Podcast Episodes

Nick Hornby, dancer Cecilia Iliesiu, Derek Owusu and Anthony Anaxagorou

Author Nick Hornby on the similarities of Dickens and Prince, as he publishes his new book on the “genius” of the Victorian novelist and the sex-funk…

3 years, 7 months ago

Alison Lapper on Sarah Biffin, Ric Renton, Plastics at the V&A Dundee

Artist Alison Lapper and co-curator Emma Rutherford discuss a new exhibition Without Hands: The Art of Sarah Biffin, which takes a fresh look at the …

3 years, 7 months ago

Tammy Faye musical, Paul Newman's memoir, Daniel Arsham, Simon Armitage

Reviewers Karen Krizanovich and David Benedict give their verdicts on Tammy Faye, A New Musical at the Almeida Theatre in London, starring Katie Bray…

3 years, 7 months ago

Turn It Up: The Power of Music exhibition; The Turner Prize at Tate Liverpool; Linton Kwesi Johnson

Art critic Laura Robertson reviews this year's Turner Prize show at Tate Liverpool.

Presenter Nick Ahad pays a visit to the immersive exhibition, Tur…

3 years, 7 months ago

Eliza Carthy, Ruben Östlund, Brutalist Architecture

Eliza Carthy is celebrating 30 years as a professional musician with a new album, Queen of the Whirl. She talks about this, the legacy of her musical…

3 years, 7 months ago

Taylor Swift and Arctic Monkeys

Taylor Swift and the Arctic Monkeys both released their debut albums in 2006. Their latest studio albums, Swift’s tenth, Midnights, and Arctic Monkey…

3 years, 7 months ago

Front Row reviews popular culture of 1922

For the poet Ezra Pound it was ‘year zero for Modernism’ but what were people in Britain really reading, watching, listening to and looking at in 192…

3 years, 7 months ago

Martin McDonagh on The Banshees of Inisherin and The Royal National Mòd

Director Martin McDonagh talks about his new film The Banshees of Inisherin.

The former Young People's Laureate for London, Selina Nwulu, discusses he…

3 years, 7 months ago

New theatre @sohoplace, director Edward Berger, Jenny Beavan on fair pay for costume designers

Theatre producer Nica Burns talks about her brand new theatre building @sohoplace which is about to open in London’s West End.

Film director Edward Be…

3 years, 7 months ago

The Booker Prize for Fiction 2022

The live ceremony for the 2022 Booker Prize for Fiction, hosted by Samira Ahmed. The winner of the £50,000 prize will be announced by the chair of j…

3 years, 7 months ago