# Steph McGovern on how to buy art

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Podcast: [Front Row](https://stenobird.com/podcast/front-row-944015)
Published: 2026-08-11T19:19:00+00:00
Episode link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00300j3
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Steph McGovern, presenter of new BBC show The Big Deal, is joined by Marie Le Conte to discuss how to buy art. Fleabag actor Sian Clifford on her lead role in "Lady", a new mockumentary film about a fading aristocrat. Why has a new show at Edinburgh about Amanda Knox been so controversial? Tristram Fane Saunders gives his assessment live from the Fringe Festival. And Colin Thubron, both a travel writer and novelist, has a new book which journeys into Egypt and the human mind - literally. He talks about how witnessing brain surgery influenced his novella Passage. Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Ciaran Bermingham

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