Musician Billie Eilish
Singer songwriter Billie Eilish on the challenges of changing her image and Pakistani author Awais Khan on telling hard truths.
On The Arts Hour this week, Nikki Bedi is joined by Pakistani author Awais Khan and writer and broadcaster Karen Krizanovich to discuss the cultural highlights of the past week.
The singer songwriter and cultural icon, Billie Eilish, talks about the challenges of changing her public image.
Canadian film director Shawn Levy talks about the existential questions behind his new comedy, Free Guy, starring Ryan Reynolds.
Jamaican author Sara Collins shares the book she read in childhood that made her want to become a writer.
Actor Felicity Jones tells us about the new romantic drama The Last Letter from Your Lover in which she stars.
Lahore-based author Awais Khan reveals the inspiration for his latest novel, No Honour, and how he feels a responsibility to speak up about the injustices endured by women in Pakistan.
British Bangladeshi singer songwriter Joy Crookes shares how the Black Lives Matter movement has influenced her debut album, Skin.
And French-Moroccan author Leila Slimani talks about her latest novel, The Country of Others, and the legacy of shame sometimes felt by those who have been colonised.
Producer: Paul Waters
(Photo: Billie Eilish. Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)
Last on
More episodes
Broadcasts
- Sat 21 Aug 2021 19:06GMT大象传媒 World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
- Sun 22 Aug 2021 14:06GMT大象传媒 World Service News Internet
- Tue 24 Aug 2021 09:06GMT大象传媒 World Service
- Tue 24 Aug 2021 23:06GMT大象传媒 World Service