Battle for Haditha
Thursday 31 January 2008 21:45-22:30 (Radio 3)
Matthew Sweet talks to a leading mathematician about his new book on symmetry and documentary maker Nick Broomfield discusses his new film Battle for Haditha, set in the Iraq War.
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Marcus du Sautoy
Matthew Sweet talks to one of the UK's leading mathematicians Marcus du Sautoy about his new book in praise of symmetry. In twelve chapters, one for each month of his working year, he explores the nature of symmetry and how it captured his imagination.
Finding Moonshine: A Mathematicians Journey Through Symmetry is published by Fourth Estate.
Sk-Interfaces
Matthew goes to Liverpool to look at an exhibition that uses skin to explore a new relationship between science and art. He talks to an artist and a tissue engineer about their unique collaboration and what it offers to each discipline.
Sk-Interfaces opens at Fact, Liverpool on 1 February.
The Battle for Haditha
And documentary-maker Nick Broomfield turns director for his new film, The Battle for Haditha. He talks to Matthew about his cinematic retelling of the massacre of 24 men, women and children in Haditha, Iraq; allegedly shot by 4 U.S. Marines in retaliation for the death of a U.S. soldier killed by a roadside bomb. Matthew examines this investigation of the effects of this violence on both the Americans and the Iraqis.
The Battle for Haditha will be released in cinemas on 1 February. The film will premiere on Channel 4 on 3 Marchand be available on DVD from 17 March. Certificate 15 tbc.
Three Sisters on Hope Street
Susannah Clapp gives Matthew the verdict on the reworking of Checkov's Three Sisters into post-war Liverpool.
Three Sisters is on at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.
