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Tracy Chapman, the Arthur Miller moment in UK theatres, Rock Royalty
Tracy Chapman, the Arthur Miller moment in UK theatres, Rock Royalty.
Review: Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes in The Return, On the Calculation of Volume by Solvej Balle, Holy Cow film
Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes plus reviews of The Return and French drama Holy Cow.
Muriel's Wedding the Musical, Dr Who, Anthony Horowitz on Marble Hall Murders
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Ryan Coogler on Sinners, The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz, Book Bans in the US
Photographer Susan Meiselas, The Impact of Trump's Tariffs on Musical Instrument Manufacturers, Author Ewan Morrison.
Kirsty Wark speaks to documentary photographer Susan Meiselas and author Ewan Morrison.
Review: Alex Garland's film Warfare, Audition by Katie Kitamura, Shanghai Dolls by Amy Ng on stage
JMW Turner: 250th anniversary of Britain's greatest painter
Mike Leigh and Alvaro Barrington on the life and influence of landscape artist JMW Turner.
Dante's Inferno in Jamaica, Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time re-examined, Shakespeare's first theatre
Jamaica's former poet laureate, Lorna Goodison on Dante's Inferno.
The ethics of publishing posthumous diaries, Pianist Igor Levit, and Memorials to great women.
Review: Self Esteem's album A Complicated Woman; RSC's Much Ado About Nothing; Julie Keeps Quiet tennis film
Reviews of Self Esteem's third album and the RSC's football-themed Much Ado About Nothing.
Universal Theme Park, Olivier award-winning play Giant, Two to One
Mark Rosenblatt talks about his Olivier award-winning play about Roald Dahl, Giant.
Noddy Holder of Slade, Stephen Rea and Simone de Beauvoir
Stephen Rea on performing Beckett, and Noddy Holder discusses cult film Slade in Flame.
King James VI & I, Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, The Extraordinary Miss Flower
An exhibition about James VI of Scotland and I of England sheds new light on the monarch.
Review: John Lennon docs, Tina Fey's The Four Seasons and The Great Gatsby musical
John Lennon's life after The Beatles explored in two documentaries, plus The Great Gatsby.
A snapshot of culture on VE Day 1945
The music, books, films and theatre that defined VE Day 1945.
Hamlet Radiohead mashup, Stoke-on-Trent pottery in crisis
A new production of Hamlet created in collaboration with Thom Yorke from Radiohead
Leni Riefenstahl, Queen Elizabeth Memorial, Keli
Leni Riefenstahl documentary, digital designs for Queen Elizabeth's memorial and Keli.
Review, The Wedding Banquet, Isabel Allende, The Brightening Air
Reviews of a new remake of The Wedding Banquet, and a new Isabel Allende novel.
Suzanne Vega sings in the studio, P Diddy trial, Mother Courage in County Durham
Suzanne Vega performs a track from her new album, in the Front Row studio.
Morcheeba perform, Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway 100th anniversary
Writer Elif Şhafak on Mrs Dalloway at 100, Morcheeba's acoustic version of Call For Love.
Ocean with Attenborough, Garden Design, Turning Contemporary Politics into Opera
Ocean with Attenborough, the history and future of gardens, new opera inspired by politics
Review: Sondheim's final musical Here We Are, The Marching Band, Daniel Kehlmann's The Director
Stephen Sondheim's final musical, Here We Are, is one of the week's highlights reviewed.
Joanne Harris on the return of Chocolat
Joanne Harris on the return of Chocolat, Cannes Film Festival, and art from ancient India.
Musician Rhiannon Giddens on returning to her North Carolina roots after working with Beyoncé
Musician Rhiannon Giddens returns to her North Carolina roots after working with Beyoncé.
Shirley Manson of Garbage
Shirley Manson of Garbage, Winner of the International Booker Prize, Artist Jeremy Deller.
Mission Impossible & Benicio Del Toro
Benicio Del Toro on his role in Wes Anderson's film The Phoenician Scheme.
Alison Stean live from Hay Festival
Live from the Hay Festival, Alison Stean talks to Samira about her career
Will Butler formerly of Arcade Fire on his play set in a recording studio
Stereophonic play, Skin from Skunk Anansie on their new album, Joseph Wright exhibition.
Paul Hartnoll of Orbital on the band's Brown album, and a new biography of Muriel Spark.
Imelda Staunton in Mrs Warren's Profession
Samira Ahmed and guests review Imelda Staunton in Mrs Warren's Profession
