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23 September 2004
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JIMMY CARTER
Former US President Jimmy Carter talks about writing his first novel aged 80, which is the bloodiest war America has ever fought and what he thinks about Iraq.

The Hornet's Nest is published in hardback

MOBILE PHONE INTERRUPTIONS
The director Kevin Spacey explained to Front Row why he's been making a personal appeal for silent cell phones before performances of his new play at the Old Vic. This follows a performance of The History Boys at the National Theatre starring Richard Griffiths during which a a phone rang 6 times. Front Row investigates the different strategies theatres are adopting to make us switch off our mobile phones.

THE BIG DRAW
Mark Lawson visits the artist Quentin Blake in his studio for a lesson in how to draw.

Drawing for the Artistically Undiscovered by Quentin Blake and John Cassidy, published by Klutz.

  • Art on the Square at Trafalgar Square is on 26 September

  • Quentin Blake takes part in the Biggest Draw in Sheffield on 02 October

  • For details of other events across the country visit http://www.thebigdraw.org.uk


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    The singer Leonard Cohen is 70 this week. Arthur Smith sings Happy Birthday Cohen style.

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