Podcast Episodes

Reviewing The Sheep Detectives, Elizabeth Strout and Henry Moore at Kew

Tom Sutcliffe is joined by journalist and podcaster Nick Hilton and writer and historian Catherine McCormack to review a selection of cultural items …

1 month ago

Author Siri Hustvedt on her memoir, Ghost Stories

Acclaimed author Siri Hustvedt on Ghost Stories, her memoir of her marriage to novelist, poet and filmmaker Paul Auster and her grief following his d…

1 month ago

Antony Gormley in 2D

Antony Gormley joins Samira Ahmed. The sculptor and artist is best known for landmarks such as Angel of the North or the beach figures of Another Pla…

1 month ago

Celebrating the art of Illustration, with Sir Quentin Blake and Posy Simmonds

As the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration prepares to open in London, we find out how illustrators are adapting to a changing world.

Starting with …

1 month, 1 week ago

Review: Spanish master Zurbarán at the National Gallery

Tom Sutcliffe is joined by playwright Mark Ravenhill and academic and critic Maria Delgado to review:

The first major UK exhibition of Spanish master …

1 month, 1 week ago

Paul Weller on his musical evolution

From the rebellious spirit of The Jam in the 1970s to the soulful sound of The Style Council and mellow ballads as a solo artist, singer-songwriter P…

1 month, 1 week ago

Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on the new Children's Booker Prize

Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce launches the Children's Booker Prize and discusses some of the themes of his forthcoming Waterstones Childre…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Devil Wears Prada 2, with director David Frankel

The Devil Wears Prada 2 director David Frankel on why it was time to bring the old gang back together again. David Haig's new play "Magic" imagines t…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Reviewing Richard Gadd’s follow up to his hit Baby Reindeer

Critics Larushka Ivan-Zadeh and Ludovic Hunter-Tilney join Tom to review Half Man, Richard Gadd’s follow up to his hit Baby Reindeer.

They also discu…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Antoine Fuqua's controversial biopic of Michael Jackson

A new biopic chronicles one of the 20th century’s biggest and most controversial music icons, but appears not to paint the whole picture about his li…

1 month, 2 weeks ago