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World Service,19 Feb 2022,49 mins

Poet Olive Senior

The Arts Hour

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Nikki Bedi is joined by Jamaica’s Poet Laureate Olive Senior who talks about her new book ‘Hurricane Watch ’ and, from the Berlin Film Festival, by Sam Asi - presenter of BBC Cinematic on BBC Arabic. They’ll discuss the UK’s Queen of Pop, Adele, on life as a Brit living in America. Actor Christopher Eccleston’s accent. The four-part film which chronicles singer Janet Jackson’s extraordinary singing career and life. The Grande Dame of Blockbusters, Barbara Taylor Bradford's love scenes. The Film Festival season and hot favourites for The Oscars. Trinidadian/British poet Roger Robinson on moments of divine inspiration. And the extraordinary voice of Korean countertenor Kangmin Justin Kim. (Photo: Olive Senior. Credit: Olive Senior/Carcanet Press)

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