James Graham on The Culture, Costa Book Prize winner announced, Ocean Liners
Arts news, interviews and reviews. James Graham on his play The Culture and we announce and speak to the winner of the 2017 Costa Book Prize.
Last year, wunderkind playwright James Graham premiered three plays Ink, Labour of Love, and Quiz which looked respectively at the rise of the Sun newspaper, Labour party history; and the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire "coughing Major" scandal. As he begins 2018 with another premiere, The Culture: A Farce in Two Acts, he discusses turning his attention to Hull's year as City of Culture and his desire and energy to keep creating new work.
The V&A's new exhibition Ocean Liners: Speed and Style explores the golden age of ocean travel through all aspects of ship design from ground-breaking engineering, architecture and interiors to the fashion and lifestyle aboard. Design critic Corrine Julius reviews.
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi on her novel Kintu - lauded as 'The Great Ugandan Novel' - which has just been published in the UK for the first time.
And we speak to the winner of the 2017 Costa Book Prize, live from the ceremony. The book is chosen from the five category winners - Inside the Wave by Helen Dunmore (Poetry); Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (First Novel); Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor (Novel); The Explorer by Katherine Rundell (Children's) and In the Days of Rain by Rebecca Stott (Biography).
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James Graham
Duration: 08:34
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Ocean Liners
Duration: 04:56
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Jennifer Nansubuga-Makumbi
Duration: 06:48
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Helen Dunmore tribute
Duration: 08:15
The Culture: A Farce in Two Acts
Photo credit: Andrew Billington
The Culture: A Farce in Two Acts is on at Hull Truck Theatre, Hull until 17 Feb
Main image: Martin Hyder and Nicola Reynolds
Photo credit: Andrew Billington
Ocean Liners: Speed and Style
1935 - 1939
Photo credit: Collection French Lines V&A
Ocean Liners: Speed and Style opens at the V&A from 3 Feb
Jennifer Nansubuga-Makumbi
Photo credit: Mark Rusher
Her book Kintu is available now
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Interviewed Guest | James Graham |
| Interviewed Guest | Corrine Julius |
| Interviewed Guest | Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi |
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- Tue 30 Jan 2018 19:15BBC Radio 4
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