Ben Okri, film director Shamira Raphaela, Leighton House Museum

Ben Okri, film director Shamira Raphaela, Leighton House Museum

By BBC Radio 4

The Booker Prize-winning author Sir Ben Okri joins Antonia Quirke to reflect on his new collection Tiger Work, intended as a wake up call for a warming world. It blends fiction, essays and poetry inspired by environmental activism in the face of climate crisis.

Film director Shamira Raphaela discusses her documentary Shabu, which follows an aspiring teenage musician from Rotterdam during a single summer.

Antonia visits Leighton House in London, one of five finalists for this year's Art Fund Museum of the Year award. The Victorian 'studio house' was once the home of Fredric Leighton, artist, collector and former president of the Royal Academy.

Presenter: Antonia Quirke Producer: Olivia Skinner

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