7 March 2006
Tuesday 7 March 2006 21:30-22:15 (Radio 3)
What happens when one of the apostles of critical theory turns from deconstructing language to writing a novel? The renowned writer and thinker Julia Kristeva joins Matthew Sweet to discuss her new thriller, Murder in Byzantium.
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What happens when one of the apostles of critical theory turns from deconstructing language to writing detective thrillers? The renowned writer and thinker Julia Kristeva joins Matthew Sweet to discuss her new novel, Murder in Byzantium.
What really happened on the infamous night in Paris in 1913 when Stravinsky's Rite of Spring received its premiere? Riot at the Rite, a new drama for BBC Two, dramatises the furore that ensued - and recreates Nijinksy's original choreography. Dance critic Judith Mackrell joins Matthew to review a ninety three year old sensation.
And what would have happened if Oswald Mosley had come to power? With a new biography of the would-be dictator, a new film imagining Britain in 2020 under a totalitarian regime, and a documentary about the plot to oust Harold Wilson in a military coup, Night Waves explores some of the British dictators imagined at times of crisis by playwrights, novelists, film-makers - and political commentators.
That's all on Night Waves with Matthew Sweet tonight at nine thirty, here on Radio Three.
Additional information
Julia Kristeva's novel Murder in Byzantium is out now, published by Columbia University Press.
The film version of V for Vendetta opens on March 17.
The free exhibition of artwork by David Lloyd from the original graphic novel is at the Guardian's Newsroom visitor centre in east London until March 17.
www.guardian.co.uk/Newsroom
The Plot Against Harold Wilson is on BBC Two at 9.00pm on March 16.
Stephen Dorril's Blackshirt: Oswald Mosley and British Fascism is published by Penguin on April 6.
Riot at the Rite is on BBC Two at 9.00pm on March 11.
