Samira Ahmed
@SamiraAhmedUK
Bride of Art.Front Row BBC R4, Newswatch BBC1,Art of Persia BBC4, BroadcastingPressGuild Audio Presenter of the Yr 2020. Spiritual Berliner,ex-Los Angelena
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http://www.samiraahmed.blog 12-02-2010 17:21:19
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'I’ve lost more than one friend over politics.’
Author Lionel Shriver tells Samira Ahmed about her new novel Mania, featuring two friends on either side of a fictional culture war.
Catch up with the full interview on @bbcsounds now 🎧
On @bbcfrontrow: Discussing scale of cuts to University arts and humanities courses across England. Though aware of cuts in Aberdeen too. Thx to everyone who got in touch. Also Tyrell Williams on Red Pitch @sohoplace. Lionel Shriver on Mania 715 R4 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
Been talking songwriting, Derek Jarman, minimalism & the art of elegy with Pet Shop Boys for nx Thur's BBC Front Row.
Still recall how I felt & where I was when I first heard West End Girls on the radio not knowing one day I'd grow up to interview them.
Cd be a pop song in there.
Interview the Pet Shop Boys tomorrow for a future BBC Front Row?
Left to my own devices I probably would..
Saw There's Still Tomorrow last night. The neo-realist tinged film set against run up to 1946 general election - the 1st in which Italian women could vote. It's taken Italy by storm. A feminist comedy about domestic violence sums up its weird tone. See it! theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…
