Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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The true story behind blockbuster film Jaws, Benjamin Zephaniah, Catherine Cohen's cabaret
Fri 16 Aug 2019
The true story behind Jaws, Benjamin Zephaniah, Catherine Cohen, self-care at the Fringe.
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Basil Brush, Christina Bianco, Climate Change theatre and new musicals at Edinburgh Fringe
Thu 15 Aug 2019
As the Fringe becomes increasingly woke, can artists stay both entertaining and right on?
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Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio, How to listen to a symphony, black paint controversy, 14th August cultural events
Wed 14 Aug 2019
Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio on their film Tarantino's Once Upon a Time鈥� in Hollywood
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Live from the Edinburgh Festivals
Tue 13 Aug 2019
Henning Wehn, Ambrose Parry, Travis Alabanza on stage at the Edinburgh Festivals
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Lemn Sissay, Queen Victoria's piano, Euphoria
Mon 12 Aug 2019
Poet Lemn Sissay on his new memoir, and Queen Victoria's grand piano
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Cary Grant and Notorious, Festival cancellations, Movement directors, Anna Symon
Fri 9 Aug 2019
Cary Grant's Notorious restored, the role of movement directors, Anna Symon on Deep Water
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The art of calligraphy, conductor Martyn Brabbins, Playmobil: The Movie
Thu 8 Aug 2019
Paul Antonio on the art of calligraphy, and Proms conductor Martyn Brabbins
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Candace Bushnell, Dance about rugby, Concern over the captioning of audiobooks, New play 8 Hotels
Wed 7 Aug 2019
Sex and the City writer Candace Bushnell, dance about rugby, Paul Robeson drama 8 Hotels
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Toni Morrison remembered, the Sound of Space in Music
Tue 6 Aug 2019
Stig Abell and guests pay tribute to the American writer Toni Morrison.
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The Crucible, the music of Peterloo, Patrick Bronte and DA Pennebaker
Mon 5 Aug 2019
A new ballet interpretation of The Crucible, and two musical perspectives on a massacre.
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Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw, T茅a Obreht, Kathy Hinde, Dalia Stasevska
Fri 2 Aug 2019
We review Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw and Kathy Hinde composes with sounds from a bog
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k.d. lang, paying inheritance tax with art, ceramicist Magdalene Odundo
Thu 1 Aug 2019
k.d. lang reveals that she is retiring from music now that the muse has left her.
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Notre-Dame organist Olivier Latry, Gurinder Chadha, Rupert Everett's Uncle Vanya
Wed 31 Jul 2019
Notre-Dame's organist Olivier Latry on the recent fire, and film director Gurinder Chadha
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Herman Melville and Moby Dick, Luddite rebellion on stage, TV's I Am the Night
Tue 30 Jul 2019
The great whaling novel Moby Dick and - is there something to be said for Luddism?
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Blacking-up in opera, How to watch Shakespeare, Fiona Kidman, Carlos Cruz-Diez
Mon 29 Jul 2019
Blacking-up in opera, How to watch Shakespeare, Fiona Kidman's novel and Carlos Cruz-Diez.
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Horrible Histories, Barbara Strozzi at 400, Barney Norris, V&A and Extinction Rebellion
Fri 26 Jul 2019
Horrible Histories review, Barbara Strozzi at 400 and Extinction Rebellion at the V&A.
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Oklahoma!, Audience behaviour, Mercury Prize shortlist
Thu 25 Jul 2019
Oklahoma! at Chichester Festival Theatre. And is audience behaviour getting worse?
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The Booker Prize Longlist, A Tea Journey at Compton Verney gallery, Fashion influenced by TV
Wed 24 Jul 2019
A look at the 2019 Booker Prize longlist. Plus the influence of TV on high street fashion.
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The Current War, How culture affects relationship expectations, Experimental novels, Cool culture
Tue 23 Jul 2019
The Current War, culture and relationships, experimental novels, and cool culture
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Macy Gray, Morris Dance Protest at Parliament, Libraries - Threatened and Reprieved
Mon 22 Jul 2019
Macy Gray talks, performs work from her latest album, Ruby, and sings her huge hit, I Try.
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Fab 5 Freddy, Laurie Anderson, Summer reads, film trailers
Fri 19 Jul 2019
Hip hop pioneer Fab 5 Freddy on the hidden black figures of Italian Renaissance art.
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Illuminated River, Jon Favreau on The Lion King, RIBA Stirling shortlist
Thu 18 Jul 2019
Why the River Thames is about to become the world's longest artwork
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Conductor Karina Canellakis, a review of Channel 4 drama series I Am... and the director of cricket documentary The Edge
Wed 17 Jul 2019
Karina Canellakis on conducting the first night of the Proms.
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Philip Glass and Phelim McDermott, Political knitting, Black women in theatre, Statues of performers
Tue 16 Jul 2019
The power of knitting as protest and a huge statue of Ed Sheeran is unveiled in Moscow.
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Dominic Dromgoole, new theatres, Karina Ramage
Mon 15 Jul 2019
Dominic Dromgoole, new theatres, Karina Ramage.
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Deborah Moggach, Elsinore computer game, Ivo van Hove, Can high notes shatter glass?
Fri 12 Jul 2019
Deborah Moggach on new novel The Carer
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Pavarotti documentary, Wendell Berry, Port Eliot Festival closure, How our attitudes are reflected in culture
Thu 11 Jul 2019
Pavarotti documentary reviewed, and how our attitudes are reflected in culture.
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Peter Gynt, how to listen to opera, The Left Behind, Rip Torn
Wed 10 Jul 2019
Peter Gynt at the National Theatre reviewed and hard-hitting Welsh drama The Left Behind
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Cressida Cowell, the new children's laureate; Cherie Blair goes into film
Tue 9 Jul 2019
Children's laureate Cressida Cowell, Cherie Blair, and Life of Pi on the stage
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Isata Kanneh-Mason plays Clara Schumann, Dark Money, Tree authorship row
Mon 8 Jul 2019
Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason plays Clara Schumann
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