25 August 2014
Episode 150
54 minutes
Robert Bound assesses the best value for money in cultural performance with David Jays, editor of the Dance Gazette. We also report from this year’s Liverpool Biennial, visit Kosovo-based film festival Dokufest, head to Berlin to discover Readux, who make pocket-sized books to accompany you around the city and we get our music fix at Canada’s Edmonton Folk Festival.
25 August 2014
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