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Edmund de Waal launches our #FrontRowGetCreative challenge, Hafsa Zayyan, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Hung Parliament

We launch our campaign to get you creating beautiful artworks at home.

The ceramicist, artist and writer Edmund de Waal today launches the #FrontRowGetCreative project, where artists will be encouraging you, our listeners, to try their hand at creating an artwork with easily-available materials. In his studio he talks us through the creation of a palimpsest, where letters and characters overlap in layers of clay – or domestic filler in this case – to memorialise words that are special to him.

We'd love to see what you create. Show us what you've made by sharing on social media channels using the hashtag Front Row Get Creative and we'll show those that catch our eye on the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Arts and Front Row websites. Check out the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

Hafsa Zayyan was the winner of the inaugural Merky Books New Writers' Prize - part of Stormzy’s ongoing partnership publishing new books with William Heinemann. We speak to her about her novel We Are All Birds Of Uganda. It’s a fascinating story about intergenerational trauma, racism and displacement set between Uganda in the 1960s and now.

Les Enfants Terribles have a reputation for innovating in the world of immersive theatre. Their face-to-face shows included the Olivier-nominated Alice’s Adventures Underground performed literally underground, the prosecution of punk collective in Inside Pussy Riot, and United Queendom, telling the stories of some of Kensington Palace’s lesser known royals in the Palace itself. But can you do immersive theatre online? Oliver Lansley, founder and co-artistic director, discusses Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Hung Parliament described as a combination of theatre, gaming, escape room and board game - .

Presenter: Elle Osili-Wood
Producer: Simon Richardson

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Front Row Get Creative - Edmund de Waal

Front Row Get Creative - Edmund de Waal
Front Row’s new project is Get Creative, in collaboration with Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Culture in Quarantine. We’re very keen to encourage you to create a piece of art, with guidance and inspiration from one of the country’s leading artists. This week the ceramicist, artist and writer Edmund de Waal, whose usual working materials include porcelain and gold leaf, will be using thick card, domestic filler, some PVA glue, and a pencil or charcoal to show you how to make a

We Are All Birds of Uganda

We Are All Birds of Uganda
We Are All Birds of Uganda by is the winner of the Merky Books New Writers' Prize and published by Penguin Books

Photo credit: Bhavin BhattÌý

Sherlock Holmes An Online Adventure

Sherlock Holmes An Online Adventure
The immersive production of ÌýÌý-The Case of the Hung Parliament is available to book now until 10th March.Ìý

Photo credit: Rah Petherbridge PhotographyÌý

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