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The Look of Silence, Waddesdon Galleries at the British Museum, WB Yeats, Interceptor reviewed

Arts news, interviews and reviews, including The Look of Silence, Waddesdon Galleries at the British Museum, WB Yeats and a review of Interceptor. Samira Ahmed presents.

The Look of Silence is a new companion documentary to The Act of Killing, about the perpetrators of the Indonesian genocide in the 1960s. Louise Doughty, whose next novel is set during the conflict and has visited Indonesia to research the book, reviews the film.

Thursday sees the opening of new galleries at the British Museum which have been built especially to house the Waddesdon Bequest, a collection of Renaissance artworks and treasures left to the British Museum in the 1890s by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild. Samira talks to the curators.

Writer Stella Duffy reviews 大象传媒1's new crime drama, The Interceptor, an 8-part series about a new law enforcement team tasked with hunting down some of Britain's most wanted criminals.

The Irish poet W.B. Yeats was born 150 years ago yet such is the potency of his poetry that it was quoted by supporters of equal marriage in Ireland during the recent referendum. Poets Kayo Chingonyi and Bernard O'Donohue discuss his influence on their writing as well the everlasting legacy of the man who, it has been said, dreamed Ireland into being.

Presenter Samira Ahmed
Producer Dymphna Flynn.

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Chapters

  • The Look of Silence

    Louise Doughty reviews the new film directed by Joshua Oppenheimer

    Duration: 05:56

  • The Waddesdon Bequest

    Front Row explores the Waddesdon Bequest at the British Museum

    Duration: 08:34

  • The Interceptor

    Stella Duffy reviews the new TV drama, The Interceptor

    Duration: 03:53

  • W.B Yeats

    Front Row explores W.B Yeats' legacy, 150 years after his birth.

    Duration: 09:10

The Look of Silence

The Look of Silence

The Look of Silence reviwed by Louise Doughty.

The Look of Silence is released on Friday 12 June.

The Waddesdon Bequest

The Waddesdon Bequest

Front Row talks a walk around the The Waddesdon Bequest at the

The Waddesdon Bequest opens at the British Museum on 11 June 2015.

The Interceptor

The Interceptor

Writer Stella Duffy reviews 大象传媒1's new crime drama, The Interceptor.聽聽

The Interceptor is broadcast on 大象传媒 One on Wednesday 10 June at 9pm.

W. B. Yeats

W. B. Yeats
The Irish poet W.B. Yeats was born 150 years ago.聽 Front Row looks at his legacy.

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Role Contributor
Presenter Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest Louise Doughty
Interviewed Guest Stella Duffy
Interviewed Guest Kayo Chingonyi
Interviewed Guest Bernard O'Donoghue
Producer Dymphna Flynn

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  • Mon 8 Jun 2015 19:15

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