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Robert Bound and guests explore what’s new in art, film, books, and media. Expect lively discussions, in-depth interviews, and expert insights.
Latest Episodes
Music in 2016
Rob Bound is joined by Will Hodgkinson, rock and pop critic for ‘The Times’, Laura Snapes, senior editor at ‘The Pitchfork Review’ and broadcaster Nick Luscombe to talk through the artists and albums they’re all excited about for 2016. Plus we head to Honest Jon’s and Rough Trade record shops…
2016 at the cinema
As we approach the end of the year we look ahead to the films that will be illuminating cinema screens around the globe in 2016. We discuss the ones to watch for next year’s awards season and film critics Karen Krizanovich and Tim Robey predict who will be taking home…
How do you manage your image?
In an age when some people can’t put their shoes on in the morning without telling – or showing – the world, we investigate how we curate our lives for online communities. With contributions from artist Caroline Walker; Martin Adolfsson and Daniel Wilson, founders of the ‘Minutiae’ app; and editor…
How to write about politics
We speak to journalists around the world to find out how they write about politics. We discuss when it’s suitable to throw in a bit of humour in Britain with parliamentary sketchwriter Michael Deacon, our Washington correspondent Sasha Issenberg tells us how he tackles US politics and we head to…
How popular are graphic novels?
We explore the graphic-novel industry with Emma Hayley, managing director of SelfMadeHero publishers; graphic novelist Karrie Fransman; and Waterstones’ graphic-novel buyer, Kate McHale.
What makes a good scary story?
We go on a spooky investigation to figure out which elements make for a decent spine-tingling tale. With contributions from graphic artist Graham Humphreys, film critic and author Kim Newman and editor of ‘The Folio Book of Ghost Stories’, Mandy Kirkby.
Autumn’s new art galleries
We take a global tour of some recent and upcoming art gallery openings including the Sursock Museum in Beirut, Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery in London and The National Gallery Singapore. Plus: we meet the guerrilla artists in Belgrade who are taking the delayed opening of the city’s Museum of…
What makes a good children’s book?
We meet Mark Russell, a Canadian author who’s introducing South Korean folklore to young readers. We also head to the studio of illustrator Viviane Schwarz to find out how you draw for a child. Plus: we speak to Iona Dudley, a children’s book expert at Daunt Books here in London,…
What does work sound like?
We go on a sonic adventure through different workplaces around the world to see how natural sounds affect productivity and how we both absorb and filter out surrounding noise. Our listening expedition takes us to a British boozer, an opera set-builders’ in Victoria, BC, a curator’s office in Lisbon and…
Why do we love medical dramas?
Everywhere in the world viewers love the drama of doctors, nurses, patients, blood and guts, love and loss, procedure and trauma. We ask the people behind some of the top medical dramas, both real-life and fictional, why the hospital is such a good setting for a TV show.
