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Taylor Swift's Fearless, Prince Philip portraitist Jonathan Yeo, David Almond, Them

A review of Taylor Swift's new album Fearless, which is a remake of her earlier album. Plus David Almond on his latest novel, Bone Music

Taylor Swift, who recently won Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards, has today released a new album called Fearless (Taylor's Version), which is an exact remake of her 2008 breakthrough album, Fearless. Music critic Sophie Harris explains why Taylor is repeating herself and reviews the new record.

Tom Sutcliffe discusses HRH the Duke of Edinburgh's interest in art and literature with Jonathan Yeo, who painted his portrait, and Ian Lloyd, author of The Duke: 100 Chapters in the life of Prince Philip.

Skellig author David Almond discusses his new novel Bone Music. Set in the forests and fells of Northern England, it's about a young girl who connects with a spiritual ancestor from the stone-age.

Critics Jan Asante and Kohinoor Sahota discuss the provocative new Amazon drama, Them. Does it offer something new in the politicised American gothic horror genre or is it just a Jordan Peele rip off?

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Timothy Prosser
Production Co-ordinator: Hilary Buchanan
Studio Manager: Matilda Macari

Main image above: Taylor Swift. Image credit: Francis Specker/CBS via Getty Images

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Fri 9 Apr 2021 19:00
麻豆社 Radio 4

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HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
Image: HRH The Duke of Edinburgh by Jonathan Yeo.聽 聽 聽Image credit: Courtesy the artist.聽 聽 聽, a biography by Ian Lloyd.

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift
聽Taylor Swift's album Fearless (Taylor's Version) is out now.聽 聽 聽Images:聽 Main image above: , image credit: Francis Specker/CBS via Getty Images.聽 聽 聽Image to the left: the cover of Taylor Swift's new replica of her Fearless album.聽 Image credit: Beth Garrabrant.

David Almond

David Almond
by David Almond is out now in hardback, as an Ebook and as Downloadable Audio.聽 聽 聽 Image: .聽 聽 聽 Image credit: Donna Lisa Healy.

THEM

THEM
The TV horror series THEM is available now to stream from Amazon Prime Video.聽 聽 聽Image: Melody Hurd as Gracie Jane Emory (Right) in THEM, standing聽 in front of the ghost by which she is haunted.聽 聽 聽Image credit: Amazon Studios

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