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.
Film My Sailor, My Love; Atwood’s Old Babes In The Wood; Baillie Gifford prize; Nicole Flattery
Pioneering play Top Girls turns 40, do publishers owe a duty of care to memoirists? and the benefits of stopping the show
Daniel Mays on a new production of Guys and Dolls, and how accessible are venues and film sets for performers?
Steven Moffat and Lucy Caldwell on writing about the Hadron Collider
Daisy Jones & The Six on TV. Lukas Dhont’s film Close. Edmund De Waal on potter Lucie Rie
Barry Male Voice Choir, new play Romeo and Julie, WNO’s Blaze of Glory and Welsh culture minister Dawn Boden
Tracy-Ann Oberman, Director Michael B Jordan, Oldham Coliseum
Conductor Antonio Pappano on Puccini’s Turandot and the Ukrainian cabaret artists performing in exile
Immersive David Hockney art and Korean film Broker reviewed; artist Mike Nelson; AI-generated writing
New film The Strays, artists Chila Kumari Singh Burman and Dawinder Bansal, Janet Malcolm’s photography memoir
Michael Douglas, culture in Ukraine a year after invasion, visual effects and animation in the UK
Hugh Jackman, Kevin Jared Hosein, the future of opera
Marcel The Shell With Shoes On, Alice Neel, Spitting Image
Asif Kapadia's dance film Creature; the Barbellion Book Prize winner; South Asian and South East Asian galleries in Manchester
Tracy Chevalier on Vermeer exhibition; live v streaming theatre audiences; American poet A. E. Stallings; The King's Singers
Kate Prince on her suffragette musical, the art of casting, set design at the Brits.
Georgia Oakley director of Blue Jean, Burt Bacharach obituary, Salman Rushdie's Victory City and Peter Doig exhibition reviewed
The Reytons, film-maker Saim Sadiq, The Beekeeper of Aleppo
Les Dennis and Mina Anwar, writer Tania Branigan, Kerry Shale on Yentl
Costume designer Sandy Powell, playwright Chris Bush, Donatello sculptures at the V&A
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