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    Mike Leigh on Peterloo, CJ Sansom, The rise of adult gaming

    Mike Leigh discusses his latest film Peterloo, about the 1819 massacre in Manchester

  2. Author Luke Jennings on his Killing Eve trilogy, Disgusting artworks, Maggie Gyllenhaal on The Deuce

    How have artists used disgust in their work to both enthral and repel the viewer?

  3. The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Billboard art and US politics, Emma Rice and Wise Children

    Author Heather Morris on her novel The Tattooist of Auschwitz, based on a true story

  4. Eric Idle, Halloween, Cicely Berry remembered, The House of Commons library

    Python Eric Idle on his autobiography. The 11th film in the Halloween franchise reviewed.

  5. Gerard Butler, Male body in movies, Novelist Olga Tokarczuk

    Gerard Butler and the male body in movies - is bigger always better?

  6. Playing Linda Loman, Informer, Geology-inspired art, Ciarán Hodgers

    Playing Linda Loman, Informer review, art inspired by geology, Ciarán Hodgers

  7. #MeToo one year on - what's changed in the arts?

    One year on from the beginning of the #MeToo movement, what's changed? Daniel York Loh

  8. Paul Greengrass on 22 July, Lisa Hammond and Rachael Spence, How can arts organisations thrive?

    Paul Greengrass on 22 July, his film about the Norwegian terrorist attack on a summer camp

  9. Desiree Akhavan, Bad Times at the El Royale, 2018 RIBA Stirling Prize, Mother Courage

    Desiree Akhavan on the challenges of writing, directing and starring in The Bisexual.

  10. Reading and Mental Health

    A special on how reading improves mental health, with Marian Keyes and Russell Kane.

  11. The swimming pool in art, Kwame Kwei-Armah's Twelfth Night, Poet Jean Sprackland

    The role that the swimming pool plays in film and art.

  12. Bernard Cribbins, Claire Foy and Ryan Gosling on First Man, Butterfly

    Bernard Cribbins on his autobiography and Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy discuss First Man

  13. Jodie Whittaker on Doctor Who, Quentin Blake, Haruki Murakami's Killing Commendatore

    Jodie Whittaker on regenerating as the 13th Doctor, and the dark art of Quentin Blake

  14. Alice Walker, Yayoi Kusama and a poem for National Poetry Day from Sean Street

    Alice Walker, artist Yayoi Kusama and a new poem for National Poetry Day from Sean Street

  15. The art of physical comedy, Damien Hirst, Andre Aciman, The impact of the arts on mental health

    The art and history of physical comedy: why is the unfortunate mishap hilarious?

  16. BBC National Short Story Award Winner

    We announce the winners of the 2018 BBC Short Story Awards live from Cambridge University

  17. Sarah Perry, The Cry, Cultural First Aid

    The Essex Serpent author Sarah Perry discusses her new novel Melmoth, The Cry reviewed

  18. Contains Strong Language festival, Sean Scully, A Northern Soul

    Front Row live from the Contains Strong Language festival in Hull

  19. Lord of the Flies, Silence in art, Javier Marias

    Lord of the Flies with an all-female cast, and the significance of silence in art.

  20. The Goodies, Holst's The Planets at 100, Debris Stevenson

    Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie look back at their 70s cult comedy series

  21. Oceania exhibition, Suede, How the police help crime writers

    The first major UK exhibition of art from the Pacific, and former Britpop band Suede

  22. Glenn Close in The Wife, Little Women in 2018

    New Glenn Close film, Little Women in 2018, composer Jocelyn Pook, Chas Hodges remembered

  23. Cary Fukanaga, Royal Opera House CEO, Nureyev Documentary

    New James Bond director Cary Fukanaga discusses his latest Netflix series, Maniac

  24. MIA, Man Booker Shortlist, Short Story Award nominee Nell Stevens, Playwright Stephen Jeffreys remembered.

    Kieran Yates reviews Matangi/Maya/MIA, a documentary about the political rapper MIA

  25. Eileen Atkins, the financial crash and the arts, Denis Norden remembered, Ingrid Persaud

    Eileen Atkins on her latest stage role in Florian Zeller’s The Height of the Storm

  26. The Little Stranger, creating art in the dark, and Kiare Ladner, BBC NSSA nominee

    Director Lenny Abrahamson on his film adaption of Sarah Waters’ novel The Little Stranger

  27. Christine and the Queens, Sarah Hall, Tartuffe set in a Birmingham Muslim community

    Christine and the Queens, Sarah Hall, Tartuffe set in a Birmingham Muslim community

  28. Killing Eve, BBC National Short Story Award Shortlist, Ghetts

    Killing Eve, the new series from Phoebe Waller-Bridge, reviewed.

  29. Crazy Rich Asians, Touching the Void, Novels about the super rich, Leeds Piano Competition

    Touching the Void at the Bristol Old Vic, Crazy Rich Asians.

  30. Michael Caine, Wagner's music in Israel, V&A Dundee

    Sir Michael Caine looks back on his career in Hollywood.

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