Riz Ahmed, Climate change books, Paul Ritter remembered, Israel covid passports
Riz Ahmed on his Oscar-nominated performance in Sound of Metal
Riz Ahmed stars in Sound of Metal as a rock drummer who loses his hearing. The actor and rapper discusses learning American sign language, working with culturally Deaf actors as well as learning about addiction for his Oscar nominated performance.
So far, 2021 has seen a large number of novels with a climate change theme being published. Toby Lichtig, Fiction Editor at the Times Literary Supplement, reports on some of the new releases and shifting attitudes in publishing towards avowedly-politicised fiction.
Concerts and plays with a live audience have been taking place in Israel for over a month now, with audience members required to show a vaccination certificate known as a βgreen passβ. Allison Kaplan Sommer from the Haaretz Newspaper in Tel Aviv reports.
Paul Ritter has died aged 54. Perhaps best known for playing the dad Martin in Friday Night Dinner, we speak to the show's writer Robert Popper about Paul's life and career.
Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Oliver Jones
Sound Engineer: Matilda Macari
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Climate Change Fiction
Here are the books we discussed:
Dreamland by Rosa Rankine Geeβs Dreamland (Published 15th April)
Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff Vanden Meer (Published 15th April)
The High House by Jessie Greengrass (Published by 1st April)
Under the Blue by Oana Aristide (Published 11th March)
The Last Migration by Charlotte McConachy (Published 28th January)
Daylight, Come by Diana McCaulay (Published September 2020)
When the Lights Go Out by Carys Bray (Published May 2020)
The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-WellsΒ
Borne by Jeff VandermeerΒ
Bewilderment by Richard PowersΒ
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