PD James Remembered; William Hill Sports Book of the Year; Maggi Hambling
Ruth Rendell remembers PD James; the contenders for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year and news of the winner; and Maggi Hambling on her new National Gallery exhibition.
Front Row pays tribute the writer PD James who has died aged 94. Fellow crime writer and friend Ruth Rendell reflects on James's life and work and, in a clip from our archive, James describes the four key motives for murder in a good crime story.
Rugby player Gareth Thomas, footballer Bobby Moore and ice skater John Curry are among the subjects of the books shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, the longest-running prize for sports writing. At the awards ceremony, John Wilson talks to the seven shortlisted authors and speaks to the winner of the 拢26,000 prize.
Maggi Hambling, who was the National Gallery's very first artist in residence in 1980, has returned to the gallery with "Walls of Water" a new exhibition of her paintings of the sea. She talks to John Wilson about painting raging storms, her tribute to Amy Winehouse and why, in her late sixties, she feels much younger than she used to.
Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Ellie Bury.
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Images from the Walls of Water exhibition at The National Gallery
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PD James Remembered
Duration: 07:57
William Hill Sports Book of the Year
Duration: 12:37
Maggi Hambling
Duration: 07:22
William Hill Sports Book of the Year
The shortlisted books for the 2014聽William Hill Sports Book of the Year award聽are:- Bobby Moore: The Man in Full, by Matt Dickinson
- Played in London: Charting the Heritage of a City at Play, by Simon Inglis
- Alone: The Triumph and Tragedy of John Curry, by Bill Jones
- Run or Die, by Kilian Jornet
- Night Games: Sex, Power and Sport, by Anna Krien聽
- Floodlights and Touchlines: A History of Spectator Sport, by Rob Steen
- Proud: My Autobiography, by Gareth Thomas and Michael Calvin聽
Maggi Hambling: Walls of Water
is on display at The National Gallery in London until 15 February 2015.
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Role Contributor Presenter John Wilson Producer Ellie Bury Interviewed Guest Maggi Hambling Interviewed Guest Ruth Rendell Broadcast
- Thu 27 Nov 2014 19:15大象传媒 Radio 4
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