Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Colm TΓ³ibΓn, Miranda Rutter & Rob Harbron, Iain Sinclair on John Deakin
Tue 21 May 2024
Colm TΓ³ibΓn's Long Island, Miranda Rutter & Rob Harbron, Iain Sinclair finds Deakin's Soho
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George Miller, Miranda July, Orchestral Qawwali Project
Mon 20 May 2024
Mad Max director George Miller and the visual artist and film-maker Miranda July.
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Review: Big Cigar on AppleTV, Elton John’s photos at V&A, animated/live action film If
Thu 16 May 2024
The Big Cigar, Elton John’s Fragile Beauty, film IF plus the Dylan Thomas Prize winner.
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John Cleese's Fawlty Towers on stage, Beatrice Harrison, Cannes
Wed 15 May 2024
John Cleese talks to Tom Sutcliffe about adapting his classic sitcom for the stage.
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Withnail and I on stage, Women & Art at Tate Britain, Alan Murrin
Tue 14 May 2024
Withnail and I on stage, 400 years of women in art, Alan Murrin on Ireland before divorce
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Damian Barr on Maggie & Me, Italian neorealist film, A.I. and Fake Art
Mon 13 May 2024
Maggie & Me adapted for stage and how A.I. is tackling fake art online.
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La Chimera, Bodkin, a new novel called Great Expectations reviewed
Thu 9 May 2024
Boyd Hilton and Jo Hamya review.
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Sir Stephen Hough, Arab Strap, can authors make money?
Wed 8 May 2024
Pianist and composer Stephen Hough, the future of publishing, Scottish band Arab Strap.
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Party Games play, 200 years of Beethoven’s 9th, literary editing
Tue 7 May 2024
200 years of Beethoven’s Symphony No 9, a political comedy and the art of literary editing
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Sir Alan Ayckbourn, Jeremy Deller, Scarborough Spa Orchestra
Mon 6 May 2024
Scarborough Bank Holiday Special.
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Marc Quinn at Kew, The Fall Guy,
Thu 2 May 2024
Naomi Alderman and Jason Solomons join Tom Sutcliffe to review this week's highlights.
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Spirited Away at London Coliseum, Eurovision build-up, terminal diagnosis films
Wed 1 May 2024
Antonia Quirke talks to John Caird and Maoko Imai about adapting Spirited Away for stage.
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Michelangelo exhibition at British Museum, Jembaa Groove perform, Inside Number 9
Tue 30 Apr 2024
Michelangelo: the last decades, Reece Shearsmith and Jembaa Groove.
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Hanif Kureishi, Ingrid Persaud, Arts Council funding
Mon 29 Apr 2024
As a stage version of the Buddha of Suburbia opens at the RSC, we talk to Hanif Kureishi.
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Pet Shop Boys, review of Challengers film and Expressionists exhibiition
Thu 25 Apr 2024
Pet Shop Boys new album, Zendaya's film Challengers, Expressionists at Tate Modern.
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The Legend of Ned Ludd, Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, Mohammad Barrangi
Wed 24 Apr 2024
The Legend of Ned Ludd, Women's Fiction Prize shortlist, Degas and Monet at The Walker.
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Women and Shakespeare, best beach reads, Black British music exhibition
Tue 23 Apr 2024
Women and Shakespeare, best beach reads, black British music exhibition
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Designer Sir Kenneth Grange, Taylor Swift's new album, Venice Art Biennale
Mon 22 Apr 2024
Taylor Swift's new album reviewed, designer Sir Kenneth Grange, the Venice Biennale
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London Tide with music by PJ Harvey, Salman Rushdie's story of survival: Knife and tenor Ian Bostridge
Thu 18 Apr 2024
Salman Rushdie's Knife, London Tide and Baby Reindeer reviewed.
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Lionel Shriver's new book Mania, Tyrell Williams on Red Pitch
Wed 17 Apr 2024
Lionel Shriver on her new book, Mania, and Red Pitch playwright Tyrell Williams.
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Sir John Akomfrah, bicentenary of Byron's death and sped-up music
Tue 16 Apr 2024
Sir John Akomfrah at Venice Art Biennale, 200 years since Byron's death, sped-up music.
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The Book of Clarence, Liberation Squares, Northern Ireland's filming boom
Mon 15 Apr 2024
Jeymes Samuel's Biblical comedy, Sonali Bhattacharyya play, Northern Ireland filming boom.
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Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black and Percival Everett's James reviewed
Thu 11 Apr 2024
Ranjit Singh at the Wallace collection and the BAFTA games awards
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Folk musician Martin Simpson, movie icon Anna May Wong, and classical music leaders criticise Arts Council England
Wed 10 Apr 2024
Movie icon Anna May Wong, folk musician Martin Simpson and funding classical music
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Nathan Hill, Maggie Rogers, International Booker shortlist
Tue 9 Apr 2024
Nathan Hill on his novel Wellness. Plus singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers.
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Yinka Shonibare, Sean Shibe, cinema and digital decay
Mon 8 Apr 2024
Yinka Shonibare, Sean Shibe, cinema and digital decay
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Beyonce’s new album Cowboy Carter, Netflix drama Ripley, Io Capitano movie reviewed
Thu 4 Apr 2024
Beyonce’s new album Cowboy Carter, Netflix drama Ripley, Io Capitano movie reviewed.
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50 years of ABBA’s Waterloo, Harewood House exhibition, Trevor Griffiths remembered, the rise of eco fiction and drama
Wed 3 Apr 2024
ABBA's Waterloo at 50, Harewood House on colour, tracking the rise of eco fiction.
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Dev Patel on Monkey Man, which books are on the curriculum?
Tue 2 Apr 2024
Dev Patel's directing debut Monkey Man. Are teenagers reading the right books at school?
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The National Gallery at 200
Mon 1 Apr 2024
Samira Ahmed explores the National Gallery which celebrates its bicentenary on May 10.
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