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Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Actor Gillian Anderson on her most significant creative influences and experiences.
Pete Townshend, songwriter, guitarist and co-founder of The Who on his cultural influences
Pianist James Rhodes talks to John Wilson about his formative influences and experiences.
Colombian artist and sculptor Doris Salcedo reveals her formative cultural influences.
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason reveals his formative cultural influences.
Choreographer Sir Wayne McGregor reveals his creative inspirations.
Actor Sir Simon Russell Beale reveals his cultural influences and inspirations.
Author Maggie O'Farrell reveals the influences that have shaped her writing.
Screenwriter and playwright Abi Morgan shares her creative influences.
American artist Theaster Gates reveals his formative creative influences.
Playwright, screenwriter and director Sir David Hare on his formative cultural influences.
Actor and singer Cynthia Erivo reveals her formative creative influences.
Conductor Marin Alsop reveals the formative influences on her career.
Writer Robert Harris reveals his cultural influences and experiences.
Film director James Ivory on his most significant creative influences and experiences.
Chilean author Isabel Allende reveals some of the influences on her creativity.
Oscar-winning film editor Thelma Schoonmaker reveals the turning points of her career.
Actor Bill Nighy reveals some of the turning points in his career.
Director Julie Taymor talks to John Wilson about her formative creative influences.
Writer Hanif Kureishi reveals the experiences and influences that shaped his career.
Nile Rodgers, composer, guitarist and founding member of Chic, on his cultural influences.
Writer and critic Dame Margaret Drabble reveals the formative influences on her career.
Serbian conceptual and performance artist Marina Abramović on her cultural inspirations.
Director and screenwriter Peter Kosminsky reveals the influences that shaped his career.
Booker prize-winning Jamaican author Marlon James reveals his cultural influences.
Opera star Dame Kiri Te Kanawa reveals the biggest influences on her cultural life.
Best-selling crime novelist Lee Child on his formative cultural influences.
Artist Sir Peter Blake reveals the formative influences on his creativity and career.
Actor, playwright and director Simon McBurney reveals his creative inspirations.
