Marking World Book Day with the Bard

Umapagan Ampikaipakan , Literary Reviewer | Lee Chwi Lynn

22-Apr-14 14:00

Marking not just World Book Day but the 450th anniversary of the Bard's birthday, our resident literary critic and his guest will be looking at their favorite Shakespeare-inspired works.

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Tags: books, reading, world book day, shakespeare, literature

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11:00 AM

Best of Enterprise

(REPEAT) Jan Wong, Founder, Open Minds, on Malaysia’s Martech Digital Edge.

12:00 PM

Popcorn Culture

(REPEAT) We review One Battle After Another, Leonardo DiCaprio’s first collaboration with acclaimed director, Paul Thomas Anderson - and discuss your favourite of Leo's performances.

1:00 PM

Cruise Control

(REPEAT) We talk about the price war that's affecting the industry and the manufacturers that are selling their cars at discounted prices.

2:00 PM

Matt-Splained

(REPEAT) Matt and Rich debate how quickly AI has reached the threshold of deniability: the reality remix.

3:00 PM

Earth Matters

(REPEAT) A recent tiger poaching case in Johor highlights the urgent threats facing Malaysia’s national icon. We speak with Rimau founder Lara Ariffin about her organisation’s fight to protect the last Malayan tigers.

4:00 PM

Bar None

(REPEAT) We speak to a sport climbing coach and a skateboarder to learn how they train as athletes.

5:00 PM

BBC World Service

This episode of The Conversation features two filmmakers that are working on football-related movies.

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