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Mark Ronson and Michael Chabon, Helen Macdonald, Rubens at the RA

Musician Mark Ronson discusses working with author Michael Chabon, Helen Macdonald on her memoir H is for Hawk, and William Feaver assesses the Royal Academy's Rubens exhibition.

Musician and producer Mark Ronson talks to John Wilson about the influences behind his new album Uptown Special, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon considers the trials involved in writing lyrics for the album.

In the first of a series of interviews with the Costa Book Award category winners, John Wilson talks to Helen Macdonald who has won the Biography award for H is for Hawk, a memoir of her grief at the sudden death of her father and how it led her to train a goshawk, Mabel - a notoriously difficult bird.

Rubens and his Legacy: Van Dyck to C茅zanne is the new exhibition at the Royal Academy in London which assesses Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens's influence on art history. Art critic William Feaver assesses the 160 works on display.

Sotheby's has been cleared of negligence over the attribution of a painting claimed to be by Caravaggio, so John seeks advice from Karen Sanig, Head of Art Law at solicitors Mishcon de Reya about what you might do if a work by a certain artist that you have bought turns out not to be, and the complications arising.

Producer Julian May.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Mark Ronson and Michael Chabon

    Duration: 11:10

  • Helen Macdonald

    Duration: 06:15

  • Rubens

    Duration: 06:31

  • Attribution in art

    Duration: 04:09

Mark Ronson

Mark Ronson

Uptown Special by is out now.


Rubens and His Legacy

Rubens and His Legacy

听is at the Royal Academy of Arts in London from 24 January until the 10 April 2015.

Image: Peter Paul Rubens- The Triumph of Henri IV, 1630.Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1942. Photo c. 2013. Image: The Met / Art Resource / Scala

Costa Book Awards

Costa Book Awards

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald is the .

The Book of the Year will be announced on 27 January 2015


Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter John Wilson
Interviewed Guest Mark Ronson
Interviewed Guest Michael Chabon
Interviewed Guest Helen Macdonald
Interviewed Guest William Feaver
Interviewed Guest Karen Sanig
Producer Julian May

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  • Mon 19 Jan 2015 19:15

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