Podcast Episodes

Museum of the Year winner announced

For the first time ever, breaking (known commercially as break dancing) is going to be featured as a sport at the main Olympic Games when they are ho…

1 year, 11 months ago

Chariots of Fire staged, Pompidou Centre redeveloped, My Native Land republished

Playwright Mike Bartlett and theatre director Robert Hastie on their new stage production of Chariots of Fire

As preparations are made for a major red…

1 year, 11 months ago

Laurie Anderson's album Amelia, and what's in the new Culture Secretary's in-tray?

Laurie Anderson, the Grammy award-winning artist and musician whose career has spanned five decades, discusses her latest work. a song cycle based on…

1 year, 11 months ago

Review: Starlight Express, Anita Desai's book Rosarita, film: The Nature of Love

Author Abir Mukherjee and critic Sarah Crompton join Tom Sutcliffe for the review show. After opening 40 years ago, Starlight Express has been update…

1 year, 11 months ago

Poet Paul Muldoon, film Unicorns and writer Stefan Zweig.

The Irish giant of verse Paul Muldoon is this year’s Writer in Residence at Ledbury Poetry Festival. He discusses the importance of workshopping and …

1 year, 11 months ago

The Bear, Moonchild Sanelly, Dundee Contemporary Gallery

The hit series The Bear is back for a third series. Samira talks to Ebon Moss Bachrach, who plays Richie. His cousin Carmen has been trying to trans…

1 year, 11 months ago

Lynda la Plante, AI and copyright, funding literary festivals

Lynda la Plante discusses her final Jane Tennison novel, Whole Life Sentence and discusses the enduring legacy of Prime Suspect.

Lea Ypi remembers the…

1 year, 11 months ago

Reviews - Douglas is Cancelled, Ronald Moody Sculptures, The Importance of Being Earnest

Reviews of: The ITV comedy drama Douglas is Cancelled - a four part series written by Steven Moffat, starring Hugh Bonneville as middle-aged televis…

1 year, 11 months ago

Next to Normal, British TV history, In the Eye of the Storm

Next to Normal stormed Broadway in 2009 with its portrayal of a woman struggling with her mental health. It went on to win three Tonys and a Pulitzer…

1 year, 11 months ago

The Marilyn Conspiracy, Rachel Podger, Emma Glass

Presenter: Kate Molleson Producer: Paula McGrath

1 year, 11 months ago