Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Paulo Coelho, Your Name, Turner Contemporary, The art of writing non-fiction
Wed 16 Nov 2016
Author Paulo Coelho, Japanese anime film Your Name, Philippe Sands on non-fiction.
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Rosamund Pike & David Oyelowo on A United Kingdom, Van Gogh controversy, Cape Town City Ballet
Tue 15 Nov 2016
David Oyelowo on A United Kingdom, and the controversy of Van Gogh's lost sketchbook.
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J K Rowling's Fantastic Beasts, Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols, French film Divines, Chris Riddell on school libraries
Mon 14 Nov 2016
The filmmakers behind JK Rowling's screenwriting debut and Sex Pistol Steve Jones.
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Leonard Cohen, BalletBoyz, Contemporary war poetry
Fri 11 Nov 2016
A rare interview with the singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, whose death was announced today
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Zadie Smith's NW, Rambert, Norman Ackroyd, War memorials
Thu 10 Nov 2016
The TV adaptation of Zadie Smith's novel NW, and artist Norman Ackroyd in his studio.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ewan McGregor, Elton John's photos, Goldsmiths Prize winner
Wed 9 Nov 2016
With Andrew Lloyd Webber on School of Rock, and actor and director Ewan McGregor.
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Musician Kathryn Tickell, Writer David Almond, Live Theatre
Tue 8 Nov 2016
John Wilson explores the role of art in the regeneration of the north east of England.
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R.E.M., Illuminated River, Napoleon and Stephen Poliakoff
Mon 7 Nov 2016
R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe and Mike Mills on the album Out of Time, 25 years after its release
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Michael Fassbender, Love to Read, The Goldfinch, Artists who tour
Fri 4 Nov 2016
Actor Michael Fassbender on his new film, Neel Mukherjee reads Twain's Huckleberry Finn.
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Director Stephen Daldry on The Crown, Novelist Linda Grant, Nocturnal Animals, Francesca Simon reads The Scarlet Letter
Thu 3 Nov 2016
Stephen Daldry on The Crown, novelist Linda Grant, Francesca Simon on The Scarlet Letter.
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Levi David Addai, Kit de Waal, Flaming June, The art of fireworks.
Wed 2 Nov 2016
Our Loved Boy, Flaming June returns home, Kit de Waal's unread classic, fireworks as art.
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Amy Adams, John Rutter and Tracy Chevalier
Tue 1 Nov 2016
Actress Amy Adams on sci-fi film Arrival and composer and conductor John Rutter.
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Sting, David Bowie's art collection, Mark Haddon, Ian McDiarmid and Chris Hannan
Mon 31 Oct 2016
Sting on his new album; David Bowie's curator; Ian McDiarmid and Chris Hannan; Mark Haddon
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Benedict Cumberbatch, Tasmin Little, Elena Ferrante
Fri 28 Oct 2016
Superhero film Doctor Strange, Tasmin Little on Vivaldi, Elena Ferrante's new book.
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Amadeus, Astrid Lindgren's war diaries, Richard Wright
Thu 27 Oct 2016
Michael Longhurst and Lucian Msamati discuss their new NT production of Amadeus.
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Bryan Cranston, Lazarus, Oneworld, Remembering Howard Davies
Wed 26 Oct 2016
Breaking Bad actor Bryan Cranston on his memoir, and Bowie's Lazarus on stage.
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Emma Rice to leave The Globe, plus Boyz n the Hood director John Singleton and the new Design Museum
Tue 25 Oct 2016
Changes at Shakespeare's Globe, a new Design Museum, and Boyz n the Hood 25 years on.
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Jude Law, Paul Nash, The National Centre for the Written Word, New, but always old, ballet
Mon 24 Oct 2016
Jude Law as pope; painter Paul Nash; The Word; do ballet stories always have to be old?
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Chrissie Hynde, The Hepworth Prize for Sculpture, Bamber Gascoigne, Joe Queenan
Fri 21 Oct 2016
Chrissie Hynde on her new Pretenders album Alone, and The Hepworth Prize for Sculpture.
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Stella Duffy, New Art Gallery Walsall, Shostakovich's The Nose, Art of Yves Klein
Thu 20 Oct 2016
Stella Duffy discusses her novel London Lies Beneath, and Yves Klein in Liverpool.
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Ali Smith, Osmo V盲nsk盲, the Nicholas Brothers, Islamic Art & the Supernatural, A Martian Sends a Postcard 蜜芽传媒
Wed 19 Oct 2016
Ali Smith discusses her Brexit-era novel, Autumn, with Samira Ahmed.
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Ken Loach, Rodin and Dance, Suggs, Tony Robinson
Tue 18 Oct 2016
Ken Loach on I Daniel Blake; Rodin and Dance at the Courthauld; Suggs on new Madness album
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Phil Collins, Carol Ann Duffy and Gillian Clarke, Patrick Ness
Mon 17 Oct 2016
Phil Collins discusses his new memoir, and poets Carol Ann Duffy and Gillian Clarke.
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Earl Cameron, David Gledhill, The art of Alphonse Mucha, Simon Callow on David Gascoyne, Northampton theatre to open a school
Fri 14 Oct 2016
Pioneer black star Earl Cameron, musician David Gledhill, Simon Callow on David Gascoyne.
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Bob Dylan wins Nobel, Dario Fo remembered, Tutankhamun, Semyon Bychkov
Thu 13 Oct 2016
Reaction to Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize for Literature, Dario Fo remembered, Tutankhamun on TV
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American Honey, George Monbiot on loneliness, Ella Hickson, Bernice McFadden
Wed 12 Oct 2016
Andrea Arnold's American Honey, playwright Ella Hickson, and George Monbiot on loneliness.
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Mira Nair and Lupita Nyong'o, Divorce, Great Exhibition of the North, Janet Plater, The Vulgar
Tue 11 Oct 2016
Director Mira Nair and Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong'o discuss their film Queen of Katwe.
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One Night in Miami, Kate Tempest, Glam Rock, Remembering Andrzej Wajda
Mon 10 Oct 2016
Kwame Kwei-Armah on Cassius Clay, and Kate Tempest describes writing Let Them Eat Chaos.
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Supersonic, Mel Gibson in Blood Father, Beyond Caravaggio, Karl Jenkins
Fri 7 Oct 2016
Blood Father, Beyond Caravaggio, and Oasis documentary Supersonic.
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Louis Theroux, National Poetry Day, Merch yr Eog
Thu 6 Oct 2016
Louis Theroux on My Scientology Movie, and PJ Harvey marks National Poetry Day.
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