Glenda Jackson
01 Oct 2022
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Actor and former MP Glenda Jackson reveals the influences and experiences that inspired her work on ...
James Corden
24 Sep 2022
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Actor, writer and comedian James Corden reveals the most important people, events and cultural works...
Michael Morpurgo
17 Sep 2022
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Author, poet and playwright Michael Morpurgo reveals the most important people, events and cultural ...
Abdulrazak Gurnah
10 Sep 2022
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Nobel Prize-winning novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah talks to John Wilson about the people, events, and cu...
Nicola Benedetti
03 Sep 2022
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Violinist Nicola Benedetti reveals her most important cultural influences and experiences that have ...
Norman Foster
27 Aug 2022
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Norman Foster discusses the key cultural influences and experiences that led him to become one of th...
Kate Mosse
20 Aug 2022
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The author of the multi-million-selling Languedoc trilogy, set amidst religious wars in south-west F...
Goldie
13 Aug 2022
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Born Clifford Joseph Price, Goldie was brought up in care homes and with foster families in the west...
Eileen Atkins
18 Jun 2022
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With a career spanning eight decades, Dame Eileen Atkins is one of the most acclaimed British actors...
Jed Mercurio
11 Jun 2022
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Writer Jed Mercurio, the creator of hit television series including Line Of Duty and Bodyguard, talk...
Jacqueline Wilson at Hay
04 Jun 2022
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In a special edition of This Cultural Life from the Hay Festival, Dame Jacqueline Wilson is John Wil...
Armando Iannucci
28 May 2022
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Writer and director Armando Iannucci reveals the most important artistic influences and experiences ...
Anoushka Shankar
21 May 2022
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Sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar tells John Wilson about the most significant cultural inf...
Jarvis Cocker
14 May 2022
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Musician and lyricist Jarvis Cocker talks to John Wilson about the most important influences and exp...
Penelope Lively
07 May 2022
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Penelope Lively, now 89 years old, is the author of more than 30 books for children, six short story...
Inua Ellams
30 Apr 2022
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Inua Ellams, the Nigerian-born, award-winning poet, playwright and performer, talks to John Wilson a...
Hannah Gadsby
23 Apr 2022
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Hannah Gadsby, the Emmy-winning stand-up comedian and writer, talks to John Wilson about the most si...
Neil Tennant
16 Apr 2022
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Neil Tennant, singer and songwriter with the Pet Shop Boys, is one half of the most successful Briti...
Ali Smith
09 Apr 2022
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Award-winning novelist, playwright and short story writer Ali Smith is the author of 12 novels, thre...
Aaron Sorkin
02 Apr 2022
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As one of the most successful screenwriters of modern times, Aaron Sorkin is renowned for his quickf...
Tamara Rojo
26 Mar 2022
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Spanish ballet star Tamara Rojo has enjoyed a 20 year stage career, in which she starred in all the ...
Brian Cox
24 Mar 2022
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Olivier and Emmy-winning actor Brian Cox is best known these days as Logan Roy, the tyrannical media...
Maggi Hambling
12 Mar 2022
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Artist Maggi Hambling is a painter known for evocative portraits, and powerfully energetic seascapes...
Joyce DiDonato
05 Mar 2022
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Acclaimed American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato talks to John Wilson about the works and events that...
Akram Khan
26 Feb 2022
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Dancer and choreographer Akram Khan is one of the world’s most acclaimed and influential figures w...
Max Richter
19 Feb 2022
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German-born British composer Max Richter tells John Wilson about his earliest musical influences, in...
Nicole Kidman
01 Jan 2022
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Since her breakthrough in the 1989 thriller Dead Calm, Nicole Kidman has played a hugely diverse arr...
Sting
25 Dec 2021
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As leader of rock band The Police, and as a multiple-Grammy winning solo artist, Sting has sold more...
Víkingur Ólafsson
18 Dec 2021
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Víkingur Ólafsson tells John Wilson about the experiences and influences that have had a major imp...
Douglas Stuart
11 Dec 2021
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Author Douglas Stuart talks to John Wilson about some of the aspects of his life that inspired him t...
Kwame Kwei-Armah
04 Dec 2021
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Kwame Kwei-Armah shares some of the influences that have had a significant impact on his career in t...
Evelyn Glennie
27 Nov 2021
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Musician Evelyn Glennie talks to John Wilson about her career and some of the key cultural turning p...
Caitlin Moran
20 Nov 2021
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Author and columnist Caitlin Moran talks to John Wilson about some of the works and events that have...
Carlos Acosta
13 Nov 2021
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Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta talks to John Wilson about some of the key moments of his cultural l...
Mike Leigh
07 Nov 2021
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Film-maker Mike Leigh talks to John Wilson about his cultural influences and some of the moments tha...
Tracey Emin
30 Oct 2021
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Artist Tracey Emin talks openly and honestly to John Wilson about her controversial career and her l...
Paul McCartney
23 Oct 2021
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Paul McCartney talks to John Wilson about his key influences and inspirations. In a candid conversat...
Bernardine Evaristo
16 Oct 2021
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Author Bernardine Evaristo talks to John Wilson about the formative experiences and cultural influen...
Kenneth Branagh
09 Oct 2021
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Actor and filmmaker Sir Kenneth Branagh talks to John Wilson for the first of a new series of interv...
Welcome to This Cultural Life
05 Oct 2021
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Candid conversations with the world’s leading cultural figures about what has fired their imaginat...