Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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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 Home
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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Picasso Portraits, Phyllida Lloyd, Virtual reality in film, PUSH community opera
Wed 5 Oct 2016
Picasso Portraits show, Phyllida Lloyd on The Tempest, and Mike Figgis on virtual reality.
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The announcement of the winner of the 麻豆社 National Short Story Award
Tue 4 Oct 2016
The winners of the 麻豆社 National Short Story Award and Young Writer's Award are announced.
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Tom Stoppard, The Girl on the Train, Suzanne Lacy, Feminist art, Neville Marriner remembered
Mon 3 Oct 2016
Tom Stoppard discusses his play Travesties and Brexit plus The Girl on the Train reviewed.
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Deepwater Horizon, Crisis in Six Scenes, Melvyn Tan, Maria Semple
Thu 29 Sep 2016
Mark Wahlberg and Peter Berg on Deepwater Horizon, pianist Melvyn Tan, author Maria Semple
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The composer Steve Reich talks to John Wilson
Wed 28 Sep 2016
As he approaches his 80th birthday, composer Steve Reich looks back over his career.
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Gillian Anderson, Pinocchio, Villette
Tue 27 Sep 2016
Samira Ahmed talks to Gillian Anderson about the new series of The Fall.
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