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Oceania exhibition, Suede, How the police help crime writers

An exhibition of works from Hawaii to New Zealand, New Guinea and Easter Island, Brett Anderson and Mat Osman on The Blue Hour, and the relationship between writers and the police

Oceania at the Royal Academy is the first ever major exhibition in the UK of art from the Pacific. It is very ambitious, showing 200 works from across that vast ocean, from Hawaii to New Zealand, New Guinea to Easter Island. It spans time, too, the earliest piece being about 500 years old, the latest completed last year. A Hawaiian writer, Vanessa Lee Miller, and a western maritime historian, Robert Blyth, assess the exhibition.

As the former Britpop band Suede release their eighth studio album, songwriter and lead singer Brett Anderson and bassist Mat Osman discuss The Blue Hour and their exploration of new sounds, including Brett鈥檚 own field recordings and the spoken word, as well as working with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.

How do crime writers gain knowledge of the police to inform their writing? John speaks to Peter James, author of the Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series of novels, and to crime writer Clare Mackintosh, who worked in the police force for 12 years before becoming an author.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Julian May

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29 minutes

Oceania

Oceania

Main Image:
C
anoe prow figure nguzunguzu; wood, pigments, resin, shell; 16,5 x 9 x 15,5 cm; Marovo Lagoon, New Georgia Archipelago, Solomon Islands; collection Eugen Paravicini 1929; 漏 Vb 7525; Museum der Kulturen Basel; photo: Derek Li Wan Po; 2013; all rights reserved

Image (above):
Ahu ula (feather cloak) belonging to Liholoho, Kamehameha II., Early 19th century; Feathers, fibre, painted barkcloth (on reverse). 207 cm Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge

听opens at the Royal Academy on 25听September

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