Arena Wednesday 20 January 2021
On Thursday's Arena with Seán Rocks, poet Moya Cannon's anthology Collected Poems celebrating six collections and new poetry, film reviews with John Maguire and Aingeala Flannery and Kate Brennan Harding revisits Fugees The Score album at 25.
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Daily arts and popular culture show.
Call My Agent!
Sophie Gorman and Mirian Diallo of the French embassy in Dublin review the new series of Call My Agent! The series is set in a fictional Parisian talent agency, which represents some of the most prestigious film stars in France. In every episode, a prestigious film star plays an exaggerated - and usually hilarious version of themselves.
Dostoevsky In Love
Dostoevsky, 19th century literary star, author of Crime and Punishment was sentenced to death as a young revolutionary, went through a mock execution, chronic ill-health, gambling addiction and doomed love affairs. Alex Christofi discusses the new memoir entitled 'Dostoevsky In Love'.
Marian Keyes
Novelist Marian Keyes kicked off the New Year by offering an online novel-writing class, via a series of videos posted to her YouTube channel. The best selling author breaks down the fundamentals of writing and answers writers questions in the interactive vlog. Available on youtube, or you catch up on rteculture.ie
Music Played on the Show
Call My Agent Theme Tune
Lago
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Presenter: Seán Rocks