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Arts Diary
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* The BBC's Culture Show will be funkier when it returns at the end of this month. The academic and film composer John Altman (Titanic, Little Voice) has been asked to "score" the Man Booker Prize shortlist. Once he has produced music for each of the six books, the judges--Hermione Lee, Simon Armitage, Candia McWilliam, Anthony Quinn and Fiona Shaw (pictured below)--will have to guess which tune fits which tome. This jolly stunt will kick-start the new series, to be guest-presented by sassy rock chick Lauren Laverne.
Privately, I hear that one of the Booker judges has doubts about the producers' plans. He claims that even though it's a "brilliant idea" to score a book, the …
