Sat 29 Oct - LARA PAWSON: On Angola and Writing Memory

Author Lara Pawson, former foreign correspondent, discusses her reflective book 'This is the Place to Be', an innovative memoir looking at her experiences in Angola and times before and after.

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Sat 22 Oct - IMPROVISED INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Process, Poetry and Avant-Pop Music

Jude CM reflects on her former work on the Reuters television collection as an archivist and her work with the material as an artist, poet and musician/composer over the past ten years. Includes improvised news songs from 2010-1016.

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Sat 15 Oct - VIRTUAL REALITY OF A REBEL: Sean O'Hagan

Musician, composer and writer Sean O'Hagan on creating the virtual reality experience 'Voice of a Rebel' which marks the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising alongside Sean O'Casey's 'The Plough and the Stars' at the National Theatre. Discussing memory, rebellion and dramatising history.

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Sat 8 Oct - GRACE JONES AND JOSEPHINE BAKER: Americans in Paris

The artist Geraldine Gallavardin shares her enthusiasm for the performance work of Grace Jones and Josephine Baker. Looking at how the two artists re-imagine their own bodies for the stage and how they have used humour, satire and self-portrait to create a voice in the contested worlds of popular music and photography.

LISTEN AGAIN - Geraldine Gallavardin - Grace Jones and Josephine Baker

Sat 1 Oct - RACHEL MAYFIELD - Music, art and Birmingham

Songwriter and artist Rachel Mayfield shares her artistic journey and the reflections of an artist recently returned to her hometown of Birmingham. She is curating a multi-media exhibition 'Show Me Your Birmingham'. She performs new songs live.

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Sat 24 Sep - FOREIGNERS IN PORTUGAL: Suspense and sunshine in the Algarve with Deborah Lawrenson

Author Deborah Lawrenson discusses the research and reflections behind her new novel, 300 Days of Sun. Looking at real-life child disappearances including the international search for Madeleine McCann, and tourist perceptions of the Mediterranean whose shiny surface flickers with sun and shadow.

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Sat 17 Sept - MIGRATION AND INVENTION: talking with the writer George Szirtes

The poet George Szirtes reflects on personal experiences of migration and discusses issues of movement and relocation within and outside our changing Europe. Looking at how stories of crossing, loss and reconstruction feed art and creativity.

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