Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Review: film The Substance, Art Michael Craig-Martin, Book The Empusium
Today
The Substance film, Olga Tokarczuk's The Empusium, Michael Craig-Martin's RA exhibition.
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A Very Royal Scandal, Glasgow Cathedral Festival & crime writer Peter May.
Yesterday
A Very Royal Scandal, Glasgow Cathedral Festival & crime writer Peter May.
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David Peace, new plays crisis, Booker Prize 2024 shortlist
Tuesday
David Peace on his new novel, Munichs, about the plane crash that transformed Man Utd.
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Edward Enninful, Lady Blackbird performs, Booker prize shortlist
Monday
The fashion editor on the In Vogue doc, live music from Slang Spirituals & Booker Prize.
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REVIEW: Film: The Critic, Exhibition: Van Gogh, Book: Garth Greenwell's Small Rain
Last Thursday
Van Gogh exhibition and The Critic reviewed plus the National Short Story Award shortlist.
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Jacqueline Wilson, JRR Tolkien poetry, 麻豆约拍 TV thriller Nightsleeper
Last Wednesday
Jacqueline Wilson her latest book, and two of the stars of 麻豆约拍 One's Nightsleeper.
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Australian Front Row with Paul Kelly, Simon Armitage, Jazz Money and Shankari Chandran
Tue 10 Sep 2024
Front Row recorded at the 麻豆约拍's Contains Strong Language poetry festival in Sydney.
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Richard O'Brien & Jason Donovan on 50 years of Rocky Horror, Bella Mackie
Mon 9 Sep 2024
Bella Mackie on her second novel and the formation of a privately funded orchestra.
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REVIEW: Film: Firebrand; BOOK: Rachel Kushner鈥檚 Creation Lake; TV: Kaos
Thu 5 Sep 2024
Reviews of black comedy Kaos, Rachel Kushner's Creation Lake, historical drama Firebrand.
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Jeremy Denk, Scottish Arts Crisis, Harry Mould
Wed 4 Sep 2024
Scotland's cultural funding controversy, and leading American pianist Jeremy Denk.
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TV: Colin from Accounts; Musical: Why Am I So Single? Hak Baker performs
Tue 3 Sep 2024
The writers of Why Am I So Single? and SIX talks about writing hit musicals.
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Michael Keaton; The The play live; Tim Minchin on life, art and success
Mon 2 Sep 2024
Tim Minchin, The The performing live in the studio and Michael Keaton
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Review: film: Kneecap, TV: Bad Monkey, book: Ootlin by Jenni Fagan
Thu 22 Aug 2024
Kneecap, Ootlin, Bad Monkey reviewed. George Orwell archive sale.
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James Graham, Alexander McCall Smith, the art of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham
Wed 21 Aug 2024
Sherwood creator James Graham on TV's problem with working class representation
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Fran Healy, affordable artists' studios, climate change storytelling
Tue 20 Aug 2024
Fran Healy on Travis's new album, climate change storytelling, making spaces for artists
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Pat Barker, the films of Alain Delon, Proms played by memory, Orlando Weeks
Mon 19 Aug 2024
Pat Barker, Alain Delon, Proms from memory, Orlando Weeks
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The Outrun, Gwyneth Paltrow dramas, Comedy Roundup, Rebels & Patriots
Thu 15 Aug 2024
Kirsty Wark reviews highlights from the Edinburgh Festival.
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David Morrissey, Relaxed performances, Alien: Romulus
Wed 14 Aug 2024
David Morrissey - Daddy Issues, relaxed performances, Alien: Romulus director Fede 脕lvarez
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Nish Kumar, Miriam Margolyes, Rose Matafeo, Teenage Fanclub
Tue 13 Aug 2024
Kirsty Wark presents Front Row live from the Edinburgh Festival.
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Emily Tesh and the Hugo Awards; Dating shows; Kelly Jones
Mon 12 Aug 2024
Emily Tesh on her Hugo Award winning book, Some Desperate Glory.
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Pericles, Babes, Michael Longley
Thu 8 Aug 2024
Pericles, Babes and Michael Longley's poetry collection reviewed.
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Sky Peals film, documentary Doom Scroll, & could a book written 100 years ago be the ultimate millennial read?
Wed 7 Aug 2024
Jazz age novel, Ex-Wife - have we rediscovered a classic?
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Joan Baez, Shakespeare in British Sign Language, Charlotte Mendelson
Tue 6 Aug 2024
Joan Baez on her poems inspired by her multiple personality disorder.
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Kensuke Kingdom, best Young Adult Fiction reads, do film trailers reveal too much?
Mon 5 Aug 2024
Animation Kinsuke's Kingdom, Young Adult fiction, movie trailers, Christopher Hall.
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Didi and Echoes by Evie Wyld reviewed; Benjamin Grosvenor performs Busoni
Thu 1 Aug 2024
Reviews of the film Didi and book Echoes, and Benjamin Grosvenor plays live.
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Dramatizing MPs, Jon Savage on LGBTQ and music, Stirling Prize shortlist, Screenwriters v AI
Wed 31 Jul 2024
Dramatizing MPs, Jon Savage on LGBTQ and music, Stirling Prize, Screenwriters v AI.
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Deadpool v Wolverine, Cherry Jones, Leyla McCalla
Tue 30 Jul 2024
Cherry Jones on staging John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath.
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Deadpool & Wolverine, Cherry Jones, Leyla McCalla
Tue 30 Jul 2024
Cherry Jones on staging John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath today
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James Baldwin Centenary Special
Mon 29 Jul 2024
Colm Toibin, Bonnie Greer and Mendez celebrate the life and work of writer James Baldwin.
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Review: theatre: Hello Dolly; TV: The Decameron; film: About Dry Grasses
Thu 25 Jul 2024
Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the week's cultural highlights.
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