Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSir John Akomfrah, bicentenary of Byron's death and sped-up music
Lord Byron died 200 years ago on Friday. Lady Caroline Lamb described him as 'mad, bad and dangerous to know'. Fiona Stafford has edited Byron's Trav…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Book of Clarence, Liberation Squares, Northern Ireland's filming location boom
British director Jeymes Samueals discusses his new film The Book of Clarence, a Biblical comedy about a down-on-his-luck young man who tries to escap…
2 years, 2 months ago
Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black and Percival Everett's James reviewed
Back to Black is the Amy Winehouse biopic out this week and directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson. James is Percival Everett’s retelling of Mark Twain’s 1…
2 years, 2 months ago
Folk musician Martin Simpson, movie icon Anna May Wong, and classical music leaders criticise Arts Council England
Anna May Wong was an international star who appeared in some of Hollywood’s biggest movies in a career that spanned from the silent films of the 1920…
2 years, 2 months ago
Nathan Hill, Maggie Rogers, International Booker shortlist
Nathan Hill talks about his new novel Wellness, the follow-up to his acclaimed debut The Nix.
Maggie Rogers, the singer-songwriter whose career was la…
2 years, 2 months ago
Yinka Shonibare, Sean Shibe, cinema and digital decay
Artist Yinka Shonibare talks about his new exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery, which explores the legacy of Imperialism.
Guitarist Sean Shibe perfo…
2 years, 2 months ago
Beyonce’s new album Cowboy Carter, Netflix drama Ripley, Io Capitano movie reviewed
Beyonce’s new album Cowboy Carter - Netflix drama Ripley starring Andrew Scott - Io Capitano, the Oscar-nominated movie about teens in Senegal in se…
2 years, 2 months ago
50 years of ABBA’s Waterloo, Harewood House exhibition, Trevor Griffiths remembered, the rise of eco fiction and drama
Almost 50 years to the day when ABBA's Waterloo triumphed at Eurovision, ABBA specialist Carl Magnus Palm and Millie Taylor, professor of musical the…
2 years, 2 months ago
Dev Patel on Monkey Man, which books are on the curriculum?
Actor Dev Patel joins to talk about his directorial debut Monkey Man, a movie inspired by the Indian legend of Hunaman that tells the dark and brutal…
2 years, 2 months ago
The National Gallery at 200
The National Gallery opened its doors on 10th May 1824. The public could view 38 paintings, free. Now there are more than 2,300, including many maste…
2 years, 2 months ago