Filer join Anne McElvoy to discuss literary experimentation. Plus a first night review of the European premiere of Anne Washburn's play Mr Burns which is set in a world without electricity
Producer: Ella-Mai Robey.
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Eimear McBride and Nathan Filer
The prize-winning first novelists discuss literary experimentation.
Duration: 21:15
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New Generation Thinker: Sophie Coulombeau
Sophie Coulombeau examines Jeremy Bentham’s ‘Universal Tattoo’.
Duration: 05:11
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Show Me The Money
Peter Knight and Janette Rutterford consider the image of finance past and present.
Duration: 10:13
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Mr Burns
Matt Thorne reviews Mr Burns at the Almedia Theatre, in London.
Duration: 06:59
New Generation Thinkers 2014
Sophie Coulombeau of the University of York is one of this year's New Generation Thinkers. Her current research is on personal naming and identity in England.
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Photo: © Cheryl Cottrell-Smith.
Mr Burns
Image: The company of Mr Burns. Photo by Manuel Harlen
Show Me The Money
It will then be showing at the Chawton House Library in Chawton, the John Hansard Gallery in Southampton and the People's History Museum in Manchester.
Gallery: Images from the Show Me The Money exhibition
Image: William Holbrook Beard, The Bulls and Bears in the Market (1879). New-York Historical Society.
Eimear McBride
Nathan Filer
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Interviewed Guest | Eimear McBride |
| Interviewed Guest | Nathan Filer |
| Presenter | Anne McElvoy |
| Producer | Ella-mai Robey |
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- Thu 12 Jun 2014 22:00BBC Radio 3
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