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24 January 2005
Presented by Mark Lawson
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Saturday by Ian McEwan
The novelist Ian McEwan has set his new novel on the day of the march against the Iraq War in February 2003. Writer and critic, Alain De Botton joined Mark Lawson to discuss McEwan’s examination of middle class life and the extent to which you can isolate yourself from world events.
'Saturday' is published in hardback in February.
Chris Ofili and Freeness
British artist Ofili is about to launch his new venture, ‘Freeness', which aims to give musicians a chance to be heard outside of the mainstream. He discusses why he's set this up and the relationship between music and his art with Mark Lawson.
'Freeness' launches in London on Wednesday 26th January and then tours around the UK. For more information see www.freeness.co.uk
Meet The Fockers
Antonia Quirke reviews the film, ‘Meet The Fockers’ – the sequel to the comedy, ‘Meet The Parents’ - starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro and Barbra Streisand.
'Meet The Fockers' opens on Friday 28th January, certificate 12A
The Churchill Museum
Michael Dobbs – author of a series of novels about Winston Churchill and designer Roger Mann joined Mark Lawson to take a look at the new Churchill Museum at The Cabinet War Rooms.
'The Churchill Museum' opens on 11th February at The cabinet War Museum, Westminster. For more information see http://churchillmuseum.iwm.org.uk
Leigh Hunt
Two new biographies of the romantic poet and essayist, Leigh Hunt, have just been published. Hunt was friends with Keats, Shelley and Byron, an acquaintance of Tennyson's and employee and enemy of Charles Dickens.
Front Row brought together the authors, Nicholas Roe and Anthony Holden.
'Fiery Heart' by Nicholas Roe and 'The Wit in the Dungeon' are published in hardback this week.
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