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NAMING CHARACTERS
Novelists John O'Farrell and Philip Hensher talk to Mark Lawson about naming characters in novels.

John O'Farrell, This is Your Life, Doubleday; ISBN: 0385600984

Philip Hensher, The Mulberry Empire, Flamingo; ISBN: 0007112262
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BLACK THEATRE
In response to the Arts Council Eclipse Report on Strategies to Combat Racism in Theatre, Nottingham Playhouse is joining forces with regional theatres in Ipswich and Bristol in a bid to develop the profile of Black regional theatre. Mark Lawson talks to Stephen Luckie from Eclipse Theatre.

Eclipse Theatre will be launched at Nottingham Playhouse on Monday 21 October 2002
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JOHN BIRT
Mark Lawson talks to former BBC Director General John Birt about his autobiography, The Harder Path.

John Birt: The Harder Path, Little, Brown; ISBN: 0316860190
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THE ADVENTURES OF ALUMINIUM
Corinne Julius reviews the latest exhibition at the Design Museum, The Adventures of Aluminium.

The Adventures of Aluminium: Jewellery to Jets, Design Museum Exhibition, 18 October 2002 to 19 January 2003
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