Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Sir Stephen Hough, Arab Strap, can authors make money?
Wed 8 May 2024
Pianist and composer Stephen Hough, the future of publishing, Scottish band Arab Strap.
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Party Games play, 200 years of Beethoven鈥檚 9th, literary editing
Tue 7 May 2024
200 years of Beethoven鈥檚 Symphony No 9, a political comedy and the art of literary editing
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Sir Alan Ayckbourn, Jeremy Deller, Scarborough Spa Orchestra
Mon 6 May 2024
Scarborough Bank Holiday Special.
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Marc Quinn at Kew, The Fall Guy,
Thu 2 May 2024
Naomi Alderman and Jason Solomons join Tom Sutcliffe to review this week's highlights.
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Spirited Away at London Coliseum, Eurovision build-up, terminal diagnosis films
Wed 1 May 2024
Antonia Quirke talks to John Caird and Maoko Imai about adapting Spirited Away for stage.
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Michelangelo exhibition at British Museum, Jembaa Groove perform, Inside Number 9
Tue 30 Apr 2024
Michelangelo: the last decades, Reece Shearsmith and Jembaa Groove.
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Hanif Kureishi, Ingrid Persaud, Arts Council funding
Mon 29 Apr 2024
As a stage version of the Buddha of Suburbia opens at the RSC, we talk to Hanif Kureishi.
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Pet Shop Boys, review of Challengers film and Expressionists exhibiition
Thu 25 Apr 2024
Pet Shop Boys new album, Zendaya's film Challengers, Expressionists at Tate Modern.
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The Legend of Ned Ludd, Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, Mohammad Barrangi
Wed 24 Apr 2024
The Legend of Ned Ludd, Women's Fiction Prize shortlist, Degas and Monet at The Walker.
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Women and Shakespeare, best beach reads, Black British music exhibition
Tue 23 Apr 2024
Women and Shakespeare, best beach reads, black British music exhibition
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Designer Sir Kenneth Grange, Taylor Swift's new album, Venice Art Biennale
Mon 22 Apr 2024
Taylor Swift's new album reviewed, designer Sir Kenneth Grange, the Venice Biennale
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London Tide with music by PJ Harvey, Salman Rushdie's story of survival: Knife and tenor Ian Bostridge
Thu 18 Apr 2024
Salman Rushdie's Knife, London Tide and Baby Reindeer reviewed.
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Lionel Shriver's new book Mania, Tyrell Williams on Red Pitch
Wed 17 Apr 2024
Lionel Shriver on her new book, Mania, and Red Pitch playwright Tyrell Williams.
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Sir John Akomfrah, bicentenary of Byron's death and sped-up music
Tue 16 Apr 2024
Sir John Akomfrah at Venice Art Biennale, 200 years since Byron's death, sped-up music.
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The Book of Clarence, Liberation Squares, Northern Ireland's filming boom
Mon 15 Apr 2024
Jeymes Samuel's Biblical comedy, Sonali Bhattacharyya play, Northern Ireland filming boom.
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Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black and Percival Everett's James reviewed
Thu 11 Apr 2024
Ranjit Singh at the Wallace collection and the BAFTA games awards
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Folk musician Martin Simpson, movie icon Anna May Wong, and classical music leaders criticise Arts Council England
Wed 10 Apr 2024
Movie icon Anna May Wong, folk musician Martin Simpson and funding classical music
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Nathan Hill, Maggie Rogers, International Booker shortlist
Tue 9 Apr 2024
Nathan Hill on his novel Wellness. Plus singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers.
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Yinka Shonibare, Sean Shibe, cinema and digital decay
Mon 8 Apr 2024
Yinka Shonibare, Sean Shibe, cinema and digital decay
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Beyonce鈥檚 new album Cowboy Carter, Netflix drama Ripley, Io Capitano movie reviewed
Thu 4 Apr 2024
Beyonce鈥檚 new album Cowboy Carter, Netflix drama Ripley, Io Capitano movie reviewed.
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50 years of ABBA鈥檚 Waterloo, Harewood House exhibition, Trevor Griffiths remembered, the rise of eco fiction and drama
Wed 3 Apr 2024
ABBA's Waterloo at 50, Harewood House on colour, tracking the rise of eco fiction.
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Dev Patel on Monkey Man, which books are on the curriculum?
Tue 2 Apr 2024
Dev Patel's directing debut Monkey Man. Are teenagers reading the right books at school?
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The National Gallery at 200
Mon 1 Apr 2024
Samira Ahmed explores the National Gallery which celebrates its bicentenary on May 10.
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Steven Knight drama This Town reviewed, The Perth Museum re-opening
Thu 28 Mar 2024
Drama This Town, designer Enzo Mari exhibition and Perth Museum.
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Big Mood, how does comedy work? Bach St John Passion
Wed 27 Mar 2024
Camilla Whitehill on her new sitcom Big Mood.
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Norah Jones performs, Sir Ian McKellen on Player Kings, Keisha Thompson
Tue 26 Mar 2024
Norah Jones performs, Sir Ian McKellen on Player Kings.
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Poet Nikki Giovanni, Andrew Buchan on TV drama Passenger
Mon 25 Mar 2024
Poet Nikki Giovanni and Andrew Buchan on TV drama Passenger.
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Kristen Wiig drama Palm Royale and animation Robot Dreams reviewed, Michael Ondaatje on his new poetry collection
Thu 21 Mar 2024
Kristen Wiig drama Palm Royale and animation Robot Dreams reviewed, plus Michael Ondaatje.
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Kazuo Ishiguro on jazz, March hares and film ratings
Wed 20 Mar 2024
Kazuo Ishiguro on jazz, March hares and film ratings.
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Marjane Satrapi, using AI for alternative history, and the Harlow Sculpture Trail
Tue 19 Mar 2024
Iranian cartoonist Marjane Satrapi, AI and conspiracy theories, Harlow Sculpture Trail.
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