FR: James McAvoy, Oscar Issac & Natalie Merchant.

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John Wilson speaks to singer songwriter Natalie Merchant about her first new album of original material for 13 years and to husband and wife operatic stars Aylin Perez and Stephen Costello on bringing real love to onstage arias. Actor Gary Kemp discusses his latest role - a revival of Lionel Bart's East End musical, Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be. Rachel Johnson and Nicola Beauman consider the legacy of Diary Of A Provincial Lady, the quintessentially English journal of a fictional country wife, first published in 1930. Godzilla is back stamping cities to dust and Kirsty Lang talks to rising star Oscar Issac about his latest film, The Two Faces of January.

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