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Radio 4,17 Jan 2013,30 mins

Poet Kathleen Jamie; John Bramwell from I Am Kloot; ENO's financial losses

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With Mark Lawson Kathleen Jamie won the 2012 Costa Poetry award for her collection The Overhaul. She translates some of the Scots dialect in the collection and explains why writing a poem is like washing the dishes. John Bramwell of I Am Kloot discusses the making of their new album Let It All In, which was produced by Elbow's Guy Garvey. John Berry, artistic director of the English National Opera discusses the company's financial woes, in the light of its recently-announced loss of more than £2m in the last financial year. Jo Blair, Senior Programmer for Picturehouse Cinemas, reveals the reasons why so many Oscar nominated films are being released late in the UK.

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