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    An Elephant Sitting Still, Chinese film industry, David Szalay, Unesco and Reggae

    David Szalay talks about his new book, Turbulence, an original Radio 4 commission.

  2. Robert Redford's Career, Fiction within Fiction, Poet Fred D'Aguiar

    Robert Redford's swansong, fictional characters reading fiction and poet Fred D'Aguiar

  3. Strictly's Shirley Ballas, Young Composer Sarah Jenkins, National Theatres of Scotland and Wales

    Head Judge Shirley Ballas on the appeal of Strictly and her own dancing career.

  4. Mowgli, American poet Dana Gioia, Art on prescription

    Review of the film Mowgli starring Andy Serkis, Cate Blanchett and Benedict Cumberbatch.

  5. Disobedience, Rachel Maclean, Julián Fuks, Diversity Backstage

    Review of the film adaptation of Disobedience, starring Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams

  6. Sports Book of the Year, Jim Carrey in Kidding, Astral Weeks at 50

    30 years of William Hill Sports Book of the Year, and 50 of Van Morrison's Astral Weeks

  7. Jamie Dornan, Bernardo Bertolucci remembered, Joseph Hillier

    Actor Jamie Dornan, Bernardo Bertolucci remembered, the UK's largest sculpture

  8. Mrs Wilson, Vegan Art, Akwaeke Emezi

    We review Ruth Wilson in the BBC drama Mrs Wilson, in which she plays her own grandmother.

  9. 2018 Palme d’Or winner Shoplifters, Costa Book Awards shortlist announced, Ben Uri Gallery and Museum

    We review Japanese film Shoplifters, winner of the 2018 Palme d’Or at the Cannes festival.

  10. The arts and artificial intelligence

    After Christie's sell their first AI painting, we look at how AI will change creativity

  11. Kurt Russell on playing Santa, Poet Ruth Fainlight, Damien Hirst's Qatar sculptures

    Kurt Russell on The Christmas Chronicles, poet Ruth Fainlight

  12. Marianne Faithfull, I'm a Celebrity without Ant, Kirsty Latoya

    Marianne Faithfull on her new album, Negative Capability.

  13. Jane Fonda

    Jane Fonda, the two-time Academy Award-winning actress, looks back at her 60-year career.

  14. Golden Age of Irish Prose - North and South of the Border, Hepworth Sculpture Prize Winner

    Irish writing north and south of the border - a golden age of prose?

  15. Arts Education in schools - a Front Row debate from Leicester

    Stig Abell chairs a debate about the current state of arts education in schools.

  16. Fantastic Beasts 2, Viruses turned into art, Fernand Léger, Heart of Darkness

    Fantastic Beasts 2 review, viruses turned into art, Fernand Léger, Heart of Darkness.

  17. The Coen Brothers, stage fright, The Interrogation of Tony Martin

    Joel and Ethan Coen on their homage to the western The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

  18. Helena Bonham Carter, Ben Schott, 11-11: Memories Retold video game

    Helena Bonham Carter on how she drew on her own experience of depression for film 55 Steps

  19. Marin Alsop, Russell Howard, Political cartoonists

    Conductor Marin Alsop on Brahms's A German Requiem, and comedian Russell Howard.

  20. Danny Boyle's Armistice Day tribute, White Teeth the musical, singer-songwriter and poet Emily Maguire

    White Teeth, the musical, Danny Boyle's Armistice Day tribute, singer Emily Maguire

  21. Paul Dano, Venice floods and the impact on its cultural heritage, the department store in art

    Actor Paul Dano on turning director, and protecting Venetian arts and heritage from floods

  22. Steve McQueen, Erica Whyman on Romeo and Juliet, Gender-swapped theatre

    Steve McQueen on heist thriller Widows.

  23. Boy George, Colourisation of film, John Cooper Clarke

    Boy George on Culture Club's first album for nearly two decades.

  24. Cecelia Ahern, The world's tallest statue, Pansori opera, Homecoming TV adaptation

    Best-selling Irish novelist Cecelia Ahern discusses her new short story collection, Roar

  25. Wilfred Owen Commemoration, Markus Zusak, Sarah DeLappe

    Wilfred Owen's life and work remembered through art, 100 years since his death.

  26. Dark Heart, La Traviata, Parks and concerts

    Chris Lang's new TV drama Dark Heart reviewed, and Chris Addison on La Traviata.

  27. Florence Pugh and Alexander Skarsgård in The Little Drummer Girl, Darkness and writing, Tom Odell

    Florence Pugh and Alexander Skarsgård discuss the TV adaptation of The Little Drummer Girl

  28. Thom Yorke, Audiobooks and reading, Beetlejuice at 30

    If you've listened to an audiobook, can you say you've read the book?

  29. Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, Composer Howard Blake, Hepworth Prize for Sculpture

    Biopic of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, Bohemian Rhapsody, reviewed

  30. The Hate U Give, House of Cards, Measure for Measure

    Angie Thomas on her novel and film The Hate U Give, and its roots in Black Lives Matter.

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