Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Anna Wintour on Vogue World; Bloomsbury Group fashion; Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers conductor Sofi Jeannin
Mon 4 Sep 2023
Anna Wintour, Bloomsbury Group fashion. Sofi Jeannin of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers.
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Front Row reviews new British film Scrapper, French writer director Louis Garrel
Thu 24 Aug 2023
Front Row reviews new British film Scrapper, French writer director Louis Garrel
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Authors Helen Macdonald and Sin BlachΓ©, Stewart Lee on Macbeth, musician Connie Converse rediscovered
Wed 23 Aug 2023
Helen Macdonald and Sin BlachΓ©, Stewart Lee on Macbeth, Connie Converse rediscovered.
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Louise Doughty, sign language at music festivals, The Missing Madonna podcast
Tue 22 Aug 2023
Author Louise Doughty on her new book, signing live music, The Missing Madonna podcast
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Corinne Bailey Rae, playwright Peter Arnott, new short story collections
Mon 21 Aug 2023
Corinne Bailey Rae plays live, Peter Arnott on his new play, short story collections.
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Edinburgh Festival review: The Grand Old Opera House Hotel; Funeral; Kieran Hodgson: Big In Scotland; Vanessa 5000; AI Art; Food
Thu 17 Aug 2023
Kate Molleson and guests review the highlights of this year's Edinburgh festivals
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TV's I Claudius; Jules Buckley's Stevie Wonder Prom; the difficulty buying concert tickets
Wed 16 Aug 2023
1976's I Claudius on TV; Jules Buckley’s Stevie Wonder Prom; problems buying gig tickets
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Live from the Edinburgh Festival: Nicola Benedetti, Colson Whitehead, Karine Polwart, Susie McCabe, Andrew O’Hagan
Tue 15 Aug 2023
Front Row is live from Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh for festival season.
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Christy Lefteri's The Book of Fire, Artistic Directors in theatre, Palestinian Embroidery
Mon 14 Aug 2023
Fiction inspired by climate change, pressures on theatres, Palestinian embroidery
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Composer György Ligeti, L'immensità starring Penelope Cruz, La Cage Aux Folles
Thu 10 Aug 2023
Music of Ligeti, plus reviews of L'immensitΓ with Penelope Cruz and La Cage Aux Folles.
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Anohni, artists' intellectual property, Bruntwood Prize-winning play Bullring Techno Makeout Jamz
Wed 9 Aug 2023
Anohni's new album, My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross.
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Bruce Lee, mental health in reality TV, poet Sean Street on birdsong
Tue 8 Aug 2023
Bruce Lee, mental health in reality TV and poet Sean Street on birdsong.
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Lucy Prebble on The Effect, Welsh band Adwaith perform and Is the Critic Dead?
Mon 7 Aug 2023
Lucy Prebble’s play The Effect, Welsh indie band Adwaith, Is the art of criticism dead?
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Soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha; Joy Ride film and Ann Patchett’s novel Tom Lake reviewed; composer Carl Davis
Thu 3 Aug 2023
Soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha; Joy Ride; Ann Patchett’s novel Tom Lake; Carl Davis.
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Welsh Fleabag, Social media and comedy in Edinburgh; Moon Palace in Leeds
Wed 2 Aug 2023
Welsh Fleabag, a star-gazing Moon Palace in Leeds, the impact of social media on comedy.
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The Booker Prize longlist; Freddie Mercury's costume archive, Scottish theatre
Tue 1 Aug 2023
The Booker Prize longlist; Freddie Mercury costume archive, Scottish theatre.
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West End producer unmasked, Reassessing the poetry of Virgil, Adjani Salmon on Dreaming Whilst Black
Mon 31 Jul 2023
West End producer unmasked; reassessing Virgil; Adjani Salmon on Dreaming Whilst Black
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Cellist Ana Carla Maza performs, the Mercury Music Prize shortlist
Thu 27 Jul 2023
Cellist Ana Carla Maza, the Mercury Music Prize shortlist, Marilyn Monroe Reframed
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Sinéad O'Connor tribute, Edinburgh Fringe previews, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Efua Traoré on children’s books
Wed 26 Jul 2023
Kathryn Ferguson on SinΓ©ad O'Connor; Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Efua TraorΓ©; Fringe previews
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Pianist Christian Blackshaw, tech-inspired funding for artists, playwright Rabiah Hussain
Tue 25 Jul 2023
Pianist Christian Blackshaw performs, a new funding model for art and a new play on words
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Elizabeth Fremantle on Artemisia Gentileschi, French horn player Felix Klieser, logo design
Mon 24 Jul 2023
Elizabeth Fremantle on Artemisia Gentileschi, French horn player Felix Klieser, logos.
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Sarah Phelps on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ drama The Sixth Commandment, Blur's new album reviewed
Thu 20 Jul 2023
Sarah Phelps on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ drama The Sixth Commandment, Blur's new album reviewed.
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Christopher Nolan on Oppenheimer, what is Cynghanedd?, club culture under threat
Wed 19 Jul 2023
Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, Cynghanedd at the Welsh National Eisteddfod, club culture
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20 years of Podcasting, Black Venus, AI Songwriting Challenge
Tue 18 Jul 2023
Aindrea Emelife on black women in art; songwriters explore AI; 20 years of podcasting
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Greta Gerwig, Tudor tapestry, Tanika Gupta, Jane Birkin farewell
Mon 17 Jul 2023
Greta Gerwig on her Barbie blockbuster, Tudor tapestry, Tanika Gupta, Jane Birkin farewell
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Mission Impossible, Herzog & de Meuron, Walter Murch
Thu 13 Jul 2023
Mission Impossible, Herzog & de Meuron architecture, Walter Murch's film editing and sound
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Remembering Milan Kundera, author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Northern Soul Prom, the winner of the Art Fund Museum of the Year
Wed 12 Jul 2023
Milan Kundera remembered, author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, the first Northern Soul Prom.
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Film-maker Sally Potter on her first music album, the British Library turns 50, romance in later life on stage
Tue 11 Jul 2023
Film-maker Sally Potter has released her first album as a singer-songwriter, Pink Bikini.
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PJ Harvey, the Scapa Flow museum, pianist Benjamin Grosvenor performs
Mon 10 Jul 2023
PJ Harvey, the Scapa Flow museum on Orkney, pianist Benjamin Grosvenor performs.
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Kwame Kwei-Armah, Disney Pixar film Elemental reviewed
Thu 6 Jul 2023
Kwame Kwei-Armah on his play Beneatha's Place and new film Elemental reviewed.
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