Elijah Wood tells Tom Sutcliffe about his new film No Man of God. Elijah Wood plays criminal profiler Bill Hagmaier in a story based on interview transcripts. Hagmaier is sent by the FBI to visit the serial killer Ted Bundy on death row. A fascinating, troubling relationship develops which becomes all the more intense when the date of Bundy's execution is announced. It's just a week away; Bundy agrees to talk, and he has much to confess.
As lockdown and the pandemic brought concerts to a standstill, many musicians and comedians turned to online live streaming to perform, entertain and connect with audiences. According to YouTube, 78% of British people watched a live stream over the last 12 months. But now as live events return, and with concerns still over safety, have live streams proven they can coexist alongside in-person concerts as a way to feel part of an experience? Musician Paul Smith from Maximo Park and director and filmmaker Oscar Sansom discuss
It’s often said that we’re living in a podcast ‘boom,’ with increased investment from technology giants and big name celebrity signings. But how diverse is the industry itself? The Equality in Audio Pact, launched in 2020, aims to tackle some of the systemic barriers to entry in radio and podcasting for people from under-represented backgrounds. Imriel Morgan is the Founder and CEO of podcast marketing agency Content is Queen- a signatory to the pact- and she’s also an award-winning host of the Wanna Be Podcast. She joins us to give her assessment of diversity and inclusion in the audio industry today.
Punk exhibition reviewed, Reality film director, TV drama White House Plumbers reviewed
Shane Meadows on The Gallows Pole, and GoGo Penguin perform live
Chita Rivera, a new funding model for the arts discussed, Priscilla Morris
The 75th anniversary of the Windrush - the cultural legacy of a generation
Jhalak Book Prize, Tate Britain Rehang, The Little Mermaid, Cannes
Playing Putin on stage in Patriots, DJ Taylor on Orwell, new V&A Photography Centre
Sparks, EM Forster adaptations, nature mystery writer Bob Gilbert
Arlo Parks, Martin Amis remembered, depicting The Troubles
Caleb Azumah Nelson, Reviews of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret & China's Hidden Century
Chuck D of Public Enemy on watercolours; author Jacqueline Crooks; artist Andy Holden
Contemporary sari design; the politics of museum labelling; Mat Osman's novel The Ghost Theatre
Brokeback Mountain on stage, Venice architecture biennale, author Tan Twan Eng
June Givanni on the PanAfrican cinema archive, Gwen John at Pallant House Gallery reviewed
Author Louise Kennedy, Royal patronage in the arts, beatboxer SK Shlomo
Dennis Potter’s newly discovered play, Cathi Unsworth on goth culture, artist Isaac Julien
Eurovision comes to Liverpool
Playwright Jonathan Harvey on A Thong for Europe, Tom Hanks’s new novel reviewed
Writer Jack Thorne, Derek Jarman’s Blue reimagined, music for the King’s coronation
Sir Lenny Henry on his new play, music from the Tashi Lhunpo monastery, publishing and net zero
Rachmaninoff - the 20th century's great romantic
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