Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Stephen Poliakoff, News from Cannes Film Festival, Selina Thompson
Tue 21 May 2019
Stephen Poliakoff, Cannes Film Festival update, playwright Selina Thompson
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Dexter Fletcher on Rocket Man, Jessica Andrews, Artists as activists, Folio Prize winner
Mon 20 May 2019
Rocket Man, Jessica Andrews' novel Saltwater, artists as activists, Folio Prize winner.
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Cannes, David Chipperfield on I.M. Pei, Denise Mina, Sean Edwards
Fri 17 May 2019
Report from the Cannes Film Festival, including Elton John biopic Rocketman
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Stephen Graham, new Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, ENO's Dido
Thu 16 May 2019
Stephen Graham discusses working with Shane Meadows on TV drama The Virtues
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Gentleman Jack, correcting the contemporary art canon, #BeMoreMartyn, Futbolka
Wed 15 May 2019
Gentleman Jack review, correcting the contemporary art canon, #BeMoreMartyn and Futbolka.
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Fun Lovin' Crime Writers - band, AI: More than Human - exhibition, Medusa - ballet
Tue 14 May 2019
Fun Lovin' Crime Writers - a band of famous detective story authors perform live
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Keanu Reeves, Doris Day remembered, art as an aphrodisiac
Mon 13 May 2019
Keanu Reeves on reprising his action role in John Wick: Chapter 3 鈥� Parabellum.
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Edmund de Waal and other news from the Venice Biennale, Elizabeth Macneal
Fri 10 May 2019
Edmund de Waal at the Venice Biennale and debut novelist Elizabeth Macneal.
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Mark Haddon, Jimmie Durham controversy, Anglo-Saxon burial, Michelle Terry
Thu 9 May 2019
Mark Haddon on The Porpoise, his new novel based on Shakespeare's Pericles
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Guy Chambers, Nina Stibbe, Creativity and wellbeing
Wed 8 May 2019
Songwriter Guy Chambers explains how to write a hit.
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Film director Amma Asante, Joe Boyd on Aretha Franklin, Ireland's Abbey Theatre
Tue 7 May 2019
Amma Asante, TV drama Years and Years reviewed, Aretha Franklin's Amazing Grace concert
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Architect Sir David Adjaye in Venice
Mon 6 May 2019
Sir David Adjaye discusses his approach to architecture, including his new Ghana Pavilion
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Rokia Traor茅, Bill Buford on Granta, artworks in political posters
Fri 3 May 2019
Malian singer Rokia Traor茅 on guest directing this year鈥檚 Brighton Festival.
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Small Island, Chernobyl, Poet Laureate, Obamas
Thu 2 May 2019
The National Theatre's adaptation of Andrea Levy's Small Island reviewed.
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Leonardo da Vinci 500th Anniversary, Salvator Mundi
Wed 1 May 2019
The art and legacy of Leonardo da Vinci, on the eve of the 500th anniversary of his death
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John Singleton remembered, Afghanistan's music scene, Tolkien reviewed, the effect of music on the brain
Tue 30 Apr 2019
We assess the work of Boyz n the Hood director John Singleton and review Tolkien biopic
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Les Murray remembered, Women's Prize For Fiction shortlist, Kubrick exhibition, Captain Corelli on stage
Mon 29 Apr 2019
Women's Prize For Fiction shortlist, Kubrick exhibition, Captain Corelli play, Les Murray.
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The Avengers phenomenon, Linda Grant, Adapting Ibsen for today
Fri 26 Apr 2019
Avengers: Endgame, and Linda Grant on her new novel A Stranger City
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The Cranberries, The Art Fund Museum of the Year shortlist, Cultural Repatriation
Thu 25 Apr 2019
The Cranberries on finishing their final album after the death of singer Dolores O鈥橰iordan
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Adeel Akhtar, Artist Doris Hatt, Joe Orton
Tue 23 Apr 2019
Adeel Akhtar on his new 麻豆社1 series Back to Life
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A Celebration of the Pub in Culture
Mon 22 Apr 2019
Al Murray, Eliza Carthy and David Mark on finding inspiration down their local.
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Golden Age of Children's Books?
Fri 19 Apr 2019
Tom Gates author Liz Pichon and the quality of books for 6- to-12-year-olds.
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Saxophonist Jess Gillam, war poster artist Abram Games, author Tayari Jones
Thu 18 Apr 2019
Saxophonist Jess Gillam plays live and talks about the sax in classical music.
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Beyonc茅, Madonna, West Side Story, Children's Literature
Wed 17 Apr 2019
Homecoming: A film by Beyonc茅 and Madonna's new Madame X alter-ego is discussed.
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Notre-Dame de Paris, Roger McGough, Chimerica
Tue 16 Apr 2019
Notre-Dame de Paris' artistic and musical significance, plus poet Roger McGough.
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Andrew Scott, Maggie Smith's new play reviewed, William Eggleston
Mon 15 Apr 2019
Andrew Scott, star of Sherlock and Fleabag, talks about his new film, Steel Country.
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The Work, Life and Legacy of Poet Seamus Heaney
Fri 12 Apr 2019
On the eve of what would have been his 80th birthday Front Row on poet Seamus Heaney
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Jenny Saville, Laura van der Heijden, The art of the deadline
Thu 11 Apr 2019
Jenny Saville on her new self-portrait, painted in response to a Rembrandt masterpiece.
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Composer Gavin Bryars, Isabella Hammad, Opera singers sing pop
Wed 10 Apr 2019
Gavin Bryars on a 12-hour performance of his 1971 piece Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
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Useful Art, Embodying Ruskin, National Theatre for Northern Ireland? Unicorn Store
Tue 9 Apr 2019
Useful art, embodying Ruskin, National Theatre for Northern Ireland? Unicorn Store review.
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