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Author Percival Everett, director Pravesh Kumar on Little English
Percival Everett's novel Dr No; Pravesh Kumar on film Little English; Yeats & smartphones.
13 Mar 2023,42 mins
Film My Sailor, My Love; Atwood’s Old Babes In The Wood; Baillie Gifford prize; Nicole Flattery
Reviews of My Sailor My Love and Margaret Atwood’s new collection; Baillie Gifford winners
09 Mar 2023,41 mins
Pioneering play Top Girls turns 40, do publishers owe a duty of care to memoirists? and the benefits of stopping the show
Pioneering play Top Girls turns 40, and do publishers have a duty of care to memoirists?
08 Mar 2023,36 mins
Daniel Mays on a new production of Guys and Dolls, and how accessible are venues and film sets for performers?
Daniel Mays in Guys and Dolls, making film and TV sets more accessible for performers.
07 Mar 2023,42 mins
Steven Moffat and Lucy Caldwell on writing about the Hadron Collider
Steven Moffat and Lucy Caldwell on writing short stories inspired by the science of Cern.
06 Mar 2023,42 mins
Daisy Jones & The Six on TV. Lukas Dhont’s film Close. Edmund De Waal on potter Lucie Rie
Reviews of Daisy Jones And The Six and Close, plus ceramicist Edmund de Waal on Lucie Rie.
02 Mar 2023,42 mins
Barry Male Voice Choir, new play Romeo and Julie, WNO’s Blaze of Glory and Welsh culture minister Dawn Boden
Barry Male Voice Choir, WNO’s Blaze of Glory and Welsh culture minister Dawn Boden.
01 Mar 2023,42 mins
Tracy-Ann Oberman, Director Michael B Jordan, Oldham Coliseum
Tracy-Ann Oberman on playing Shylock, Creed III's Michael B Jordan, and theatre funds.
28 Feb 2023,42 mins
Conductor Antonio Pappano on Puccini’s Turandot and the Ukrainian cabaret artists performing in exile
Antonio Pappano on Turandot, and the Ukrainian cabaret artists performing in exile.
27 Feb 2023,42 mins
Immersive David Hockney art and Korean film Broker reviewed; artist Mike Nelson; AI-generated writing
Immersive Hockney art, Korean film Broker, installation artist Mike Nelson, AI writing.
23 Feb 2023,42 mins
New film The Strays, artists Chila Kumari Singh Burman and Dawinder Bansal, Janet Malcolm’s photography memoir
New film The Strays and artists Chila Kumari Singh Burman and Dawinder Bansal.
22 Feb 2023,42 mins
Michael Douglas, culture in Ukraine a year after invasion, visual effects and animation in the UK
Oscar-winner Michael Douglas talks about his new film, Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania.
21 Feb 2023,42 mins
Hugh Jackman, Kevin Jared Hosein, the future of opera
Hugh Jackman, Kevin Jared Hosein, the future of opera.
20 Feb 2023,42 mins
Marcel The Shell With Shoes On, Alice Neel, Spitting Image
Animation Marcel The Shell With Shoes On, Alice Neel's art, Al Murray on Spitting Image
16 Feb 2023,42 mins
Asif Kapadia's dance film Creature; the Barbellion Book Prize winner; South Asian and South East Asian galleries in Manchester
Director Asif Kapadia on collaborating with choreographer Akram Khan on the film Creature
15 Feb 2023,42 mins
Tracy Chevalier on Vermeer exhibition; live v streaming theatre audiences; American poet A. E. Stallings; The King's Singers
Author Tracy Chevalier on the major Vermeer exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
14 Feb 2023,42 mins
Kate Prince on her suffragette musical, the art of casting, set design at the Brits.
Kate Prince on her suffragette musical, the art of casting, set design at the Brits.
13 Feb 2023,42 mins
Georgia Oakley director of Blue Jean, Burt Bacharach obituary, Salman Rushdie's Victory City and Peter Doig exhibition reviewed
Georgia Oakley on her film Blue Jean about the impact of Section 28 on a teacher and pupil
09 Feb 2023,42 mins
The Reytons, film-maker Saim Sadiq, The Beekeeper of Aleppo
The Reytons on making a number 1 album, film-maker Saim Sadiq, The Beekeeper of Aleppo.
08 Feb 2023,42 mins
Les Dennis and Mina Anwar, writer Tania Branigan, Kerry Shale on Yentl
Les Dennis and Mina Anwar, writer Tania Branigan, and Kerry Shale on Yentl.
07 Feb 2023,42 mins
Costume designer Sandy Powell, playwright Chris Bush, Donatello sculptures at the V&A
Costume designer Sandy Powell, playwright Chris Bush, Donatello sculptures at the V&A.
06 Feb 2023,42 mins
TV drama Nolly and film The Whale reviewed, director M Night Shyamalan
A review of Nolly starring Helena Bonham Carter and written by Russell T Davies.
02 Feb 2023,42 mins
Sonia Boyce, The Quiet Girl, Theatre Freelance Pay, Oldham Coliseum
Sonia Boyce's Venice Biennale show, The Quiet Girl, Theatre pay discussed, Oldham Coliseum
01 Feb 2023,42 mins
Beethoven's Für Elise, playwright Garry Lyons, film director Rajkumar Santoshi
Who was the mysterious Elise of Beethoven's famous Für Elise?
31 Jan 2023,42 mins
Film director Sarah Polley, novelist Ann-Helen Laestadius and deep fakes on TV
Film director Sarah Polley, novelist Ann-Helen Laestadius and deep fakes on TV.
30 Jan 2023,42 mins
The Fabelmans and Noises Off reviewed, Joe Cornish on new TV drama Lockwood and Co.
The Fabelmans and Noises Off reviewed, Joe Cornish on new TV drama Lockwood and Co.
26 Jan 2023,42 mins
Mel C on dancing with Jules Cunningham, film-maker Laura Poitras, musician Rasha Nahas
Mel C at Sadler's Wells in How Did We Get Here? choreographed by Jules Cunningham.
25 Jan 2023,42 mins
Artist John Akomfrah, Oscar Nominations, Arts Council England responds
Artist John Akomfrah on representing the UK at the Venice Biennale, Oscar nominations
24 Jan 2023,42 mins
The play Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons; conductor Alice Farnham; the short film An Irish Goodbye.
Sam Steiner and Josie Rourke on their new production of Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons
23 Jan 2023,41 mins
Spain and the Hispanic World exhibition, new film Holy Spider, artist Clarke Reynolds
Spain and the Hispanic World exhibition, new film Holy Spider, artist Clarke Reynolds.
19 Jan 2023,42 mins