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Front Row: Raised by Wolves, The Staves, Compton Verney, 1990 Boston art heist

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13/03/2015

Raised by Wolves, The Staves, Compton Verney, 1990 Boston art heist

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Raised by Wolves, The Staves, Compton Verney, 1990 Boston art heist

Arts news with John Wilson, including a review of Caitlin Moran's series Raised by Wolves.

Caitlin Moran's TV series Raised by Wolves reviewed, plus The Staves on their new album If I Was, country mansion Compton Verney reopens, and the 1990 Boston art heist revisited.

Raised by Wolves is a new sitcom written by author Caitlin Moran and her sister Catherine. Based in Wolverhampton and set in a large, home-schooled family led by matriarch Stella, the series is loosely based on Moran's own upbringing. Natalie Haynes reviews

As The Staves prepare to release their second album If I Was, the singing Stavely-Taylor sisters - Jessica, Emily and Camilla - discuss recording in Wisconsin with Bon Iver, and how they create their three-part harmonies.

Compton Verney re-opens to the public this weekend. John Wilson visits the country mansion and art gallery and previews two new exhibitions: Canaletto: Celebrating Britain, and The Non-Conformists: Photographs by Martin Parr. 

Boston journalist Stephen Kurkjian, and Antony Amore, head of security at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, look back at the world's largest private property theft there 25 years ago when artworks by Rembrandt and Vermeer were stolen and never seen again. 

Presenter John Wilson
Producer Jerome Weatherald.

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