Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Ascension, John Preston on Robert Maxwell and is vinyl manufacturing at breaking point?
Wed 12 Jan 2022
Ascension, John Preston on Robert Maxwell and the downside of the vinyl boom.
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Winner of TS Elliot Prize for Poetry, Unboxed, Folk at the Hampstead Theatre
Tue 11 Jan 2022
Joelle Taylor fresh from winning the 2021 TS Eliot Prize for Poetry.
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Sheffield Crucible Theatre at 50, Philosophy in the Gallery, Self Esteem
Mon 10 Jan 2022
50 years of Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. Plus Sheffield pop star Self Esteem.
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Joe Wright on Cyrano, Costa poetry winner Hannah Lowe, A Hero
Thu 6 Jan 2022
Director Joe Wright on his new musical Cyrano.
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Andrea Arnold, Claire Fuller, Afghanistan National Institute of Music
Wed 5 Jan 2022
Filmmaker Andrea Arnold on her new documentary, Cow.
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The Costa Book Awards, Julia Ducournau on Titane, disabled access to arts and culture
Tue 4 Jan 2022
We announce the winners of the 50th annual Costa Book Awards.
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Joan Didion remembered, Call the Midwife, The Tragedy of Macbeth and a review of the year in culture
Thu 23 Dec 2021
Call the Midwife writer and creator Heidi Thomas on the art of the Christmas special.
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Paul Thomas Anderson, Eliza Carthy and Jon Boden, Postcard from Doncaster
Wed 22 Dec 2021
Paul Thomas Anderson talks about his new film Licorice Pizza.
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Anything Goes, Live arts venues under Omicron, The Princess Bride
Tue 21 Dec 2021
Anything Goes, Live arts venues under Omicron, The Princess Bride
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Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kehinde Wiley, Christmas book gifts
Mon 20 Dec 2021
Maggie Gyllenhaal on her new film, The Lost Daughter.
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Don't Look Up, Around the World in 80 Days, Cutting It Fine
Thu 16 Dec 2021
Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio in Adam McKay's satire Don't Look Up reviewed.
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Postcard from Scarborough, Derek Jarman Protest!, Benjamin Cleary
Wed 15 Dec 2021
Derek Jarman Protest opens at the Manchester Art Gallery and Benjamin Cleary on Swan Song.
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Colm T贸ib铆n
Tue 14 Dec 2021
Covid-related theatre closures and a dance round-up with Sarah Crompton.
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Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, Sarah Phelps, puppetry on stage
Mon 13 Dec 2021
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, and 蜜芽传媒 TV's drama series A Very British Scandal.
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Cat Power performs live. Amanda Gorman poetry, Sex And The City follow up and Drive My Car reviewed
Thu 9 Dec 2021
Cat Power performs live.
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Musician Carwyn Ellis performs; The Rules of Art? exhibition; filmmaker Rosemary Baker; Port Talbot postcard
Wed 8 Dec 2021
Welsh musician Carwyn Ellis performs live from Cardiff.
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Steven Spielberg, Working Class Heritage, Will Sharpe
Tue 7 Dec 2021
Steven Spielberg on his remake of West Side Story.
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Playwright James Graham on Best of Enemies; Lamb film review; The Belarus Free Theatre; remembering actor Antony Sher
Mon 6 Dec 2021
Political dramatist James Graham on writing his new play, Best of Enemies.
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The Hand of God and D眉rer exhibition reviewed, Aaron Sorkin on Lucille Ball
Thu 2 Dec 2021
The Hand of God, Paolo Sorrentino's autobiographical film, reviewed. Plus Aaron Sorkin
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The Parthenon Marbles; Get Back documentary review; Turner Prize nominees Project Artworks; the literary canon
Tue 30 Nov 2021
We take a deep dive into the decades old dispute around the fate of the Parthenon Marbles.
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Kelly Lee Owens, Stephen Sondheim, Rowan Williams, Black Obsidian Sound System
Mon 29 Nov 2021
Musician Kelly Lee Owens, Stephen Sondheim's songwriting, poems by Rowan Williams, BOSS.
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Suzanne Lacy, Bishop Auckland, Silent Night
Wed 24 Nov 2021
Artist Suzanne Lacy on standing at the junction of aesthetics and activism, Silent Night.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber, Turner Prize nominees Gentle / Radical, Costa Book Awards
Tue 23 Nov 2021
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Turner Prize nominees Gentle / Radical, Costa Book Awards.
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The Power of the Dog film review; Turner Prize nominees Cooking Sections; South African literature today
Mon 22 Nov 2021
We review Jane Campion鈥檚 new film The Power of the Dog, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
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King Richard, Wheel of Time and new Zadie Smith play reviewed, Playwright Moira Buffini
Thu 18 Nov 2021
We review King Richard, about the Williams sisters and their father, starring Will Smith.
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Ralph Fiennes on Four Quartets, Songlines exhibition, art postcard from Plymouth
Wed 17 Nov 2021
Ralph Fiennes on performing in his stage adaptation of TS Eliot鈥檚 Four Quartets.
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C茅line Sciamma on her film Petite Maman, author Sarah Moss on The Fell, diversity in folk arts
Tue 16 Nov 2021
Writer and director C茅line Sciamma on her new film Petite Maman.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, Climate Fiction, Kayleigh Llewellyn
Mon 15 Nov 2021
Lin-Manuel Miranda on making his debut as a film director with tick, tick...BOOM!
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