Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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News of the World, Mary Wilson tribute, songwriter Roger Cook, Jean-Claude Carri猫re remembered
Tue 9 Feb 2021
A review of News of the World, and tributes to Mary Wilson and Jean-Claude Carriere.
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Cathy Yan on her film Dead Pigs
Mon 8 Feb 2021
Cathy Yan; Michael Landy; Musical responses to news stories; Coventry City of Culture 2021
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Luke Jerram's Vaccine Artwork, Remembering Christopher Plummer, Malcolm & Marie
Fri 5 Feb 2021
Luke Jerram, Malcolm & Marie, and Christopher Plummer remembered
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Sam Neill On New Film Rams
Thu 4 Feb 2021
Sam Neill on new film Rams, a new colour in blue paint, Sarah Maple Gets Creative.
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Golden Globes, Sundance, K-Ming Chang and literary scouts
Wed 3 Feb 2021
Highlights from today's Golden Globe nominations & the first ever online Sundance Festival
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Kevin MacDonald Jakuta Alikavazovic
Tue 2 Feb 2021
Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald discusses his new YouTube film Life In A Day 2020.
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Jill Halfpenny in new drama, The Drowning
Mon 1 Feb 2021
Jill Halfpenny; Theatre Royal Stratford East archive; queer writing through the centuries.
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The Dig reviewed, Arts Foundation Futures Award winner Tanoa Sasraku, Novelist Max Porter, Moments of Joy: Walt Whitman
Fri 29 Jan 2021
We review Carey Mulligan's latest film, The Dig; archeology and love in pre-war England.
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Edmund de Waal launches our #FrontRowGetCreative challenge, Hafsa Zayyan, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Hung Parliament
Thu 28 Jan 2021
We launch our campaign to get you creating beautiful artworks at home.
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Celeste, poet Brian Bilston, new film Palmer reviewed
Wed 27 Jan 2021
Celeste on her debut album, Not Your Muse.
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Jenny Eclair, Jon Brown, Costa Book of the Year winner
Tue 26 Jan 2021
Craftivism with Jenny Eclair, Gaming sitcom Dead Pixels and Costa Book of the Year winner.
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Jonzi D and Pawlet Brookes on Black dance, TS Eliot Prizewinner Bhanu Kapil, portraying politicians
Mon 25 Jan 2021
Jonzi D on Black dance, and TS Eliot Prizewinner Bhanu Kapil.
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The White Tiger, the TS Eliot Prize shortlist, sculptor Denise Dutton
Fri 22 Jan 2021
Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger, and the TS Eliot Prize shortlist.
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It's a Sin, how Aids has been depicted in culture, Glastonbury Festival cancellation, London International Mime Festival
Thu 21 Jan 2021
We review Russell T Davies' It's a Sin starring Olly Alexander.
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Schubert's Winterreise, novelist Olivia Sudjic, new US administration and the arts, performers' travel post-Brexit
Wed 20 Jan 2021
Schubert's song-cycle Winterreise celebrated by singers Roderick Williams and David Webb.
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Patricia Highsmith centenary, Caroline Shaw, Baby Done comedy reviewed
Tue 19 Jan 2021
Patricia Highsmith centenary, Caroline Shaw on her new album, Baby Done comedy reviewed.
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Ashley Walters makes his directorial debut
Mon 18 Jan 2021
Ashley Walters; Erica Wagner; Torrey Peters; Phil Spector's Wall of Sound
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Music festivals, Keeley Hawes, WandaVision reviewed
Fri 15 Jan 2021
What hopes for music festivals later this year?
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Stardust, The world's oldest painting, Jenni Fagan, Arts Students
Thu 14 Jan 2021
David Bowie film Stardust reviewed, Jenni Fagan novel Luckenbooth, 45,500-year-old artwork
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Drag kings, Courttia Newland, wintry podcasts
Wed 13 Jan 2021
Drag kings John Travulva and Don One, and novelist Courttia Newland
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Regina King, classical music for kids, Northern Irish literature
Tue 12 Jan 2021
Oscar-winner Regina King on her directorial debut One Night In Miami.
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Ben Okri, The Pembrokeshire Murders, Michael Berkeley
Mon 11 Jan 2021
Writer Ben Okri on his new anthology, A Fire in My Head: Poems for the Dawn.
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We commemorate the fifth anniversary of David Bowie's death and consider his continuing musical influence and legacy
Fri 8 Jan 2021
David Bowie's legacy, Costa Award-winning writer Ingrid Persaud, Pieces Of A Woman review.
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蜜芽传媒 Sound of 2021 Winner Pa Salieu, Finnish TV drama, Natasha Farrant
Thu 7 Jan 2021
蜜芽传媒 Sound of 2021 winner Pa Salieu, Finnish TV drama, children's author Natasha Farrant.
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Lee Lawrence, the impact of Brexit on classical music, Twelfth Night tradition at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Wed 6 Jan 2021
Winner of the Costa Biography Award, Lee Lawrence on his memoir The Louder I Will Sing
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The Great, Eavan Boland, the origin of the blues
Tue 5 Jan 2021
Tony McNamara on The Great, the "occasionally true story" of Catherine the Great.
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Dante's Divine Comedy 700 years on with Katya Adler; Costa Book Awards category winners
Mon 4 Jan 2021
Katya Adler on Dante; Costa category winners announced; Costa Novel winner interview.
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Art that brightened the year - violinist Tasmin Little, Baillie Gifford winner Craig Brown, actress Rochenda Sandall
Thu 31 Dec 2020
Violinist Tasmin Little on her performing career.
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Evelyn Glennie, The Serpent's Tom Shankland, chosen families in culture
Wed 30 Dec 2020
Dame Evelyn Glennie talks about her new albums and director Tom Shankland on The Serpent
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Pianist Lang Lang on Bach's Goldberg Variations
Tue 29 Dec 2020
Lang Lang discusses and plays from Bach's Goldberg Variations.
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