Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Review: Self Esteem's album A Complicated Woman; RSC's Much Ado About Nothing; Julie Keeps Quiet tennis film
Yesterday
Reviews of Self Esteem's third album and the RSC's football-themed Much Ado About Nothing.
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The ethics of publishing posthumous diaries, Pianist Igor Levit, and Memorials to great women.
Wednesday
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Dante's Inferno in Jamaica, Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time re-examined, Shakespeare's first theatre
Tuesday
Jamaica's former poet laureate, Lorna Goodison on Dante's Inferno.
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JMW Turner: 250th anniversary of Britain's greatest painter
Monday
Mike Leigh and Alvaro Barrington on the life and influence of landscape artist JMW Turner.
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Review: Alex Garland's film Warfare, Audition by Katie Kitamura, Shanghai Dolls by Amy Ng on stage
Last Thursday
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Photographer Susan Meiselas, The Impact of Trump's Tariffs on Musical Instrument Manufacturers, Author Ewan Morrison.
Wed 16 Apr 2025
Kirsty Wark speaks to documentary photographer Susan Meiselas and author Ewan Morrison.
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Ryan Coogler on Sinners, The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz, Book Bans in the US
Tue 15 Apr 2025
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Muriel's Wedding the Musical, Dr Who, Anthony Horowitz on Marble Hall Murders
Mon 14 Apr 2025
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Review: Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes in The Return, On the Calculation of Volume by Solvej Balle, Holy Cow film
Thu 10 Apr 2025
Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes plus reviews of The Return and French drama Holy Cow.
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Tracy Chapman, the Arthur Miller moment in UK theatres, Rock Royalty
Wed 9 Apr 2025
Tracy Chapman, the Arthur Miller moment in UK theatres, Rock Royalty.
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Kym Marsh on Abigail's Party, Severance creator Dan Erickson, film franchises in flux
Tue 8 Apr 2025
Kym Marsh on Abigail's Party, Severance creator Dan Erickson, film franchises in flux.
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Manhunt play by Robert Icke, new Edwardians exhibition, film director Waris Hussein
Mon 7 Apr 2025
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Reviews of Mobland, The Most Precious of Cargoes and Giuseppe Penone exhibition
Thu 3 Apr 2025
New TV series Mobland, Film The Most Precious of Cargoes and exhibition Giuseppe Penone.
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Tilda Swinton, Michael Sheen on the new Welsh National Theatre, Richard Burton's influential teacher
Wed 2 Apr 2025
Tilda Swinton on her latest film, and Michael Sheen on the new Welsh National Theatre.
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Black Mirror's Charlie Brooker, Design Council at 80, The Women of Llanrumney
Tue 1 Apr 2025
Charlie Booker on new Black Mirror, 80 years of British Design, The Women of Llanrumney.
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Freedom of Expression in the Arts
Mon 31 Mar 2025
From cancel culture to political activism - is free expression in the arts under threat?
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Review: The Studio, Grayson Perry, La Cocina
Thu 27 Mar 2025
Review: TV series The Studio, Grayson Perry at the Wallace Collection, film La Cocina.
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Peter Capaldi's new album, the great Ossian myth, Brian Friel's short stories
Wed 26 Mar 2025
Peter Capaldi's new music, an epic literary hoax, and Brian Friel's short stories.
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Peter Mullan as Bill Shankly, 100 years of Art Deco, Jonathan Pie
Tue 25 Mar 2025
Peter Mullan as Bill Shankly, 100 years of art deco, Jonathan Pie, the music of birdsong.
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Bryan Ferry, Disney's Snow White, the impact of cash prizes on creativity
Mon 24 Mar 2025
Bryan Ferry discusses his new album and his career.
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Review: Clueless the Musical, Oscar winning animated film Flow, Robert de Niro in The Alto Knights. Plus poetry from Seán Hewitt
Thu 20 Mar 2025
Thursday's review with Tom Sutcliffe and critics Hanna Flint and Boyd Hilton.
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Francois Ozon's new film When Autumn Falls, Pierre Boulez Centenary, Shona McCarthy on leaving Edinburgh Festival's Fringe
Wed 19 Mar 2025
French auteur Francois Ozon: the legacy of Pierre Boulez.
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Julian Barnes's new book Changing My Mind, Victor Hugo's artwork, Emma Donoghue's novel The Paris Express
Tue 18 Mar 2025
Antony Gormley on Victor Hugo's art, Julian Barnes on changing his mind and Emma Donoghue.
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Vikingur Olafsson's lockdown piano performance, how the pandemic changed The Arts, Liz Pichon's interactive world of The Mubbles
Mon 17 Mar 2025
Acclaimed Icelandic pianist Vikingur Olafsson reflects on five years since lockdown.
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Review: Edvard Munch portraits, Indian film Sister Midnight, Chekhov's The Seagull with Cate Blanchett
Thu 13 Mar 2025
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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Former Orange Juice frontman Edwyn Collins performs, Torrey Peters' new book, centenary of Scottish artist Ian Hamilton Finlay
Wed 12 Mar 2025
Edwyn Collins performs live, novelist Torrey Peters, Ian Hamilton Finlay Centenary.
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The Leopard, Natasha Brown, Manchester International Festival, Elizabeth Fritsch
Tue 11 Mar 2025
The Leopard, Natasha Brown, Manchester International Festival, Elizabeth Fritsch.
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Jack Thorne and Philip Barantini on Adolescence, Italian pianist Ludovico Einaudi
Mon 10 Mar 2025
Netflix series, Adolescence; Romantasy fiction and Ludovico Einaudi.
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Review: film Mickey 17, David Szalay’s novel Flesh, Get Millie Black TV series
Thu 6 Mar 2025
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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Jessica Lange, Welsh National Opera's new joint leaders, artist Alison Watt
Wed 5 Mar 2025
Jessica Lange, Welsh National Opera's new joint CEOs, and artist Alison Watt.
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