The Cultural Frontline: where arts and news collide.
World Service,·367 episodes
Take a tour of the Hope, Tragedy, Myths exhibition at the British Library in London
03 Jun 2017,·26 mins
Author Richard Ford argues everyone has a dream not just Americans
27 May 2017,·26 mins
Lila Azam Zanganeh on the creativity that comes from having multiple identities
20 May 2017,·26 mins
Director Alankrita Shrivastava explains why it's important for women’s voices to be heard
13 May 2017,·26 mins
How are political cartoonists portraying UK politicians in the build-up to the election?
06 May 2017,·26 mins
What kinds of subjects have preoccupuied writers in the region for the last decade?
29 Apr 2017,·26 mins
Turkish writer Kaya Genc on what the Turkish referendum means for the country’s artists
22 Apr 2017,·26 mins
The cultural revival taking place in Cambodia four decades after the Khmer Rouge genocide.
15 Apr 2017,·26 mins
How artists, writers and musicians are reflecting the election campaign in their work
08 Apr 2017,·26 mins
The superstar artist on how he thinks art can encourage understanding in today's France
01 Apr 2017,·26 mins
Film-makers from Egypt and Syria discuss how recent upheavals have impacted film
25 Mar 2017,·26 mins
Dutch/Moroccan novelist Abdelkader Benali discusses how culture has responded to populism
18 Mar 2017,·26 mins
The singer explains how she feels about her permanent association with the Arab Spring
11 Mar 2017,·26 mins
The award-winning writer discusses his new novel which explores the refugee crisis
04 Mar 2017,·26 mins
The actress and director discusses her new film First They Killed My Father
25 Feb 2017,·26 mins
What can a hit film about cross border cooperation tell us about real life relations?
18 Feb 2017,·26 mins
How should artists respond to fake news and how might it change the way we view images?
11 Feb 2017,·26 mins
Artists in the US and abroad discuss the likely impact of the US travel ban
04 Feb 2017,·26 mins
Norweigan singer Moddi tells why he chose to record 12 banned songs from around the world
28 Jan 2017,·26 mins
What makes a great inauguration speech and is plagiarism forgivable?
21 Jan 2017,·26 mins
How artists are reacting to and reflecting the approaching Presidency of Donald Trump
14 Jan 2017,·26 mins
How the partition of India in 1947 continues to influence culture in India and Pakistan
07 Jan 2017,·26 mins
The artists using Twitter, Instagram, WeChat and Facebook to make and spread their work
31 Dec 2016,·26 mins
How have artists responded to Syria, Brexit, the US elections and the migrant crisis?
24 Dec 2016,·26 mins
A museum has opened in Taipei to remember the women forced to work in brothels during WW2
17 Dec 2016,·26 mins
How the architect developed her distinctive style through drawing and painting.
10 Dec 2016,·26 mins
How arts and culture fared under his rule, and how artists have reacted to his death.
03 Dec 2016,·26 mins
We hear from the artist behind the project to provide demonstrators with mirrored shields
26 Nov 2016,·26 mins
As the ancient city is recaptured from IS, what's left of the historic site?
19 Nov 2016,·26 mins
The Trump effect on culture; singing the election; emojis as art; literary ancestry
12 Nov 2016,·26 mins