Radio choice

Black Art Matters RADIO 4, 11.30AM

Sonia Boyce explores the current interest in black British art through the life of artist Donald Rodney. Rodney suffered from sickle cell disease and died in his thirties in 1998. But Rodney crammed a huge amount of artistic output into his short life. Boyce looks at the inspiration behind his political, challenging and innovative art. She also talks to his family about the racial politics in Great Britain that he worked against, asks why there has been a resurgence of interest in his work, and muses on what he might be creating now if he were still alive.

Open Country RADIO 4, 3.00PM

 With the revered tennis championships about to start, Open Country speaks to the people for whom Wimbledon is a year-round project, and the staff who devote their lives to maintaining its reputation of elegant summer gentility combined with rigorous athletic performance. This year marks the 90th anniversary of the first radio broadcasts from the tournament, and as well as interviews with those responsible for maintaining the hallowed grounds, sports broadcaster Alison Mitchell gives us a guided tour of the courts.