Dame Judi Dench looks back at her six decade career in theatre and on screen. Read more
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Dame Judi Dench
Dame Judi Dench looks back at her six decade career in theatre and on screen.
Kodo Drummers, Marina Lewycka, Arts affected by coronavirus
Kodo drummers perform in studio. Plus novelist Marina Lewycka.
How theatres will cope with PM's advice? Jennifer Offill, Roy Hudd, Kevin Guthrie
Jennifer Offill, Roy Hudd tribute, Kevin Guthrie, How will theatres cope with PM's advice?
David Baddiel, arts prize for social change, film news
David Baddiel on reading Saul Bellow, a prize marking social change in the arts, film news
Gary Sinyor, Arts Council aid, Theatre Uncut
Gary Sinyor on his new sitcom The Jewish Enquirer and how everything is ripe for satire.
Lennie James, Rob Auton, Jess Gillam
Actor and screenwriter Lennie James on the return of his award-winning Sky drama Save Me.
Gareth Malone, Contraltos, Louise Wallwein
Gareth Malone, Contraltos, Creative Industries Federation, Louise Wallwein
Rathbones Folio winner, Disney+, Malory Towers on TV, Live performance from National Theatre of Scotland
Rathbones Folio winner; Disney+ launches in the UK; Malory Towers reviewed
Simon Armitage, Stephen Hough, Chris Riddell on Asterix creator Albert Uderzo
Poet Laureate Simon Armitage on his new collection inspired by Yorkshire.
Eliza Carthy, Art galleries and coronavirus, Terrence McNally obituary
Folk musician Eliza Carthy, art galleries under coronavirus, Terrence McNally obituary.
Owen Sheers, Nikita Lalwani, Writing in isolation
Owen Sheers on adapting The Snow Spider for TV, Nikita Lalwani on her new novel You People
Gloria Gaynor, Offline Arts, film Vivarium and novel Hamnet reviewed, Culture Clinic
Gloria Gaynor on Grammy-winning album Testimony and on going viral against the virus
Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson plays live from Reykjavik
Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson talks to Front Row and plays live from Reykjavik
Soprano Chen Reiss, Theatre Online, National Poetry Competition
Soprano Chen Reiss on her recording of Beethoven's Arias
The Dramatist James Graham
Kirsty Lang interviews playwright James Graham, author of Quiz, This House and Ink.
Dua Lipa, Sara Collins, Edinburgh festivals cancelled, Molly O’Cathain
Dua Lipa discusses her new album Future Nostalgia.
Miles Davis's Bitches Brew, Gaming, Cressida Cowell in the Culture Clinic
Soweto Kinch on Miles Davis's album Bitches Brew, and Children's Laureate Cressida Cowell.
Wordsworth Anniversary, Kerry Shale radio play, Critic Gillian Reynolds, Composer Nainita Desai
Wordsworth anniversary, Kerry Shale on working with Kubrick, composer Nainita Desa.
AL Kennedy, Sam Sweeney performs live, lockdown listening habits
AL Kennedy's new short stories and fiddle player Sam Sweeney performs live
James Graham on Quiz, Braids, changes in the ways we listen to music, and John Prine
James Graham on Quiz, his three-part television drama about the coughing major controversy
Víkingur Ólafsson, Christabel Blackburn, Nitin Sawhney, Audiobooks
Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, Front Row's first Artist-in-Residence.
Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese in conversation about his latest film, The Irishman
Roy Hudd
Speaking in 2015, the late music hall veteran on his seven-decade career.
Russell Howard, Siobhan Miller, International Prize for Arabic Fiction, John Mullan on Northanger Abbey
Russell Howard on his new lockdown TV show made from his childhood bedroom.
Sir Patrick Stewart on Shakespeare's Sonnets, Shahnaz Ahsan, Devs
Patrick Stewart on his daily performance of Shakespeare's Sonnets.
Virus Art, Naomi Alderman, Angela Barnes
Artist Luke Jerram on replicating Covid-19 in sculpture.
Adam Macqueen's thriller, pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, a podcast masterclass and the amazing set of Treasure Island
Adam Macqueen on imagining, in his first novel, that Jeremy Thorpe did murder his lover.
Jackie Kay, Roderick Williams, Killing Eve Season 3 and C Pam Zhang
Roderick Williams, Jackie Kay, author C Pam Zhang and Killing Eve Season 3
Organist Anna Lapwood, The Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist, Gangs of London
Organist Anna Lapwood performs, and we announce The Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist.
Paapa Essiedu, Arts Minister Caroline Dinenage, Turning our tragedies into comedy
Paapa Essiedu's Hamlet, Arts Minister Caroline Dinenage, Turning tragedy into comedy
Moffie director Oliver Hermanus, Sharon D Clarke, Lesbian visibility, Anna Meredith
Director Oliver Hermanus and Sharon D. Clarke on World Book Night.