Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Michael R Jackson on his hit musical, Ray BLK on Champion, the Natural History Museum
Tue 27 Jun 2023
Michael R Jackson on his hit musical, and Ray BLK on her acting role in Champion.
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Wes Anderson on Asteroid City, Bob Stanley on his biography of the Bee Gees
Mon 26 Jun 2023
Wes Anderson on Asteroid City, Bob Stanley on the Bee Gees, Naples Museum of Archaeology.
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National Portrait Gallery refurbishment and play Dear England reviewed, violinist Rachel Podger
Thu 22 Jun 2023
Violinist Rachel Podger performs live. Dear England and National Portrait Gallery reviewed
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The winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal, the MAC in Belfast and does the UK need more music arenas?
Wed 21 Jun 2023
The winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal, the MAC in Belfast, does the UK need more arenas?
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Elliot Page, Wicker Man music, Jewish Museum and Holocaust Memorial
Tue 20 Jun 2023
Elliot Page; Holocaust Memorial and Jewish Museum; Wicker Man music; Sir Michael Hopkins.
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The Beatles at Stowe, Nick Drake, Maggi Hambling
Mon 19 Jun 2023
The Beatles at Stowe update, Nick Drake 75 years since birth, Maggi Hambling's new show.
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Glenda Jackson remembered, Wayne McGregor, Black Mirror reviewed
Thu 15 Jun 2023
Glenda Jackson remembered, Wayne McGregor and Black Mirror reviewed.
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The Burrell Collection, Accordion Quartet, Women's Prize Winner Barbara Kingsolver, Folk Film Gathering
Wed 14 Jun 2023
The Burrell Collection, shortlisted for Museum of the Year, and the Women's Prize winner.
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Two debuts: novelist Cecilia Rabess, film director Dionne Edwards; the cost of maintaining arts organisations' buildings
Tue 13 Jun 2023
Novelist Cecilia Rabess, director Dionne Edwards; maintaining arts groups' buildings
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Mad Musicals, Eric Whitacre, Women's Prize - Laline Paull
Mon 12 Jun 2023
Musicals with unlikely subjects, composer Eric Whitacre, author Laline Paull.
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Film Chevalier and new TV drama Significant Other reviewed
Thu 8 Jun 2023
Gaming as spectator sport plus reviews of film Chevalier and TV comedy Significant Other.
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Dave Johns on I, Daniel Blake; the Liverpool Biennial; why Dario Fo's plays speak to this moment?
Wed 7 Jun 2023
Dave Johns on I, Daniel Blake, the Liverpool Biennial and Dario Fo's work having a moment.
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Rufus Wainwright, hairdressing film Medusa Deluxe, the rise of the understudy
Tue 6 Jun 2023
Rufus Wainwright, hairdressing film Medusa Deluxe and the rise of the understudy.
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Author Maggie O’Farrell, New opera Giant, The consumerism in creativity
Mon 5 Jun 2023
Author Maggie O’Farrell, new opera Giant, and has creativity been co-opted by consumerism?
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Punk exhibition reviewed, Reality film director, TV drama White House Plumbers reviewed
Thu 1 Jun 2023
A review of the exhibition Punk: Rage and Revolution at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery.
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Shane Meadows on The Gallows Pole, and GoGo Penguin perform live
Wed 31 May 2023
Writer-director Shane Meadows and actor Michael Socha on The Gallows Pole.
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Chita Rivera, a new funding model for the arts discussed, Priscilla Morris
Tue 30 May 2023
Broadway legend Chita Rivera, a new arts funding model discussed, Priscilla Morris
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The 75th anniversary of the Windrush - the cultural legacy of a generation
Mon 29 May 2023
Marking the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Windrush and its cultural influence.
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Jhalak Book Prize, Tate Britain Rehang, The Little Mermaid, Cannes
Thu 25 May 2023
Jhalak Book Prize winners, Tate Britain rehang and The Little Mermaid reviewed.
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Playing Putin on stage in Patriots, DJ Taylor on Orwell, new V&A Photography Centre
Wed 24 May 2023
Will Keen plays Vladimir Putin on stage in Peter Morgan's play Patriots.
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Sparks, EM Forster adaptations, nature mystery writer Bob Gilbert
Tue 23 May 2023
The 26th Sparks album, EM Forster adaptations on radio, nature mystery writer Bob Gilbert.
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Arlo Parks, Martin Amis remembered, depicting The Troubles
Mon 22 May 2023
Arlo Parks, Martin Amis remembered, depicting Northern Ireland's Troubles.
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Caleb Azumah Nelson, Reviews of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret & China's Hidden Century
Thu 18 May 2023
Caleb Azumah Nelson on new novel Small Worlds.
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Chuck D of Public Enemy on watercolours; author Jacqueline Crooks; artist Andy Holden
Wed 17 May 2023
Chuck D on his watercolour art; novelist Jacqueline Crooks; Andy Holden on amateur art.
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Contemporary sari design; the politics of museum labelling; Mat Osman's novel The Ghost Theatre
Tue 16 May 2023
Sari design exhibition; the politics of museum labels; Mat Osman's novel The Ghost Theatre
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Brokeback Mountain on stage, Venice architecture biennale, author Tan Twan Eng
Mon 15 May 2023
Brokeback Mountain on stage, Venice architecture biennale, Tan Twan Eng new novel.
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June Givanni on the PanAfrican cinema archive, Gwen John at Pallant House Gallery reviewed
Thu 11 May 2023
June Givanni on the PanAfrican cinema archive, Gwen John at Pallant House reviewed.
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Author Louise Kennedy, Royal patronage in the arts, beatboxer SK Shlomo
Wed 10 May 2023
Author Louise Kennedy, royal patronage in the arts, beatboxer SK Shlomo
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Dennis Potter’s newly discovered play, Cathi Unsworth on goth culture, artist Isaac Julien
Tue 9 May 2023
Dennis Potter’s newly discovered play, Cathi Unsworth on goth culture, artist Isaac Julien
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Eurovision comes to Liverpool
Mon 8 May 2023
A special programme to mark Liverpool hosting the world’s biggest live music event.
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