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TUESDAY 20 JANUARY
Presented by Francine Stock
PHILIP GUSTON
Howard Jacobson reviews a new exhibition on the work of painter Philip Guston, a friend and contemporary of both Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko.
The Art of Philip Guston 1913-1980 at the Royal Academy, London, this Saturday 24 January until 12 April 2004.
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JANETTE TURNER HOSPITAL
Francine talks to Janette Turner Hospital about her new book Due Preparations For The Plague. It centres on the hijacking of a plane bound for New York, which has clear echoes of the events of September 11th 2001 - except that her book was begun four years beforehand.
'Due Preparations for the Plague' by Janette Turner Hospital, published by Fourth Estate, ISBN:0007149271
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STAR RATINGS
Playwright David Hare has announced that he feels star ratings on reviews are philistine and diminish the critic's work. Debra Craine, reviews editor at The Times, and Sarah Crompton, arts editor at the Daily Telegraph, debate the pros and cons of adding stars to a review.
Listen to the discussion
THEATRES TO STRIKE?
Theatres in the West End are threatened with strike action unless agreement can be reached between the Musicians Union and the managing company of Les Miserables management. Bob Bennett reports.
Listen to the report
OSAMA
Francine talks to director Siddiq Barmak about his film Osama, the first Afghan feature to be made since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, which has sold worldwide after winning awards at Cannes last year.
Osama, now showing at selected cinemas, 83 mins. subtitled
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