EPISODE · Oct 8, 2014 · 28 MIN
Phyllida Lloyd, The Sensory War, Robert Wilson, Super Thursday
from Front Row: Archive 2014 · host BBC Radio 4
Phyllida Lloyd talks to Samira Ahmed about her all-female Henry IV and the importance of casting women in plays about political power. Professor Griselda Pollock reviews The Sensory War, a new exhibition in Manchester which reflects on how artists have tried to capture the impact of military conflict between 1914 and 2014. Photographer and official war artist Robert Wilson discusses Helmand Return, a new series of 59 billboards across the UK of his photos which capture the daily life of British troops in Afghanistan in their final tour of duty. And tomorrow is Super Thursday, the day when more than 300 books will be published on the same day. We ask why this has evolved, and what it means for the books market.Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Rebecca Armstrong.
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