Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Henry Goodman as Lucien Freud, Isaac Julien, Lawrence Osborne, Nikesh Shukla, Sarah Shaffi
Thu 10 Aug 2017
Henry Goodman as Lucien Freud, YA BAME writers, Isaac Julien, Lawrence Osborne.
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Philippa Gregory, Regina Spektor, TV's Eden and Rebecca Root's Queer Icon
Tue 8 Aug 2017
Regina Spektor plays live; author Philippa Gregory; TV's Eden; plus Rebecca Root.
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Trust Me writer Dan Sefton, Atomic Blonde, Colm Toibin's Queer Icon, Posthumous publishing
Mon 7 Aug 2017
Trust Me, posthumous publishing, a review of Atomic Blonde, and Colm Toibin's Queer Icon.
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Irvine Welsh's Performers, Bookshop economics, England Is Mine, CN Lester on Stone Butch Blues
Fri 4 Aug 2017
Irvine Welsh, Bookshop economics, Morrissey's early years and CN Lester's Queer Icon.
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Stockard Channing, Matisse in the Studio, Thomas Ades, representations of war
Thu 3 Aug 2017
Actor Stockard Channing on her new stage role, feminism and the enduring power of Grease.
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Emergency services on screen; plus Sally Hawkins, Josette Bushell-Mingo, and Damian Barr
Wed 2 Aug 2017
Emergency services on screen; plus Sally Hawkins, Josette Bushell-Mingo, and Damian Barr.
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Writer Bernard MacLaverty, Nicholas Hytner's Queer Icon, Riding the Mail Rail
Tue 1 Aug 2017
Nicholas Hytner's Queer Icon, writer Bernard MacLaverty, riding the Mail Rail.
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David Walliams, Jeanne Moreau and Sam Shepard remembered, Zinzi Clemmons, Jukebox musicals
Mon 31 Jul 2017
David Walliams on Gangsta Granny, and Jeanne Moreau and Sam Shepard remembered.
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Mary Portas' Queer Icon, Michael Symmons Roberts, Howard's End, Susie Dent
Fri 28 Jul 2017
Susie Dent on how the arts have entered the English language.
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Patrick Gale's Man in an Orange Shirt, Olly Alexander's Queer Icon, Man Booker Prize longlist, Mercury Prize shortlist
Thu 27 Jul 2017
Patrick Gale, Olly Alexander, Man Booker Prize longlist, Mercury Prize shortlist.
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Horror on film; Crime writer Kathy Reichs; Actors who become artistic directors; LGBT youtuber Ben Hunte's Queer Icon
Wed 26 Jul 2017
Frightening films, crime writer Kathy Reichs and actors-turned-artistic directors.
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Daniel Mays, Girls Trip, Asifa Lahore's Queer Icon, Young Poets competition
Tue 25 Jul 2017
Actor Daniel Mays on playing gay rights campaigner Peter Wildeblood.
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Jack O'Connell; Emma Donoghue's Queer Icon; Diana, Our Mother; Jules Buckley
Mon 24 Jul 2017
Actor Jack O'Connell on playing Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on the West End stage.
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Jane Campion and Alice Englert, Chris Smith's Queer Icon, Lucy Kirkwood, Love Island
Fri 21 Jul 2017
Jane Campion on Top of the Lake, Chris Smith's Queer Icon, Lucy Kirkwood, and Love Island.
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Artist Richard Long, Stella Duffy chooses her Queer Icon, Daljit Nagra on Liu Xiaobo
Thu 20 Jul 2017
Richard Long, Stella Duffy's Queer Icon, Daljit Nagra on Liu Xiaobo, the value of art.
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Mark Rylance on Dunkirk, Game of Thrones, best summer reads
Wed 19 Jul 2017
Mark Rylance discusses his role in Christopher Nolan's new film Dunkirk.
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Jodie Whittaker, Nicola Barker, Jason Bateman - plus Tony Kushner's Queer Icon
Tue 18 Jul 2017
Arts news, interviews and reviews, presented by Samira Ahmed.
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Sofia Coppola on The Beguiled, Neil McGregor, Plywood, Children's Poetry prizewinner
Fri 14 Jul 2017
Sofia Coppola on The Beguiled, Neil McGregor's Queer Icon, the virtues of Plywood.
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Whales vs dinosaurs in art; A.Dot; Nick Laird; Igor Levit
Thu 13 Jul 2017
We debate whether dinosaurs or whales have inspired the best art.
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Alan Carr's Queer Icon, New Tate boss Maria Balshaw, The role of the understudy, The Sunbathers on The Southbank
Wed 12 Jul 2017
New Tate boss Maria Balshaw, Alan Carr's Queer Icon and The Sunbathers on the Southbank.
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War for Planet of the Apes, Alan Hollinghurst's Queer Icon, Soul of a Nation exhibition
Tue 11 Jul 2017
War for Planet of the Apes; Alan Hollinghurst on his Queer Icon; Soul of a Nation at Tate.
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Shirley MacLaine, Bolshoi Ballet, Paris Lees' Queer Icon, baritone and composer Roderick Williams
Mon 10 Jul 2017
Shirley MacLaine looks back on her career.
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Sarah Hall, Antony Sher, Fatherhood, Beethoven's 9th Symphony
Fri 7 Jul 2017
Sarah Hall, Antony Sher's Queer Icon, Fatherhood, Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
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Tarell Alvin McCraney's Queer Icon; Romola Garai and Helen Edmundson on Queen Anne; Jamaica's Poet Laureate Lorna Goodison
Thu 6 Jul 2017
Oscar-winning writer Tarell Alvin McCraney; Helen Edmundson on the overlooked Queen Anne.
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Christine and the Queens' Queer Icon; Spider-Man: Homecoming; Acting Guilty; Museum of the Year - 5th contender
Wed 5 Jul 2017
Christine & the Queens, Spider-Man: Homecoming, acting guilty and Lapworth Museum.
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Sam Taylor-Johnson, Will Young, Stage and screen violence, Museum of the Year finalist
Tue 4 Jul 2017
Sam Taylor-Johnson on Gypsy; singer Will Young's Queer Icons choice.
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The launch of Queer Icons; Maggi Hambling; Nitin Sawhney; Museum of the Year finalist
Mon 3 Jul 2017
Artist Maggi Hambling launches Front Row's new Queer Icons series.
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Newmarket's Museum of the Year, Committee Musical, Fair Field - Piers Plowman re-imagined, Ebb and Flow
Fri 30 Jun 2017
Committee Musical, Fair Field - Piers Plowman re-imagined, Museum of the Year, Ebb and Flo
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