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´óÏó´«Ã½ National Short Story Award Shortlist, tenor Stuart Skelton, Shang-Chi film review, Girl Bands now

Front Row announces the ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Short Story Award; Stuart Skelton, singing at Last Night of the Proms; new super hero movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings reviewed.

Front Row announces the shortlist for the £15,000, 16th ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Short Story Award with Cambridge University. Judge Fiona Mozley, author of Booker-shortlisted novel Elmet, joins us live to discuss the stories

Australian tenor Stuart Skelton is a fan of a party. And what bigger party in classical music than the Last Night of the Proms?! Stuart will be taking centre stage and singing the traditional ‘Rule Britannia’ as well as a selection of opera arias. He tells John why he’s looking forward to the event, and the all-important outfit reveal.

This month Marvel Studios released its first film with an Asian lead – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. It’s an origin story that brings together martial arts, Chinese folklore and Hollywood CGI spectacle. Cultural critic Yuan Ren reviews.

25 years since the release of The Spice Girls debut album, more recently the departure of Jesy Nelson from Little Mix saying she found “the constant pressure of being in a girl group and living up to expectations very hard." And this week, the announcement of the death of Girls Aloud member, Sarah Harding. Dr Julia Downes, who edited Women Make Noise: Girl Bands from Motown to the Modern, shares her thoughts on the girl band.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Julian May

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Stuart Skelton

Stuart Skelton sings at the Last Night of the Proms beginning on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two on 11 Sept
at 7.45 pm

Main image: Stuart Skelton
Photo credit: Guðmundur Ingólfsson 

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