Podcast Episodes

Review: art - Monet; book: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney; Joe Lycett's art book

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Claire Bartleet

2 years ago

David Mitchell on Ludwig, poet Kathleen Jamie and the world premiere of Helen Grime's Folk

Poet Kathleen Jamie, whose tenure as Scotland's Makar, or National Poet, recently came to an end, talks about her new collection of poems written in …

2 years ago

Chilly Gonzales performs, Dickens adaptations, Horror films

Classically trained pianist and rapper Chilly Gonzales performs from his new album Gonzo, ahead of his Royal Albert Hall gig,

As Hard Times kicks off…

2 years ago

John Boorman, Anya Gallaccio, The Halfway Kid performs

John Boorman talks to Samira about his 1974 science-fiction, fantasy film Zardoz as it is screened on its fiftieth anniversary at the BFI and his nov…

2 years ago

Review: film The Substance, Art Michael Craig-Martin, Book The Empusium

Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Bidisha Mamata and Ben Luke who will be offering their verdicts on body horror film The Substance staring Demi Moore, a ma…

2 years ago

A Very Royal Scandal, Glasgow Cathedral Festival & crime writer Peter May.

Screenwriter Jeremy Brock discusses Amazon's A Very Royal Scandal, the second dramatisation this year of Emily Maitlis' 2019 Newsnight interview with…

2 years ago

David Peace, new plays crisis, Booker Prize 2024 shortlist

David Peace on his new novel, Munichs, about the plane crash that transformed Manchester United. Katie Posner, Co-Artistic Director of Paines Plough …

2 years ago

Edward Enninful, Lady Blackbird performs, Booker prize shortlist

Edward Enninful, Vogue Global Creative and Cultural advisor has just made a documentary series, In Vogue: The 90s. He discusses the decade that chang…

2 years ago

REVIEW: Film: The Critic, Exhibition: Van Gogh, Book: Garth Greenwell's Small Rain

Tom Sutcliffe is joined by David Benedict and Catherine McCormack to review Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers, the first exhibition the National Gallery has…

2 years ago

Jacqueline Wilson, JRR Tolkien poetry, BBC TV thriller Nightsleeper

Dame Jacqueline Wilson talks about Think Again, the long-awaited adult novel which is the sequel to her much-loved Girls series of books.

Actors Al…

2 years ago