Paul Theroux on Orwell, Patsy Rodenburg on training actors, musician Sam Lee

Paul Theroux on Orwell, Patsy Rodenburg on theatre acting, Sam Lee performs live

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Keir Starmer, Monster and Reading Genesis reviewed

The Labour leader's new arts strategy, plus the Japanese film and Biblical book reviewed

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Architect Daniel Libeskind, composer Karl Jenkins

Architect Daniel Libeskind, composer Karl Jenkins

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Marjane Satrapi, using AI for alternative history, and the Harlow Sculpture Trail

Iranian cartoonist Marjane Satrapi, AI and conspiracy theories, Harlow Sculpture Trail.

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Kazuo Ishiguro on jazz, March hares and film ratings

Kazuo Ishiguro on jazz, March hares and film ratings.

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Kristen Wiig drama Palm Royale and animation Robot Dreams reviewed, Michael Ondaatje on his new poetry collection

Kristen Wiig drama Palm Royale and animation Robot Dreams reviewed, plus Michael Ondaatje.

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Poet Nikki Giovanni, Andrew Buchan on TV drama Passenger

Poet Nikki Giovanni and Andrew Buchan on TV drama Passenger.

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Norah Jones performs, Sir Ian McKellen on Player Kings, Keisha Thompson

Norah Jones performs, Sir Ian McKellen on Player Kings.

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Big Mood, how does comedy work? Bach St John Passion

Camilla Whitehill on her new sitcom Big Mood.

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Steven Knight drama This Town reviewed, The Perth Museum re-opening

Drama This Town, designer Enzo Mari exhibition and Perth Museum.

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The National Gallery at 200

Samira Ahmed explores the National Gallery which celebrates its bicentenary on May 10.

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Dev Patel on Monkey Man, which books are on the curriculum?

Dev Patel's directing debut Monkey Man. Are teenagers reading the right books at school?

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50 years of ABBA’s Waterloo, Harewood House exhibition, Trevor Griffiths remembered, the rise of eco fiction and drama

ABBA's Waterloo at 50, Harewood House on colour, tracking the rise of eco fiction.

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Beyonce’s new album Cowboy Carter, Netflix drama Ripley, Io Capitano movie reviewed

Beyonce’s new album Cowboy Carter, Netflix drama Ripley, Io Capitano movie reviewed.

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Yinka Shonibare, Sean Shibe, cinema and digital decay

Yinka Shonibare, Sean Shibe, cinema and digital decay

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Nathan Hill, Maggie Rogers, International Booker shortlist

Nathan Hill on his novel Wellness. Plus singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers.

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Folk musician Martin Simpson, movie icon Anna May Wong, and classical music leaders criticise Arts Council England

Movie icon Anna May Wong, folk musician Martin Simpson and funding classical music

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Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black and Percival Everett's James reviewed

Ranjit Singh at the Wallace collection and the BAFTA games awards

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The Book of Clarence, Liberation Squares, Northern Ireland's filming boom

Jeymes Samuel's Biblical comedy, Sonali Bhattacharyya play, Northern Ireland filming boom.

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Sir John Akomfrah, bicentenary of Byron's death and sped-up music

Sir John Akomfrah at Venice Art Biennale, 200 years since Byron's death, sped-up music.

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Lionel Shriver's new book Mania, Tyrell Williams on Red Pitch

Lionel Shriver on her new book, Mania, and Red Pitch playwright Tyrell Williams.

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London Tide with music by PJ Harvey, Salman Rushdie's story of survival: Knife and tenor Ian Bostridge

Salman Rushdie's Knife, London Tide and Baby Reindeer reviewed.

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Designer Sir Kenneth Grange, Taylor Swift's new album, Venice Art Biennale

Taylor Swift's new album reviewed, designer Sir Kenneth Grange, the Venice Biennale

• 43 mins

Women and Shakespeare, best beach reads, Black British music exhibition

Women and Shakespeare, best beach reads, black British music exhibition

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The Legend of Ned Ludd, Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, Mohammad Barrangi

The Legend of Ned Ludd, Women's Fiction Prize shortlist, Degas and Monet at The Walker.

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Pet Shop Boys, review of Challengers film and Expressionists exhibiition

Pet Shop Boys new album, Zendaya's film Challengers, Expressionists at Tate Modern.

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Hanif Kureishi, Ingrid Persaud, Arts Council funding

As a stage version of the Buddha of Suburbia opens at the RSC, we talk to Hanif Kureishi.

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Michelangelo exhibition at British Museum, Jembaa Groove perform, Inside Number 9

Michelangelo: the last decades, Reece Shearsmith and Jembaa Groove.

• 39 mins

Spirited Away at London Coliseum, Eurovision build-up, terminal diagnosis films

Antonia Quirke talks to John Caird and Maoko Imai about adapting Spirited Away for stage.

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The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Marc Quinn at Kew, The Fall Guy,

Naomi Alderman and Jason Solomons join Tom Sutcliffe to review this week's highlights.

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