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Levi David Addai, Kit de Waal, Flaming June, The art of fireworks.

Levi David Addai on Our Loved Boy, a new drama about the murder of Damilola Taylor. Plus Flaming June returns home, and Kit de Waal confesses to a classic book she hasn't read.

The murder of Damilola Taylor in 2000, came to symbolise youth crime in Britain and brought knife attacks into the public consciousness. Writer Levi David Addai explains why he chose to tells the story of the schoolboy's death from the family's point of view in new drama Our Loved Boy.

Frederick, Lord Leighton's Flaming June, one of the most famous works of nineteenth-century British art, returns to the house in which it was painted. We speak to the curator at Leighton House Museum Daniel Robbins and art dealer Rupert Mass whose father briefly owned the work.

For Love to Read, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ season celebrating the joy of books, author Kit de Waal confesses to a classic book she hasn't read - George Orwell's caustic satire of literary life, Keep the Aspidistra Flying - and reads it especially for Front Row.

Between Diwali and Bonfire Night the writer on contemporary art Louisa Buck traces the history of fireworks, reveals why they are so attractive to artists and argues they are the most democratic of all art forms.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Jack Soper.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Levi David Addai

    Duration: 08:23

  • Daniel Robbins

    Duration: 07:43

  • Kit de Waal

    Duration: 05:55

  • Louisa Buck

    Duration: 05:38

Damilola, Our Loved Boy

Damilola, Our Loved Boy

Damilola, Our Loved Boy is on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One on Monday 7 Nov at 8.30pm - Wunmi Mosaku & Sammy Kamara.Β Photo credit: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ/Minnow Films/Joe Albas

Main picture shows Babou Ceesay andΒ Wunmi Mosaku
Photo credit:Β Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ/Minnow Films/Joe Albas

Flaming June - The Making of an Icon

Flaming June - The Making of an Icon
Flaming June: The Making of an Icon is at until 2 April 2017Β 
Picture credit:Β Flaming June by Frederic Leighton, 1895 Β©Museo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. FerrΓ© Foundation, Inc.

Flaming June - The Making of an Icon

Flaming June - The Making of an Icon
Photo credit:Β Frederic Leighton's Studio Β© Museo de Arte de Ponce

Kit de Waal

Kit de Waal
Kit de Waal's Classic I've Never Read is Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell

Credits

Role Contributor
Interviewed Guest Levi David Addai
Interviewed Guest Daniel Robbins
Interviewed Guest Rupert Mass
Interviewed Guest Kit de Waal
Interviewed Guest Louisa Buck
Presenter John Wilson
Producer Jack Soper

Broadcast

  • Wed 2 Nov 2016 19:15

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