Mercury Music and Booker Prize longlists; museums’ funding; new LGBTQ+ museum
We look at the music and book prize lists announced today; the differences in museum funding across the country; and Queer Britain - the new LGBTQ+ museum recently opened in London
The Mercury Music and Booker Prize lists - we discuss the albums and books nominated this year for these two major prizes. We're joined by writer and critic Alex Clark, and Ludovico Hunter Tilney, music journalist for the Financial Times, to discuss today's announcements.
Queer Britain – the dedicated LGBTQ+ museum, recently opened in London’s King’s Cross. We speak to curator Dawn Hoskin, and to director and founder Joseph Galliano.
The complex picture of museum economics. Why are museums facing closure, even as they pick up significant lottery heritage funding? Samira Ahmed talks to Eilish McGuinness, Chief Executive of the National Lottery Heritage Fund, and Kim Streets, member of the English Civic Museums Network and Chief Executive of Sheffield Museums Trust about the different approaches to museum funding.
Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Nicki Paxman
Photo: Ollie Alexander stage costume, Glastonbury 2019. Photo by Rahil Ahmed.
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