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Derby: 300 Years of Making
Museum of Making, Derby County Football Club's Poet-in-Residence, Kedleston Hall
29 Jul 2021,28 mins
Tokyo: Art & Photography, Brett Goldstein and Nick Mohammed, Wellcome Photography Prize
Tokyo: Art & Photography, and Brett Goldstein and Nick Mohammed on TV series Ted Lasso.
28 Jul 2021,28 mins
David Lan on The Walk, The 2021 Booker Prize longlist, David Livingstone birthplace re-opening
Samira talks to theatre director David Lan live from Gaziantep about The Walk.
27 Jul 2021,28 mins
Morris Hayes on posthumous Prince album, reopenings in Northern Ireland, actor Amir El-Masry on new film Limbo
Prince's longtime music director Morris Hayes on posthumous new album Welcome 2 America.
26 Jul 2021,28 mins
April De Angelis, Tokyo Olympics, Jordan Tannahill, Neil Mendoza
Playwright April De Angelis joins Tom to talk about her new musical, Gin Craze!
23 Jul 2021,41 mins
McKellen's Hamlet reviewed, Mercury Prize nominees, Alex Von Tunzelmann on statues
Susannah Clapp reviews the new production of Hamlet, starring Ian McKellen.
22 Jul 2021,28 mins
Jon Batiste, Museum of the Year shortlist, The Humboldt
Musician Jon Batiste, Art Fund Museum of the Year shortlist, The Humboldt Forum in Berlin
21 Jul 2021,28 mins
Ivorian director Philippe Lacôte on his film Night of the Kings, Best Pick podcast, Tirtzah Bassel Canon in Drag
Ivorian director Philippe Lacôte on his film Night of the Kings, set in a notorious jail
20 Jul 2021,28 mins
Debbie Harry on a new Blondie album, 'Reclaiming Amy', Reassessing Amy Winehouse's musical legacy
Debbie Harry on a new Blondie album.
19 Jul 2021,28 mins
Quentin Tarantino, YA Fiction, Report from Cannes, The Vegetable Seller
Tarantino in his only UK broadcast interview for the novel 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'
16 Jul 2021,41 mins
Anna Meredith on Bumps Per Minute, British Podcast Awards, Generational Differences in Publishing
Composer Anna Meredith on her piece inspired by the random movement of dodgems.
15 Jul 2021,28 mins
Documentary Witches of the Orient, Antonia Fraser's verse and who should be writing book reviews?
Julien Faraut on his documentary on a TV hit, the 1964 Japanese women's volleyball team.
14 Jul 2021,28 mins
Nowhere Special, Art and ecology with George Monbiot and Ruth Maclennan, "Mid-list" novelist Chris Paling
Full Monty producer Uberto Pasolini on directing new movie Nowhere Special.
13 Jul 2021,28 mins
Marcus Rashford mural, Ian McMillan, gender split in publishing
The Marcus Rashford mural which was defaced is part of a community street art project.
12 Jul 2021,28 mins
Llangollen bridge wrapped in patchwork for its Eisteddfod, Cannes Film Festival, Zaida Bergroth on film Tove
Llangollen bridge is wrapped in patchwork.
09 Jul 2021,41 mins
Laura Mvula, Michael Spicer, Anthony Bolton
Laura Mvula's on her new album, Pink Noise
08 Jul 2021,28 mins
Ola Ince on Romeo & Juliet, harassment and bullying in the acting profession, BFI's Ben Roberts
Romeo & Juliet director Ola Ince, and harassment and bullying in the acting profession
07 Jul 2021,28 mins
Manchester International Festival
A look at this year’s Manchester International Festival.
06 Jul 2021,28 mins
Paula Rego at Tate Britain, Black Widow, Cultural Recovery Fund a year on
A retrospective of the Portuguese-born artist Paula Rego opens at Tate Britain this week.
05 Jul 2021,28 mins
Giles Terera, Chi-chi Nwanoku, The 2021 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Reviewing Another Round
Danish Oscar-winning film Another Round reviewed.
02 Jul 2021,41 mins
Bobby Gillespie, Karla Black, Audience Anxiety
Bobby Gillespie on his new album of duets with Jehnny Beth.
01 Jul 2021,27 mins
Mark-Anthony Turnage, V&A East, Patricia Lockwood
Mark-Anthony Turnage on setting Arsenal's 1989 title-winning match to music.
30 Jun 2021,28 mins
Dickens readings, Smart Fund, Randall Goosby
Dickens reading his own works, Smart Fund, Randall Goosby's album Roots.
29 Jun 2021,28 mins
Simon Russell Beale, French Exit, Lisa Taddeo
Simon Russell Beale on playing JS Bach on stage.
28 Jun 2021,28 mins
Siân Owen on Under Milk Wood, Nick Broomfield, Essex stereotypes in culture
Siân Owen on adapting Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood for the National Theatre
25 Jun 2021,41 mins
Marianela Núñez, Charlotte Perriand exhibition review, Latitude Festival
Royal Ballet Principal Ballerina Marianela Núñez on Sleeping Beauty at the ROH.
24 Jun 2021,28 mins
The Overseas Student, Cherie Jones, India's Parliamentary District row
Tanika Gupta on her play about an 19 year old Gandhi studying law in the UK.
23 Jun 2021,28 mins
Joan Armatrading, Erland Cooper, EU cultural quotas
Singer Joan Armatrading on her new album, and composer Erland Cooper.
22 Jun 2021,28 mins
Lauryn Redding, Claire Barnett-Jones, Supernova film, Venice Biennale
Lauryn Redding on Bloody Elle, her musical reopening Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre.
21 Jun 2021,28 mins
Ian McKellen on playing Hamlet
50 years after last playing Hamlet, Sir Ian McKellen returns to the role.
18 Jun 2021,40 mins