Podcasts Culture Front Row Barbara Demick on North Korea; Dungeons and Dragons controversy; folk musicians Hack-Poets Guild

Barbara Demick on North Korea; Dungeons and Dragons controversy; folk musicians Hack-Poets Guild

Published: March 27, 2023, 7:08 p.m.

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Award-winning journalist Barbara Demick\\u2019s book 'Nothing to Envy' has been short-listed for this year\\u2019s Baille Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Winner of Winners Award; North Korean defectors spoke about love, family life and the terrible cost of the 1990\\u2019s famine.

Front Row examines the controversy surrounding Dungeons and Dragons, the world's most popular table-top role playing game and now a Hollywood film, as fans protest against a clampdown on fan-made content. Professional Dungeons and Dragons player Kim Richards and Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law, Dr. Hayleigh Bosher, join Tom Sutcliffe to discuss what this means for fans and copyright owners.

Hack-Poets Guild is a collaboration between the renowned folk musicians Marry Waterson, Lisa Knapp and Nathaniel Mann. Their new album Blackletter Garland is inspired by the collection of broadside ballads in the Bodleian Library, news sheets that circulated between the 16th and 20th Centuries.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe\\nProducer: Olivia Skinner

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