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Artist Richard Long, Stella Duffy chooses her Queer Icon, Daljit Nagra on Liu Xiaobo

Artist Richard Long on A Line Made by Walking; measuring the quality of art paid for by the public; Stella Duffy nominates her Queer Icon; Daljit Nagra on Liu Xiaobo's poetry.

It's 50 years this summer since the artist Richard Long took steps across a Wiltshire field to create A Line Made By Walking, now regarded as a classic piece of conceptual art. John meets him in a rare interview in his studio near Bristol.

Theatre director Marcus Romer and former arts funder and marketing consultant Roger Tomlinson discuss the holy grail of arts funding bodies: how to measure the quality of art that the public is paying for.

For our Queer Icons series, Stella Duffy champions the novel Carol, Patricia Highsmith's love story set in fifties New York.

And Radio 4's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra, comes in to tell us about the poetry of Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, who died earlier this month.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Sarah Johnson.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Richard Long

    Duration: 09:10

  • Quality Art

    Duration: 07:56

  • Stella Duffy

    Duration: 05:33

  • Daljit Nagra

    Duration: 04:58

Richard Long

Richard Long
Richard Long
Photo credit:Β A Line Made by Walking 1967
Tate Β© Richard LongΒ 

Main image: Richard Long
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Queer Icons - Stella Duffy

Queer Icons - Stella Duffy
Stella Duffy

Stella Duffy's is Patricia Highsmith's novel CarolΒ 

Daljit Nagra on Liu Xiaobo

Daljit Nagra on Liu Xiaobo
Daljit Nagra
Photo credit: Hayley Madden for the Poetry Society

Credits

Role Contributor
Interviewed Guest Richard Long
Interviewed Guest Marcus Romer
Interviewed Guest Roger Tomlinson
Interviewed Guest Stella Duffy
Interviewed Guest Daljit Nagra
Presenter John Wilson
Producer Sarah Johnson

Broadcasts

  • Thu 20 Jul 2017 19:15
  • Thu 20 Jul 2017 19:30

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