Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Martina Cole, Sam Lee, opening date for museums
Wed 24 Feb 2021
Martina Cole has won the Diamond Dagger award for crime writing.
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Keats, Bonnie Tyler, Museums and contested heritage
Tue 23 Feb 2021
Marking 200 years since the death of John Keats.
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Huw Stephens on The Story of Welsh Art, Prequels, reaction to the covid roadmap
Mon 22 Feb 2021
As a prequel to The Great Gatsby is published, we discuss the appeal of the form.
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The Color Purple, Niven Govinden, U-Roy remembered, John Barber
Fri 19 Feb 2021
Leicester Curve鈥檚 recent award-winning revival of the musical The Color Purple reviewed.
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Wagner's Ring, Bloodlands, Victor Ambrus, Jessie Brennan
Thu 18 Feb 2021
Sarah Connolly on singing in Wagner's epic four opera cycle, The Ring.
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K-Pop and the South Korean music industry, poet Kate Fox, touring shows in Europe post Brexit
Wed 17 Feb 2021
K-Pop and the South Korean music industry, Kate Fox, touring shows in Europe post Brexit.
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Good Grief, Shalom Auslander, National Galleries
Tue 16 Feb 2021
Review of new play Good Grief starring Sian Clifford and Nikesh Patel.
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Lolita Chakrabarti on her play Hymn, literature about waiting, The Silence of the Lambs 30 years on
Mon 15 Feb 2021
What can literature teach us about waiting?
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Chick Corea, Barbellion Prize winner Riva Lehrer, Sia's film Music reviewed & Schneel Malik
Fri 12 Feb 2021
British Jazz pianist Julian Joseph remembers Chick Corea.
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Ben Hopkins, Luke Jerram, Winsome Pinnock, Rex Obano
Thu 11 Feb 2021
Ben Hopkins' novel Cathedral, Radio drama Faith, Hope and Glory, Luke Jerram gets creative
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Adam Curtis, Welcome to Your Fantasy, true crime podcasts
Wed 10 Feb 2021
Documentary-maker Adam Curtis on his newest work, Can鈥檛 Get You Out Of My Head.
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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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