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.
George Miller, Miranda July, Orchestral Qawwali Project
Review: Big Cigar on AppleTV, Elton John’s photos at V&A, animated/live action film If
John Cleese's Fawlty Towers on stage, Beatrice Harrison, Cannes
Withnail and I on stage, Women & Art at Tate Britain, Alan Murrin
Damian Barr on Maggie & Me, Italian neorealist film, A.I. and Fake Art
La Chimera, Bodkin, a new novel called Great Expectations reviewed
Sir Stephen Hough, Arab Strap, can authors make money?
Party Games play, 200 years of Beethoven’s 9th, literary editing
Sir Alan Ayckbourn, Jeremy Deller, Scarborough Spa Orchestra
The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Marc Quinn at Kew, The Fall Guy,
Spirited Away at London Coliseum, Eurovision build-up, terminal diagnosis films
Michelangelo exhibition at British Museum, Jembaa Groove perform, Inside Number 9
Hanif Kureishi, Ingrid Persaud, Arts Council funding
Pet Shop Boys, review of Challengers film and Expressionists exhibiition
The Legend of Ned Ludd, Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, Mohammad Barrangi
Women and Shakespeare, best beach reads, Black British music exhibition
Designer Sir Kenneth Grange, Taylor Swift's new album, Venice Art Biennale
London Tide with music by PJ Harvey, Salman Rushdie's story of survival: Knife and tenor Ian Bostridge
Lionel Shriver's new book Mania, Tyrell Williams on Red Pitch
Sir John Akomfrah, bicentenary of Byron's death and sped-up music
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