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Ocean Vuong is a Vietnamese-American poet whose recent works include a best-selling novel, On Earth We鈥檙e Briefly Gorgeous, and a multi-prize-winning volume of verse, Night Sky with Exit Wounds. He talks about his latest collection of poems, Time Is A Mother, exploring themes of childhood, addiction, sexuality and the death of his mother.

The third film in the Fantastic Beasts series, The Secrets of Dumbledore, is reviewed by Anna Smith, film critic and host of Girls on Film podcast.

Front Row explores the four places competing to be UK City of Culture 2025, starting with Southampton. 主播大秀 Radio Solent鈥檚 Emily Hudson reports on Southampton鈥檚 bid.

To mark the 主播大秀's Art That Made Us season, Front Row invites artists from across the nations of the UK to choose the piece of art that made them by shaping their artistic and cultural identity. Today we hear from the Booker Prize shortlisted author Nadifa Mohamed on the 1979 song London Calling by The Clash.

Picture of Ocean Vuong credit Tom Hines

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Hilary Dunn