Hull Blade, Manchester By the Sea, John Lockwood Kipling, Francis Spufford
Samira Ahmed on The Blade, a major artwork installed in the heart of Hull as part of UK City of Culture 2017. Plus a review of the film Manchester By the Sea.
Samira Ahmed talks to the artist behind The Blade, a huge artwork installed this weekend in the heart of Hull as part of UK City of Culture 2017.
Briony Hanson reviews the film Manchester By the Sea, for which Casey Affleck won a Best Actor Golden Globe last night for his role as a janitor forced to look after his nephew.
Costa First Novel Award winner Francis Spufford on Golden Hill, set in mid 18th Century Manhattan.
And a V&A exhibition about the life and work of Rudyard Kipling's father, John Lockwood Kipling, an influential figure in the Arts and Crafts movement who was steeped in the art of Punjab.
Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Timothy Prosser.
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Golden Globes
Duration: 04:57
Manchester by the Sea
Duration: 04:08
Hull
Duration: 04:27
Francis Spufford
Duration: 08:01
Art of Punjab
Duration: 06:27
Manchester by the Sea
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Casey Affleck in Manchester by the Sea
Manchester by the Sea is in cinemas nationwideHull, City of Culture
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Transporting the Siemens Blade,ÌýÌýThe 75m blade, made by Siemens workers in Hull, is manoeuvred through Hull’s Old Town on the way to Queen Victoria Square.
Main image:ÌýÌýSiemens Blade - City of CultureÌý
Francis Spufford
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Francis Spufford
Photo credit: Bart Koestier
Francis Spufford's novel Golden Hill is available nowJohn Lockwood Kipling - Arts & Crafts in the Punjab & London
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Photo: Rudyard Kipling's bookplate 'Ex Libris' by Lockwood Kipling, 1909
Image copyright: National Trust, John Hammond
John Lockwood Kipling - Arts & Crafts in the Punjab & London at the Ìýfrom 14 Jan - 2 AprÌý
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