Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Hamlet and As You Like It at Shakespeare's Globe, Mysterious Marginalia, Morris Dance Music
Fri 18 May 2018
Hamlet and As You Like It, Michelle Terry's first productions at The Globe.
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Joel Meyerowitz, The Girl on the Train on stage, the Famous Women Dinner Service
Thu 17 May 2018
Photographer Joel Meyerowitz, and a review of The Girl on the Train on stage.
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Brighton Festival, Laurie Anderson on the poetry of Lou Reed, Cannes Film Festival
Wed 16 May 2018
Brighton Festival, Laurie Anderson and the poetry of Lou Reed, News from Cannes.
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King Lear, Tom Wolfe remembered, Deadpool 2, Royal Academy at 250
Tue 15 May 2018
Richard Eyre on his new TV production of King Lear, starring Anthony Hopkins.
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Backstage at Swan Lake, Emily Bronte and Wuthering Heights, Kaffe Fassett
Mon 14 May 2018
Behind the scenes at the Royal Ballet's new production of Swan Lake
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David Nicholls on Patrick Melrose, Gaz Coombes, Kayo Chingonyi
Fri 11 May 2018
David Nicholls on adapting Patrick Melrose starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
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Male full-frontal nudity, Chris Lang, Stuart Hall's memoirs
Thu 10 May 2018
Why is male full-frontal nudity so rare on screen?
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Neil Gaiman's How To Talk To Girls At Parties and rewatching old films in the #MeToo era
Wed 9 May 2018
Author Neil Gaiman on the film version of his story How To Talk To Girls At Parties.
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On Chesil Beach with Ian McEwan, Older people and the arts, Drew McOnie
Tue 8 May 2018
Ian McEwan on bringing his novel On Chesil Beach to the big screen.
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Literary Norwich
Mon 7 May 2018
Rose Tremain, Sarah Hall and Sarah Perry on Norwich's thriving literary culture.
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David Shrigley, Madeline Miller, the Power of Netflix
Fri 4 May 2018
Artist David Shrigley on his Brighton Festival, Novelist Madeline Miller.
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Kate Mosse, Kanye West, Loewe Craft Prize
Thu 3 May 2018
Kate Mosse talks about her latest historical novel The Burning Chambers.
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Benjamin Zephaniah, Male suicide on Coronation Street, I Feel Pretty, Mircea Eliade
Wed 2 May 2018
Benjamin Zephaniah, Coronation Street male suicide storyline, I Feel Pretty review.
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Tate Modern's Shape of Light; Art Fund Museum of the Year Prize 2018; Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling
Tue 1 May 2018
The shortlist for the Art Fund Museum of the Year prize 2018 is announced.
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Plan B on his new album, Women in Chinese art, plus art reproduced on household items.
Mon 30 Apr 2018
Plan B on his new album, Women in Chinese art, plus art reproduced on household items.
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The Marvel Universe, Libraries today, Kizzy Crawford and Gwilym Simcock
Fri 27 Apr 2018
Avengers: Infinity War - the latest offering from Marvel - and the role of libraries today
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Janelle Monae, The Assassination of Katie Hopkins, Turner Prize shortlist
Thu 26 Apr 2018
Janelle Monae on her new album and her film roles including Hidden Figures and Moonlight.
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Rodin, Curtis Sittenfeld, Mark Simpson's cello concerto, Korean television drama
Wed 25 Apr 2018
Rodin and the art of ancient Greece at the British Museum.
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Millicent Fawcett statue, Joe Penhall, Stage lighting under review, Thomas Chippendale at 300
Tue 24 Apr 2018
The first statue of a woman in Parliament Square is unveiled today, but is it any good?
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Women's Prize for Fiction Shortlist, The Shires, Poet Sean O'Brien
Mon 23 Apr 2018
Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, The Shires play live in studio plus poet Sean O'Brien
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Romola Garai, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Guy Gunaratne
Fri 20 Apr 2018
Romola Garai is The Writer, Ladysmith Black Mambazo perform, Guy Gunaratne's debut novel.
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Windrush cultural contribution, Dale Winton remembered, Poet Imtiaz Dharker, 蜜芽传媒 Proms season
Thu 19 Apr 2018
The artistic contribution of the Windrush generation.
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Tina the Musical, Nicola Walker, Venue Accessibility, Cherry Blossom Poetry
Wed 18 Apr 2018
Tina, the musical telling Tina Turner's life story, hits the stage.
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The royals on TV, Luke Evans, Stabat Mater at the Sistine Chapel
Tue 17 Apr 2018
Director Jane Treays discusses her TV documentary The Queen's Green Planet.
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society director Mike Newell, Joanna Walsh, Milos Forman, 1978 in music
Mon 16 Apr 2018
Director Mike Newell reflects on a 40-year career in films and discusses his latest movie.
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Sharlene Teo, Alice Oswald, William Tillyer, The Chelsea Hotel, Coronation Street's women
Fri 13 Apr 2018
Singaporean author Sharlene Teo on her praised debut novel Ponti.
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Janelle Mon谩e's PYNK, Young People's Laureate for London, A Clockwork Orange score, Oldest bridge in the world
Thu 12 Apr 2018
As singer Janelle Mon谩e's video for PYNK drops, we consider game-changing music videos.
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Naomie Harris, Working class talent, Gurrumul
Wed 11 Apr 2018
Naomie Harris on fighting oversized genetically-modified predators in new film Rampage.
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Viv Albertine, Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall reopens, 蜜芽传媒 Three controller Damian Kavanagh
Tue 10 Apr 2018
Musician Viv Albertine's new memoir and how 蜜芽传媒 Three is attracting young audiences.
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Tate Liverpool's Exploring the Unseen, Ben Okri and Joanne Harris, Fortnite Battle Royale, Universal Love album
Mon 9 Apr 2018
Writers Ben Okri and Joanne Harris discuss writing to be read aloud.
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