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Iranian-born artist, photographer and filmmaker Shirin Neshat talk to us about her latest work - a feature film entitled Land of Dreams which premiered at The Venice Film Festival last week -and her exhibition at Photo London of still images connected to New Mexico.

The last of our Women鈥檚 Prize for Fiction-shortlisted authors, Yaa Gyasi, talks to Front Row ahead of the winner鈥檚 announcement tomorrow. Her novel Transcendent Kingdom considers big questions of science, belief and addiction in the story of a family.

Professor Mark Anthony Neal marks the death of actor Michael K. Williams, best known for playing Omar in the US TV series The Wire.

A report today finds that as temperatures rise, dragonflies are thriving here. Insects have long fascinated poets and we hear Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem capturing the beauty, and the life cycle, of the dragonfly - in just eight lines.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Julian May