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James Graham on The Culture, Costa Book Prize winner announced, Ocean Liners

Arts news, interviews and reviews. James Graham on his play The Culture and we announce and speak to the winner of the 2017 Costa Book Prize.

Last year, wunderkind playwright James Graham premiered three plays Ink, Labour of Love, and Quiz which looked respectively at the rise of the Sun newspaper, Labour party history; and the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire "coughing Major" scandal. As he begins 2018 with another premiere, The Culture: A Farce in Two Acts, he discusses turning his attention to Hull's year as City of Culture and his desire and energy to keep creating new work.

The V&A's new exhibition Ocean Liners: Speed and Style explores the golden age of ocean travel through all aspects of ship design from ground-breaking engineering, architecture and interiors to the fashion and lifestyle aboard. Design critic Corrine Julius reviews.

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi on her novel Kintu - lauded as 'The Great Ugandan Novel' - which has just been published in the UK for the first time.

And we speak to the winner of the 2017 Costa Book Prize, live from the ceremony. The book is chosen from the five category winners - Inside the Wave by Helen Dunmore (Poetry); Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (First Novel); Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor (Novel); The Explorer by Katherine Rundell (Children's) and In the Days of Rain by Rebecca Stott (Biography).

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • James Graham

    Duration: 08:34

  • Ocean Liners

    Duration: 04:56

  • Jennifer Nansubuga-Makumbi

    Duration: 06:48

  • Helen Dunmore tribute

    Duration: 08:15

The Culture: A Farce in Two Acts

The Culture: A Farce in Two Acts
Matt Sutton, Jordan Metcalf, Andrew Dunn, Martin Hyder,  Nicola Reynolds
Photo credit: Andrew Billington

The Culture: A Farce in Two Acts is on at , Hull until 17 Feb
Main image: Martin Hyder and Nicola Reynolds
Photo credit: Andrew Billington

Ocean Liners: Speed and Style

Ocean Liners: Speed and Style
Normandie in New York
1935 - 1939
Photo credit: Collection French Lines V&A

Ocean Liners: Speed and Style opens at the  from 3 Feb

Jennifer Nansubuga-Makumbi

Jennifer Nansubuga-Makumbi
Jennifer Nansubuga-Makumbi
Photo credit: Mark Rusher

Her book Kintu is available now

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Role Contributor
Interviewed Guest James Graham
Interviewed Guest Corrine Julius
Interviewed Guest Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

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