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    Stan Laurel novel; Tanika Gupta; film Una; Ed Skrein Walks Away

    Tanika Gupta play; John Connolly on Stan Laurel; Una review; Ed Skrein & whitewashing row.

  2. Bill Nighy, The ever-changing appeal of Hamlet, Photographer Steve McCurry

    Bill Nighy on his acting style, Janet Suzman on Hamlet, and Steve McCurry on Afghanistan.

  3. Ronnie Wood, Shakespeare plays on screen, Taylor Swift's new song, Peter Hoeg

    Ronnie Wood on his paintings; Cinematic adaptions of Shakespeare; Taylor Swift's new song.

  4. Illness in comedy series, Ned Beauman, Thomas Meehan

    Illness in comedy series with Peep Show creator Sam Bain.

  5. Steven Soderbergh returns to film-making with Logan Lucky

    Director Steven Soderbergh on Logan Lucky; Gwendolyn Brooks' poems; Cormoran Strike novels

  6. Authors' better, but not-so-famous, books; Kathryn Bigelow; Eric Ravilious; a Shakespeare Sonnet in Pidgin

    Not-so-famous but better books; Kathryn Bigelow; Eric Ravilious; a great sonnet in Pidgin.

  7. Peter Kosminsky on The State, Ben Whishaw, The secrets of Vermeer's studio

    Peter Kosminsky on his new jihadi drama; Ben Whishaw on playing an aerospace billionaire.

  8. Lucy Porter, Martin Creed, and Soweto Gospel Choir on stage at the Edinburgh Festival

    Comedian Lucy Porter and comedy tutor Jojo Sutherland give John a lesson in stand-up.

  9. Edinburgh International Books Festival: Val McDermid talks to Paul Auster and Denise Mina

    Val McDermid at Edinburgh International Books Festival with Paul Auster and Denise Mina.

  10. John Eliot Gardiner, Apphia Campbell, The Nature of Forgetting, Reviewing at the Edinburgh Festivals

    Live from Edinburgh with guests including Sir John Eliot Gardiner on Monteverdi at 450.

  11. Shappi Khorsandi and Gillian Clarke on stage in the BBC's Big Blue Tent at the Edinburgh Festival

    Shappi Khorsandi and Nassim Soleimanpour in front of a live audience in Edinburgh.

  12. Joe Orton

    An exploration of the life and legacy of the playwright Joe Orton.

  13. Henry Goodman as Lucien Freud, Isaac Julien, Lawrence Osborne, Nikesh Shukla, Sarah Shaffi

    Henry Goodman as Lucien Freud, YA BAME writers, Isaac Julien, Lawrence Osborne.

  14. Daniel Libeskind

    An interview with architect Daniel Libeskind.

  15. Philippa Gregory, Regina Spektor, TV's Eden and Rebecca Root's Queer Icon

    Regina Spektor plays live; author Philippa Gregory; TV's Eden; plus Rebecca Root.

  16. Trust Me writer Dan Sefton, Atomic Blonde, Colm Toibin's Queer Icon, Posthumous publishing

    Trust Me, posthumous publishing, a review of Atomic Blonde, and Colm Toibin's Queer Icon.

  17. Irvine Welsh's Performers, Bookshop economics, England Is Mine, CN Lester on Stone Butch Blues

    Irvine Welsh, Bookshop economics, Morrissey's early years and CN Lester's Queer Icon.

  18. Stockard Channing, Matisse in the Studio, Thomas Ades, representations of war

    Actor Stockard Channing on her new stage role, feminism and the enduring power of Grease.

  19. Emergency services on screen; plus Sally Hawkins, Josette Bushell-Mingo, and Damian Barr

    Emergency services on screen; plus Sally Hawkins, Josette Bushell-Mingo, and Damian Barr.

  20. Writer Bernard MacLaverty, Nicholas Hytner's Queer Icon, Riding the Mail Rail

    Nicholas Hytner's Queer Icon, writer Bernard MacLaverty, riding the Mail Rail.

  21. David Walliams, Jeanne Moreau and Sam Shepard remembered, Zinzi Clemmons, Jukebox musicals

    David Walliams on Gangsta Granny, and Jeanne Moreau and Sam Shepard remembered.

  22. Mary Portas' Queer Icon, Michael Symmons Roberts, Howard's End, Susie Dent

    Susie Dent on how the arts have entered the English language.

  23. Patrick Gale's Man in an Orange Shirt, Olly Alexander's Queer Icon, Man Booker Prize longlist, Mercury Prize shortlist

    Patrick Gale, Olly Alexander, Man Booker Prize longlist, Mercury Prize shortlist.

  24. Horror on film; Crime writer Kathy Reichs; Actors who become artistic directors; LGBT youtuber Ben Hunte's Queer Icon

    Frightening films, crime writer Kathy Reichs and actors-turned-artistic directors.

  25. Daniel Mays, Girls Trip, Asifa Lahore's Queer Icon, Young Poets competition

    Actor Daniel Mays on playing gay rights campaigner Peter Wildeblood.

  26. Jack O'Connell; Emma Donoghue's Queer Icon; Diana, Our Mother; Jules Buckley

    Actor Jack O'Connell on playing Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on the West End stage.

  27. Jane Campion and Alice Englert, Chris Smith's Queer Icon, Lucy Kirkwood, Love Island

    Jane Campion on Top of the Lake, Chris Smith's Queer Icon, Lucy Kirkwood, and Love Island.

  28. Artist Richard Long, Stella Duffy chooses her Queer Icon, Daljit Nagra on Liu Xiaobo

    Richard Long, Stella Duffy's Queer Icon, Daljit Nagra on Liu Xiaobo, the value of art.

  29. Mark Rylance on Dunkirk, Game of Thrones, best summer reads

    Mark Rylance discusses his role in Christopher Nolan's new film Dunkirk.

  30. Jodie Whittaker, Nicola Barker, Jason Bateman - plus Tony Kushner's Queer Icon

    Arts news, interviews and reviews, presented by Samira Ahmed.

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