Joseph Stiglitz
Tuesday 26 February 2008 21:45-22:30 (Radio 3)
Rana Mitter's guests are Joseph Stiglitz, winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics, whose new book attacks the cost of the war in Iraq, and sound recordist and artist Chris Watson.
The Vortex
Felicity Kendal in The Vortex.
Picture by Nobby Clark.
Playlist
Joseph Stiglitz
Rana Mitter talks to the Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz about the true cost of America's war in Iraq. How much has America really spent on the war and what is likely to be the long term effect on the global economy?
The $3 Trillion War: the true cost of the war in Iraq by Joseph Stiglitz is published by Penguin.
Omagh
The award winning film Omagh, based around the tragic real life events of the Omagh bombing which killed 29 people in County Tyrone in 1998, is being released on DVD for the first time. Night Waves explores the legacy of the bomb and the Good Friday Agreement 10 years on. Richard English, author of a major book on the history of the IRA and Steven King, a former adviser to David Trimble, explore the relationship between Omagh and the peace process.
Omagh is released on DVD on 3rd March and is Certificate 15.
Chris Watson
Chris Watson is a sound recordist who spends his life travelling the world capturing the wildlife sounds of animals, habitats and everyday atmospheres. He has recently been recording the sounds of Cod in the seas off Norway! His forthcoming installation is of sounds he has recorded around the earth's tropical rainforests. On tonight's Night Waves he talks to Rana Mitter about the sounds of the forest.
Chris Watson's exhibition Whispering in the Leaves is on at the Sundreland Museum and Winter Gardens from 29th February to 9th March.
Vortex
And Susannah Clapp offers the first review of the Noel Coward controversial play about drug abuse, Vortex, which stars Felicity Kendal as the mother of an addict.
Vortex is on at the Apollo Theatre, London from 26th February to 11th April.
