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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
