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Contemporary sari design; the politics of museum labelling; Mat Osman's novel The Ghost Theatre

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Samira Ahmed talks to Priya Khanchandani, the curator of The Offbeat Sari, an exhibition of contemporary saris at the Design Museum in London.

The art critic Louisa Buck and the journalist James Marriott consider the vexed politics of museum labels.

Mat Osman, bass player with the band Suede, joins Samira to discuss his new novel, The Ghost Theatre, which dramatises the lives of boy actors in 1601.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Olivia Skinner

Published on Tuesday, 16th May 2023.

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