Musician Natalie Merchant, poet Victoria Adukwei Bulley, library funding

Front Row

English - March 28, 2023 19:22 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MB - ★★★★ - 108 ratings
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Singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant talks to Samira Ahmed about Keep Your Courage, her first album in nearly a decade.

Libraries were awarded the smallest amount of money from the Cultural Investment Fund, which was announced last week. Front Row speaks to Nick Poole, Chief Executive of CILIP, the Library and Information Association.

And Victoria Adukwei Bulley discusses winning the Rathbones Folio Prize for poetry for her collection Quiet.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Kirsty McQuire