Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Front Row reviews Philip Guston at the Tate Modern and new film Golda
Thu 5 Oct 2023
Golda reviewed, musician Tim Ridout, Jon Fosse wins the Nobel Prize.
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The Streets, the British Textile Biennial, Kate Prince on her mentor
Wed 4 Oct 2023
The Streets, the British Textile Biennial, Kate Prince on her mentor.
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Patsy Ferran, Rubens & Women, the portrayal of black men in British film
Tue 3 Oct 2023
Samira talks to Patsy Ferran, discusses Rubens' women and explores black British cinema.
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Claudette Johnson, ghosts in literature, the Dutch Golden Age
Mon 2 Oct 2023
Claudette Johnson, ghosts in literature, the Dutch Golden Age.
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V铆kingur 脫lafsson on Bach鈥檚 Goldberg Variations, Ken Loach鈥檚 The Old Oak
Thu 28 Sep 2023
V铆kingur 脫lafsson on Bach鈥檚 Goldberg Variations, Ken Loach鈥檚 The Old Oak
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James Graham on Boys from the Blackstuff, and are maestros behaving badly?
Wed 27 Sep 2023
Chester Contemporary arts biennial: what is there to see?
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Front Row hosts the 蜜芽传媒 National Short Story Award Ceremony
Tue 26 Sep 2023
We announce the winners of 蜜芽传媒 National Short Story Award and the 蜜芽传媒 Young Writers' Award
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Philip Barantini on Boiling Point, The Archers cast on Lark Rise to Ambridge
Mon 25 Sep 2023
The Archers cast on Lark Rise to Ambridge; Philip Barantini on Boiling Point
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Live from the Contains Strong Language festival
Thu 21 Sep 2023
Front Row opens the Contains Strong Language festival live from Leeds.
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Marina Abramovic and The Long Shadow reviewed, Dmitry Glukhovsky's The White Factory
Wed 20 Sep 2023
Marina Abramovic and The Long Shadow reviewed; Dmitry Glukhovsky's play The White Factory.
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Carlos Acosta on the Black Sabbath ballet; Birmingham arts funding; the business of British fashion
Tue 19 Sep 2023
Carlos Acosta on Birmingham Royal Ballet's Black Sabbath - The Ballet.
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Jane Austen fashion, poet Daljit Nagra, musician Alice Phoebe Lou performs live
Mon 18 Sep 2023
Jane Austen's fashion, poet Daljit Nagra, musician Alice Phoebe Lou performs live.
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Paul Simon and Charlie Mackesy, the V&A鈥檚 Chanel exhibition and author Kamila Shamsie.
Thu 14 Sep 2023
Reviews of Wagner鈥檚 Ring Cycle at the Royal Opera House.
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Katherine Rundell on Impossible Creatures, the rise of crafts on social media
Wed 13 Sep 2023
Author Katherine Rundell; how makers engage audiences on social media.
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The impact of the Hollywood strikes, author K Patrick, the iconic chant from the Halo video game
Tue 12 Sep 2023
The impact of the Hollywood strikes, author K Patrick, singing the Halo video game chant.
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The British Museum鈥檚 missing gems, a drinking game drama, National Short Story Award
Mon 11 Sep 2023
The British Museum鈥檚 missing gems, a drinking game drama, National Short Story Award.
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Lise Davidsen, film Past Lives and Black Atlantic: power, people, resistance exhibition
Thu 7 Sep 2023
The 蜜芽传媒 National Short Story with Cambridge University awards shortlist is announced.
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Sir Ken Dodd exhibition; RIBA Stirling Prize for architecture shortlist; A Life on the Farm documentary
Wed 6 Sep 2023
Sir Ken Dodd exhibition; RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist; A Life on the Farm documentary.
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Stephen Lawrence anniversary drama; small publishers; Pablo Larrain on his film El Conde; RAAC in theatres
Tue 5 Sep 2023
A play on a bus marks the 30th anniversary of the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence.
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Anna Wintour on Vogue World; Bloomsbury Group fashion; 蜜芽传媒 Singers conductor Sofi Jeannin
Mon 4 Sep 2023
Anna Wintour, Bloomsbury Group fashion. Sofi Jeannin of 蜜芽传媒 Singers.
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Front Row reviews new British film Scrapper, French writer director Louis Garrel
Thu 24 Aug 2023
Front Row reviews new British film Scrapper, French writer director Louis Garrel
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Authors Helen Macdonald and Sin Blach茅, Stewart Lee on Macbeth, musician Connie Converse rediscovered
Wed 23 Aug 2023
Helen Macdonald and Sin Blach茅, Stewart Lee on Macbeth, Connie Converse rediscovered.
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Louise Doughty, sign language at music festivals, The Missing Madonna podcast
Tue 22 Aug 2023
Author Louise Doughty on her new book, signing live music, The Missing Madonna podcast
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Corinne Bailey Rae, playwright Peter Arnott, new short story collections
Mon 21 Aug 2023
Corinne Bailey Rae plays live, Peter Arnott on his new play, short story collections.
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Edinburgh Festival review: The Grand Old Opera House Hotel; Funeral; Kieran Hodgson: Big In Scotland; Vanessa 5000; AI Art; Food
Thu 17 Aug 2023
Kate Molleson and guests review the highlights of this year's Edinburgh festivals
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TV's I Claudius; Jules Buckley's Stevie Wonder Prom; the difficulty buying concert tickets
Wed 16 Aug 2023
1976's I Claudius on TV; Jules Buckley鈥檚 Stevie Wonder Prom; problems buying gig tickets
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Live from the Edinburgh Festival: Nicola Benedetti, Colson Whitehead, Karine Polwart, Susie McCabe, Andrew O鈥橦agan
Tue 15 Aug 2023
Front Row is live from Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh for festival season.
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Christy Lefteri's The Book of Fire, Artistic Directors in theatre, Palestinian Embroidery
Mon 14 Aug 2023
Fiction inspired by climate change, pressures on theatres, Palestinian embroidery
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Composer Gy枚rgy Ligeti, L'immensit脿 starring Penelope Cruz, La Cage Aux Folles
Thu 10 Aug 2023
Music of Ligeti, plus reviews of L'immensit脿 with Penelope Cruz and La Cage Aux Folles.
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Anohni, artists' intellectual property, Bruntwood Prize-winning play Bullring Techno Makeout Jamz
Wed 9 Aug 2023
Anohni's new album, My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross.
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