Podcast Episodes

The Parthenon Marbles; Get Back documentary review; Turner Prize nominees Project Artworks; the literary canon

As the debate over the Parthenon Marbles has resurfaced in recent weeks, we take a deep dive into this decades old dispute. Alexander Herman, Assista…

4 years, 6 months ago

Kelly Lee Owens, Stephen Sondheim, Rowan Williams, Black Obsidian Sound System

The electronic musician Kelly Lee Owens won this year’s Welsh Music Prize for her album Inner Song. She tells Samira Ahmed about her inspiration - a…

4 years, 6 months ago

House of Gucci, Adele's 30 and The Every by Dave Eggers

The designer Henry Holland and writers Stephanie Merritt and Tahmima Anam review House of Gucci, The Every by Dave Eggers and Adele's new album 30.

In…

4 years, 6 months ago

Suzanne Lacy, Bishop Auckland, Silent Night

As her first major retrospective in the UK opens in Manchester, the distinguished American artist Suzanne Lacy discusses a career which has seen her …

4 years, 6 months ago

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Turner Prize nominees Gentle / Radical, Costa Book Awards

During the pandemic Andrew Lloyd Webber has been more of a campaigner than a composer. He talks to Samira Ahmed how to keep theatres open now, taking…

4 years, 6 months ago

The Power of the Dog film review; Turner Prize nominees Cooking Sections; South African literature today

Jane Campion is famous for The Piano and a baby grand plays a crucial role in her new film The Power of the Dog, in which Benedict Cumberbatch plays …

4 years, 6 months ago

King Richard, Wheel of Time and new Zadie Smith play reviewed, Playwright Moira Buffini

New movie King Richard stars Will Smith and focuses on the father of Venus and Serena Williams. The Wife of Willesden is the first play by Zadie Smit…

4 years, 6 months ago

Ralph Fiennes on Four Quartets, Songlines exhibition, art postcard from Plymouth

‘A spiritual enquiry into what it is to be human’ is how Ralph Fiennes describes T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets. On the eve of the opening in the West E…

4 years, 6 months ago

Céline Sciamma on her film Petite Maman, author Sarah Moss on The Fell, diversity in folk arts

Céline Sciamma’s last film, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, won awards worldwide after its release in 2019. Now the French filmmaker is back with Petite…

4 years, 6 months ago

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Climate Fiction, Kayleigh Llewellyn

Lin-Manuel Miranda makes his debut as film director with a cinematic retelling of the stage musical - tick, tick…Boom! The film stars Andrew Garfiel…

4 years, 6 months ago