Outlook Mixtape: Friend or fraud? Baby magpie and the jackaroo
A fraudulent friendship in the underbelly of the art world, a baby magpie that steals the heart of a poet and the jackaroo, wrangling wild bulls and his own demons in the outback.
Orlando Whitfield found friendship through art. But it would also be its undoing. He reflects on the destruction caused by the art market鈥檚 millions and a friend lost to fraud.
After a storm, poet and artist Frieda Hughes found a baby magpie in her garden and brought him up. But how would she cope when the time came for him to fly free?
Elizabeth Nyamayaro was saved from starvation as a child by a local aid worker during a drought in Zimbabwe. It made her determined that one day she too would work for the UN.
After Matt Ottley had a terrifying encounter trying to catch a wild bull, he decided to pursue art and music and focus on creating work that helps us see life differently.
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Presenter: Asya Fouks
Producer: Thomas Harding Assinder
Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com or WhatsApp +44 330 678 2707
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