Emilia Clarke: My lockdown discovery

Actor Emilia Clarke on how the work of the writer Jenny Diski inspired her in lockdown

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After Hu Bo

What is next for the Chinese film industry after the death of talented director Hu Bo?

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Nikita Gill and creative renewal

How poet Nikita Gill rebuilt hope through a daily ritual of writing and sharing

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Alexander Nanau: My Oscar nominated film

We speak to Oscar nominees ahead of the 2021 Academy Awards

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Experimental theatre in Tokyo

Immersive performances in a pandemic, but can theatre change us and how we see the world?

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Opera singer Joshua Hopkins: Remembering my sister in song

We speak to Joshua Hopkins, a singer using his voice to call out violence against women.

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Emel Mathlouthi and artists of the Arab Spring

Emel Mathlouthi shares how her song became an anthem for change during the Arab Spring

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Studio Ghibli: The next generation

Studio Ghibli’s Goro Miyazaki on his new film Earwig and the Witch

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Black Lives Matter: Art after George Floyd

A year since the death of George Floyd, writers and artists reflect upon its impact

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Mukoma Wa Ngugi: How music inspired my writing

Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Kanya D’Almeida, Art of Change and Joeboy on how home shapes their art

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Beatie Wolfe: Art against climate change

Beatie Wolfe on making protest art using 800,000 years of historic NASA climate data

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Syria’s Top Goon: Art and the Arab Spring

Artists share their reflections ten years after the Arab Spring.

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Film-maker Salomé Jashi and the art of trees

Escape to a forest of arboreal art that looks, listens and even protests with trees

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Seth Rogen: The book that inspired my comedy

Hollywood star Seth Rogen and the rise of stand-up comedy in China

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NFTs: The booming world of digital art

We hear how NFT artworks are selling for big money and shaking up the art world.

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Water: Malian musician Inna Modja

Meet artists, writers and musicians inspired by water

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Japan: Art and the Olympics

We meet Japanese artists who are re-inventing tradition and telling new stories

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Reviving live music: South African cellist Abel Selaocoe

Cellist Abel Selaocoe talks about his upcoming Proms concert, Africa Meets Europe

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Farah Bashir: The art of childhood

Farah Bashir, Bjorn Andresen, Ei Arakawa & Oscar Murillo on art and childhood

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Literature in lockdown: Meron Hadero and Emilia Clarke

Ethiopian writer Meron Hadero on how she found refuge on the page in the pandemic

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Photography: Tyler Mitchell and Russel Wong

Life through a lens with some of the world’s most exciting photographers

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Art and disability: Actor Madison Ferris

Broadway star Madison Ferris on taking the big stage in her wheelchair

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Theatre: What’s next for the performing arts?

Leading global theatre directors on the future of their industry

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Fashion: King of glamour Ali Mahdavi

Fashion photographer Ali Mahdavi on why he’s obsessed with glamour

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Architecture: Yinka Ilori and Murat Tabanlioglu

Designer Yinka Ilori on turning a busy pedestrian crossing into a joyful work of art

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Poetry: The power and the beauty of spoken word

Director Carlos López Estrada on making a film performed in spoken word poetry

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Faïza Guène and Omar El Akkad

Author Faïza Guène on her ground-breaking novels about multicultural France

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Nigeria: Nollywood Star Richard Mofe-Damijo

Nollywood star Richard Mofe-Damijo reflects on his career

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South African writing: Damon Galgut, Lebo Mashile, and Kaaps

Damon Galgut on his Booker shortlisted novel, The Promise, exploring apartheid’s legacy

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Kemka Ajoku: My camera, my vision

Photographer Kemka Ajoku on facing racism and finding joy in Black British storytelling

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