Matthew Sweet
Friday 2 June 2006 21:30-22:15 (Radio 3)
Booker Prize winning writer Thomas Keneally talks to Matthew Sweet about his latest book, The Commonwealth of Thieves, which tells the story of the First Fleet's arrival in Australia in 1787.
Micro Compact Home
Designed by Horden Cherry Lee Architects
On show at this year's Grand Designs Live exhibition at ExCel in London's Docklands from 2 - 4 June and at Berkley Square in London from 6 - 10 June.
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Thomas Keneally
Matthew Sweet talks to author Thomas Keneally. Having previously cast a novelist's eye over history in Schindler's Ark, the Australian writer now ventures further back in time to the events of January 1788, when the first convict transports arrived on the south east coast of Australia.
Thomas Keneally's The Commonwealth of Thieves is published by Chatto and Windus. It will be read on BBC Radio 4 at 9.45am, beginning on the 5 June.
Micro Compact Home
Matthew also talks to two men who may be about to revolutionise student and leisure architecture.
Architects Horden Cherry Lee have designed a 2.6 metre cube which houses a shower, toilet, two double beds, and a kitchen, and with television, sound system and internet connection built in.
They explain their aim to move away from houses as structures built around the dimensions of a sofa and towards dwellings more sympathetic to their surroundings, both in the city and the countryside.
The micro-compact home pioneered by Horden Cherry Lee Architects can be seen at this year's Grand Designs Live exhibition at ExCel in London's Docklands from the 2 - 4 June and at Berkley Square in London from 6 - 10 June. www.microcompacthome.com
Paul Simon
Night Waves reviews Paul Simon's new album with long time fan Norman Lebrecht.
Paul Simon's new album Surprise is available from the 5 June on the Warner Brothers label.
Waldemar Januszczak
Also on the programme, Night Waves examines the art of another former penal colony, Kazakhstan , and speaks to Waldemar Januszczak, presenter of Kazakhstan Swings.
Documentary Kazakhstan Swings is on More 4 on the 7 June at 9.00pm
