Cultural Exchange Podcast
Creative minds talk about the cultural work that inspires them, an arts project for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4. Each Cultural Exchange podcast contains the curator’s recommendation.
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Julia Donaldson
Mon 1 Jul 2013
The former Children’s Laureate and author of The Gruffalo, chooses Arnold Lobel
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Amanda Levete
Fri 28 Jun 2013
The architect Amanda Levete chooses Casa Malaparte, a house on the island of Capri
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Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Thu 27 Jun 2013
Actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste chooses Miles Davis' 1959 album Kind of Blue.
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Lee Hall
Wed 26 Jun 2013
Playwright and screenwriter Lee Hall chooses Briggflatts, a poem by Basil Bunting.
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Brian Aldiss
Mon 24 Jun 2013
The author chooses The Journal of Marie Bashkirtseff. Plus archive interviews with Lee...
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Francine Stock
Fri 21 Jun 2013
Broadcaster Francine Stock chooses the Iranian film The Apple. Plus archive interviews...
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Glenn Patterson
Thu 20 Jun 2013
Novelist Glenn Patterson chooses the film Yankee Doodle Dandy. Plus archive interviews...
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Joan Bakewell
Wed 19 Jun 2013
Broadcaster and writer Dame Joan Bakewell chooses the 1963 film The Leopard, directed...
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Rachel Whiteread
Tue 18 Jun 2013
Turner Prize winning artist, Rachel Whiteread chooses a postcard of Fall by Bridget Riley.
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Neil Gaiman
Mon 17 Jun 2013
Neil Gaiman chooses a painting by Richard Dadd – The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke.
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Paul Weller
Fri 14 Jun 2013
For the Cultural Exchange, Paul Weller nominates The Zombies' Odessey And Oracle, an...
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Stephen Hough
Thu 13 Jun 2013
Stephen Hough chooses Schubert’s song The Hurdy Gurdy Man, from Winterreise.
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Gwyneth Lewis
Thu 13 Jun 2013
Poet Gwyneth Lewis chooses the dance routine from Laurel and Hardy’s 1937 film Way...
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AL Kennedy
Tue 11 Jun 2013
Author AL Kennedy chooses the 1985 TV drama Hitler’s SS: A Portrait of Evil.
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Mark Haddon
Tue 11 Jun 2013
Mark Haddon, whose books include The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,...
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Sarah Hall
Wed 5 Jun 2013
Novelist Sarah Hall chooses the film Blade Runner. Plus archive Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ interviews with K...
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P. D. James
Mon 3 Jun 2013
P. D. James chooses Philip Larkin's poem The Explosion, published in his final of High...
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Highlights from Cultural Exchange so far
Sat 1 Jun 2013
Mark Lawson offers a selection of highlights from the Cultural Exchange project so far.
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Lady Antonia Fraser
Wed 29 May 2013
Lady Antonia Fraser chooses an oil painting by J.M.W. Turner, full title The Fighting...
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Nicholas Hytner
Tue 28 May 2013
Nicholas Hytner – Director of the National Theatre – chooses the Finale from Act...
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Angela Gheorghiu
Fri 24 May 2013
Angela Gheorghiu chooses a diva from a previous generation, Virginia Zeani (pictured I...
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Nigel Kennedy
Thu 23 May 2013
Violin virtuoso Nigel Kennedy chooses the song Black and Blue, composed by Fats Waller...
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AS Byatt
Wed 22 May 2013
ο»ΏA.S. Byatt chooses The Red Studio (1911) by the French artist Henri Matisse.S.
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Mary Beard
Tue 21 May 2013
Classicist Mary Beard chooses the sculpture Laocoon and His Sons. Plus archive Seamus...
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David Walliams
Mon 20 May 2013
Actor and writer David Walliams chooses Harold Pinter's play No Man's Land.
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Alison Balsom
Fri 17 May 2013
Alison Balsom chooses the St Matthew Passion by J.S. Bach. She tells John Wilson why...
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Terence Stamp
Thu 16 May 2013
Terence Stamp chooses The Razor's Edge as his favourite work. Based on Somerset novel,...
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Will Self
Wed 15 May 2013
Will Self chooses GK Chesterton's detective story The Man Who Was Thursday, published...
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Anne Tyler
Tue 14 May 2013
Novelist Anne Tyler chooses a self portrait by the pioneering photographer Charles R...
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Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby
Mon 13 May 2013
The Archbishop of Canterbury the Most Rev Justin Welby chooses the War Requiem (Op.bbc.co.
