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World Service,18 Nov 2017,49 mins

Actress Natalie Dormer, and Bjork on Her New Album

The Arts Hour

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Best-selling Finnish crime author Antti Tuomainen and American film critic Angela Errigo are Nikki’s studio guests. British actress Natalie Dormer defends her Game of Thrones scriptwriters as feminists. Cuban American soprano Lisette Oropesa on being told to lose weight. Björk talks about travelling from musical darkness to shimmering light in her new album. Film director Sean Baker describes using Instagram to cast his lead actress for The Florida Project. Film critic Phillip Bergson brings his recommendations for new East Asian movies. Pulitzer Prize winning author Jennifer Egan explains how sometimes her characters arrive unwanted. (Photo: Natalie Dormer (c) Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images, Antti Tuomainen (c) Ville Juurikkala, Bjork (c) Santiago Felipe)

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