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'I’ve lost more than one friend over politics.’
Author Lionel Shriver tells Samira Ahmed about her new novel Mania, featuring two friends on either side of a fictional culture war.
Catch up with the full interview on @bbcsounds now 🎧
Been talking songwriting, Derek Jarman, minimalism & the art of elegy with Pet Shop Boys for nx Thur's BBC Front Row.
Still recall how I felt & where I was when I first heard West End Girls on the radio not knowing one day I'd grow up to interview them.
Cd be a pop song in there.
‘He’s not like the normal Hollywood heroes, he's an underdog.'
Dev Patel talks to @samiraahmeduk about his new revenge action thriller and directorial debut Monkey Man and the films, Indian legends and directors that inspired him.
Hear the full interview on @bbcsounds 🎧
Tune into BBC Front Row this afternoon/evening (2:15 pm EST / 7:15 pm BST) when I'll be speaking with Samira Ahmed and film critic Pamela Hutchinson about the legendary Anna May Wong bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… #AnnaMayWong #NotYourChinaDoll
Delighted to be reviewing this exhibition plus a new series called This Town on BBC Front Row BBC Radio 4 tonight at 7.15pm.
On @bbcfrontrow tonight 715: Bach's St John Passion Talking about the art of comedy with Big Mood writer Camilla Whitehill; @lissakevans -Father Ted/Kumars at No 42 director/producer and best selling novelist - and Joel Morris on his book Be Funny Or Die bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
‘Songwriting was my apprenticeship.’
Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro tells Shahidha Bari 📻 🎙️📚🖌 how his teenage songwriting years helped him hone his craft as a novelist.
Catch up with the full interview on @bbcsounds 🎧
How was Kazuo Ishiguro's latest project sparked by #DesertIslandDiscs ?
The Nobel Prize-winning author tells Shahidha Bari 📻 🎙️📚🖌 about writing song lyrics for jazz singer Stacey Kent, 20 years after picking her track on the BBC Radio 4 show.
Listen now on @bbcsounds 🎧
Always a joy to talk to the brilliant and generous Studio Libeskind - this time about his architectural design for the Albert Einstein House to hold all the physicist's papers and possessions. On @bbcfrontrow tonight 715pm bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
Two south London children with mums who took us to look at the paintings at the National Gallery at an early age. One grew up to be its director Gabriele Finaldi. Join us for a behind the scenes BBC Front Row Easter Monday special on the NG at 200. Produced by the ace Julian May
'Art and culture is central to rebuilding this country.'
The Labour Party leader Keir Starmer tells Samira Ahmed about his party's new strategy for culture.
Listen to the full interview on BBC Sounds now 🎧
My interview with Keir Starmer about Labour's arts plans is on tonight's @bbcfrontrow 715pm R4. We discussed funding, freelancers, arts subjects in schools, Parthenon marbles, BBC&local radio, touring, diversity & Diane Abbott. & Sir Keir's cultural pick. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
'Build your own house and open your own door.’
Award-winning director Ava DuVernay has some inspiring words for female filmmakers this #InternationalWomensDay as the number of women making films falls.
She spoke to Tom Sutcliffe about her new film Origin, catch up on @bbcsounds 🎧