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Anthony Roth Costanzo, Unboxed's See Monster, and the cost of living crisis
Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, Unboxed's See Monster, and the cost of living crisis
27 Sep 2022,42 mins
Michael Winterbottom, Welsh arts project GALWAD, Hilary Mantel remembered
Michael Winterbottom, Welsh arts project GALWAD, Hilary Mantel remembered.
26 Sep 2022,42 mins
Blonde and Inside Man reviewed, Anna Bailey interview
Reviews of Blonde & Inside Man; National Short Story Award shortlisted author Anna Bailey
22 Sep 2022,42 mins
Beth Orton, Jodi Picoult, South Korean Art
Beth Orton performs live, Jodi Picoult, South Korean art reviewed, and Vanessa Onwuemezi.
21 Sep 2022,43 mins
Louise Doughty on her BBC drama Crossfire, singer-songwriter Miki Berenyi from Lush, author Jenn Ashworth
Louise Doughty on her BBC drama, Miki Berenyi's memoir of life in Lush, Jenn Ashworth.
20 Sep 2022,41 mins
Ticket to Paradise film, Winslow Homer exhibition, National Short Story Award shortlist announcement
George Clooney and Julia Roberts reunite in new rom-com Ticket to Paradise, set in Bali.
15 Sep 2022,42 mins
Cellist Abel Selaocoe, Art & History, Curlews In Music
Abel Selaocoe plays live, seeing art and history from a new perspective, curlews in music
14 Sep 2022,42 mins
Richard Eyre's The Snail House; Sylvia Anderson and women in TV; the late Jean-Luc Godard
Richard Eyre's The Snail House; Sylvia Anderson and women in TV; the late Jean-Luc Godard.
13 Sep 2022,42 mins
Eileen Cooper, Northern Ireland Opera, Basic Income For The Arts In Ireland, Roger McGough
Eileen Cooper's art, Northern Ireland Opera, government scheme to pay artists in Ireland.
12 Sep 2022,42 mins
Trumpet player Alison Balsom and the campaign to revive the works of author Jack Hilton
Musician Alison Balsom, author Jack Hilton, black Scottish identity in art.
07 Sep 2022,41 mins
Loudon Wainwright III performs live, the Booker Prize shortlist, studying English Literature
Loudon Wainwright III performs live in the studio from his album Lifetime Achievement.
06 Sep 2022,42 mins
David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future, Venice Film Festival, Booker Longlisted Shehan Karunatilaka, Tom Chaplin
Crimes of the Future reviewed, film news from the Venice, Keane's Tom Chaplin plays live.
05 Sep 2022,42 mins
Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power; Three Thousand Years of Longing; Nick Drnaso; the Edinburgh Festivals
Reviews of Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power and Three Thousand Years of Longing
01 Sep 2022,42 mins
Joyce Carol Oates, The comeback of Jungle, RIOPY
Joyce Carol Oates, RIOPY, the return of jungle
31 Aug 2022,42 mins
Best-selling book charts, author Ann Cleeves and Composer James B.Wilson on the last night of the Proms
Ann Cleeves discusses the return of her crime creation DI Vera Stanhope in the Rising Tide
30 Aug 2022,42 mins
Ralph Vaughan Williams
A celebration of the music and life of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.
29 Aug 2022,41 mins
Shelea, Reviewing Official Competition and Red Rose, Gus Casely-Hayford
Live music from Sheléa, reviewing TV and film, fashion history series Torn.
18 Aug 2022,42 mins
Gregory Doran and the RSC, WASWASA – Whispers in Prayer performance, Taiwan's new cultural landmark
Gregory Doran reflects on ten years as artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
17 Aug 2022,42 mins
Anne-Marie Duff on Bad Sisters, Returning the Benin Bronzes, Public Service Broadcasting's Prom
Anne-Marie Duff on her new TV show Bad Sisters, and returning the Benin Bronzes.
16 Aug 2022,42 mins
Jacob Collier and Lizzy McAlpine, Abdul Shayek and Ishy Din, Threats to writers
Jacob Collier live, Burhan Sönmez on threats to writers, 75th anniversary of Partition.
15 Aug 2022,42 mins
Edinburgh Festival: Burn, Counting & Cracking, Aftersun, Festival picks
We review Burn and Counting & Cracking. Plus, Aftersun film director Charlotte Wells.
11 Aug 2022,42 mins
Immy Humes and Aindrea Emelife, Charlotte Higgins and David Greig, Stefan Golaszewski
Views of Roman Britain today, Raymond Briggs, women in photography, BBC drama Marriage.
10 Aug 2022,42 mins
Live from the Edinburgh Festival: Matt Forde, Anne Sofie von Otter, Exodus
Political play Exodus, comedian Matt Forde and singer Anne Sofie von Otter.
09 Aug 2022,42 mins
Jordan Peele on Nope, trombonist Peter Moore, Where Is Anne Frank film review, Edinburgh Art Festival
The Oscar-winning writer-director Jordan Peele on his sci-fi-western-UFO movie, Nope.
08 Aug 2022,42 mins
Bullet Train & Mohsin Hamid's The Last White Man reviewed, conductor Semyon Bychkov
David Leitch's Bullet Train starring Brad Pitt reviewed
04 Aug 2022,42 mins
The National Eisteddfod of Wales, Ted Gioia on Duke Ellington, musician Carolina Eyck performs
Huw Stephens reports from the National Eisteddfod of Wales in Tregaron, Ceredigion.
03 Aug 2022,42 mins
Disabled-access ticket booking, Writer Will Ashon, Artists Jane Darke and Andrew Tebbs
Accessible ticket problems, Will Ashon's everyday voices book, Habitats As Heritage art.
02 Aug 2022,42 mins
Beyoncé's album Renaissance, poet Don Paterson, the New Diorama Theatre, Free-for-All exhibition, Nichelle Nichols remembered
A review of Beyoncé's album Renaissance, her first in six years.
01 Aug 2022,42 mins
Hit the Road & Mercury Pictures Presents reviewed, Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, Bernard Cribbins remembered
Panah Panahi's Iranian road movie Hit the Road reviewed
28 Jul 2022,42 mins
Sister Act, Dramatising the Ugandan Asian exodus, David Olusoga
Beverley Knight and Jennifer Saunders on Sister Act, Ugandan Asian stories, David Olusoga
27 Jul 2022,42 mins