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How do you start a collection?
Whether you collect for love or money, how do you start and who do you ask? At the moment people are dismayed that art is bought not to hang above the fireplace but to be kept in a huge Swiss freeport until a more biddable buyer is found. Robert Bound…
How do you turn a band into an exhibition?
‘Exhibitionism: the Rolling Stones’ is a new show at the Saatchi Gallery, produced with the co-operation of the band; there has been a lot of crawling through Keith Richards’ attic and rifling through Mick Jagger’s drawers. We take a tour with the show’s designers, Will Russell and Abbott Miller from…
Who would launch a music magazine in 2016?
Robert Bound is joined by storied music magazine editor Mark Ellen and Liv Siddall, editor of the brand new ‘Rough Trade Magazine’, to discuss what it takes to launch a new publication in 2016. Plus: we meet Karl Henkell, editor of another new publication about to hit shelves, ‘Record Culture…
How do you run an independent cinema?
We celebrate the heroes of the silver screen: no, not Batman or Indiana Jones but the people who run the independent cinemas that make going to the movies such a wonderful experience. We take a tour around one of east London’s finest, Rio Cinema, and head to New York to…
How do you adapt a novel?
We find out how our favourite books are adapted to both the small and silver screens, the stage and the radio. What makes a book adaptable: is it the characters or the plot? And how closely should you stick to the original? To help answer these questions Robert Bound is…
How much does it cost to play ‘Happy Birthday’?
Last month the classic song ‘Happy Birthday’ was made public domain. We use this as a springboard to discuss some of the music industry’s most contentious rights cases. Meanwhile, we set out to debunk a few mysteries surrounding the recent acquisition of Vantablack – the blackest substance ever made –…
How do you make a playlist?
Playlists are everywhere: in the clothes shop where you bought that new shirt, in the bar where you went for drinks last night, hell – even on the radio. We find out what makes a good playlist with music supervisor Rebecca Grierson, Lebanese DJ Ernesto Chahoud and the Argentinian duo…
Who do you think you are?
This week we’re tackling ideas of self. Where did you come from? What class do you think you are? What signifiers of success do you flaunt? We meet Dan Fox, author of ‘Pretentiousness: Why It Matters’, head to a Brooklyn bar to find out what our choice of drink says…
Aussie rules
This week we’re spinning the globe 180 degrees and zooming in on Australia to explore the people making waves in the music, radio, television and newspaper industries. We get music tips from Sydney’s coolest record label Future Classic, speak to seasoned broadcaster Myf Warhurst to find out why Australia loves…
How do you know what to read?
Thousands of titles are published each month and we all have a list longer than our lifespan of books we want to read – and say we’ve read. So how can we decide which ones to tackle? To help us answer this week’s question we speak to Lisette Verhagen, founder…
