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Young Kim on her erotic memoir A Year on Earth with Mr. Hell and Simon Berry on his new radio play The Dame and the Showgirl with Emma Thompson. Plus sculptor Conrad Shawcross on Art in the Age of Now at Fulham Town Hall. Subscribe to our Newsletters Follow Country & Town House on Twitter Follow Country & Town House on Instagram We’re reading: A Year on Earth with Mr Hell by Young Kim...

Subscribe to our N ewsletters Follow Country & Town House on Twitter Follow Country & Town House on Instagram We’re reading: Living with Shakespeare: St. Helen’s Parish 1593 to 1598 by Geoffrey Marsh We’re making sure we’re on Longborough Opera Festival’s waiting list to see: Die Walküre (main house) Big Top: Così Fan Tutti The Return of Ulysses The Cunning Little Vixen https://lfo.org.uk...

It's our 1st birthday! Thanks to everyone who's listened to this podcast over the last year. You've certainly made our year better and we hope we've done the same for you. Subscribe to our newsletters   Follow Country & Town House on Twitter Follow Country & Town House on Instagram We’re listening to: A Living Loss, the Art of Losing and Finding Yourself : the new podcast from Julia S...

The film of the true story that sheds lights on the horrors of Guantánamo Bay Subscribe to our newsletters - www.countryandtownhouse.co.uk/newsletter Follow Country & Town House on Twitter Follow Country & Town House on Instagram We’re watching: The Mauritanian, starring Jodie Foster and Tahar Rahim on Netflix We’re reading: Guantánamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi We’re booking: Romeo and...

The London Handel Festival’s Easter Concert, Van Gogh Alive comes to Kensington Gardens and Ben Fenton talks about his book ‘To Be Fair’ Subscribe to our newsletters - www.countryandtownhouse.co.uk/newsletter Follow Country & Town House on Twitter Follow Country & Town House on Instagram We’re reading: To Be Fair: The Ultimate Guid to Fairness in the 21st Century by Ben Fenton We’re tuning...

Plus a new exhibition from learning disabled artists and ancient poetry brought to life with five short films by award-winning Jack Jewers. Subscribe to our newsletters - www.countryandtownhouse.co.uk/newsletter Follow Country & Town House on Twitter Follow Country & Town House on Instagram We’re reading: The Art Museum in Modern Times by Charles Saumarez Smith We’re following: Charles Sau...

Gilbert & George on their new exhibition ‘The New Normal Pictures’.  Plus Desmond Cecil on being a musical diplomat Subscribe to our newsletters - www.countryandtownhouse.co.uk/newsletter Follow Country & Town House on Twitter Follow Country & Town House on Instagram We’re booking: New Normal Pictures by Gilbert & George White Cube, Mason’s Yard, London W1 from 13th April till...

Subscribe to our newsletters - www.countryandtownhouse.co.uk/newsletter Follow Country & Town House on Twitter Follow Country & Town House on Instagram LISTENER OFFER: Listeners receive a 15% discount : go to hugorittsonphotogaphy.com and apply the code ‘Breakout’ at checkout We’re tuning into: The Unkown Churchill : Dan Snow talking to Blenheim Palace historian Antonia Keaney Wednesday 17...

We’re reading: Fall : The Mystery of Robert Maxwell by John Preston A Very English Scandal : Sex, Lies and a Murder Plot at the Heart of the Establishment by John Preston The Dig by John Preston We’re watching: The Dig with Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan and Lily James on Netflix A Very English Scandal with Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw on BBC i-Player We’re tuning into: Royal Opera House’s celebratio...

We chat to British cinematographer Sir Roger Deakins in LA about his knighthood, his Oscars and his podcast with his wife and collaborator James. Victoria Broackes, Director of the Design Biennale, talks about Design in an Age of Crisis (and David Bowie) and author Olivia Fane pleads for a return to a less dark sexuality. We’re tuning into: Team Deakins Podcast https://teamdeakins.libsyn.com We’re...

Plus we talk to Gala Gordon and Isabella Macpherson of Platform Presents on the hybrids giving a boost to the performing arts industry and meet the young film-maker celebrating Rachel Carson and Silent Spring in a new film Nevergreen. We’re watching: Paul Greengrass’s movie News of the World , starring Tom Hanks, on Netflix from Wednesday Good Grief, written by Lorien Haynes, starring Sian Cliffor...

Star choreographer and dancer Akram Khan tells us about dancing with Natalia Osipova for Dancing Nation , Sadler’s Wells’ all-day event and Ian Rosenblatt, founder of Rosenblatt Recitals, regales us with the ups and downs of staging a provincial arts festival. We’re tuning into: Dancing Nation from Sadler’s Wells and BBC Arts Thursday 28 January from 12 noon Akram Khan dances with Natalia Osipova...

Indhu Rubasingham, Artistic Director of The Kiln in Kilburn, tells us how she and her team transformed the theatre into an award-winning community hub and runner and anthropologist Michael Crawley explains how a strong sense of community is also integral to the supremacy of Ethiopia’s top runner. Follow Country & Town House on Twitter , Facebook and Instagram Visit our website and subscribe to...

We’ll be back on Sunday 10 th January. Happy Christmas to all our listeners. We’re hoping to go to: Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker directed by Peter Wright Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Till 3 rd January Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Match Girl directed and choreographed by Arthur Pita Sadler’s Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London Thursday 17 th till Sunday 27 th December We’re watching: Sadler’...

Nicole Farhi on her new show ‘Couples’, Jude Christian on adapting Dick Whittington for the National Theatre and three American artists at Gazelli Art House. We’re visiting: ‘Couples’ by Nicole Farhi at the Fine Art Society Ltd. 25 Carnaby Street (entrance in Marlborough Court), W1 Till 23 rd December https://www.thefineartsociety.com/exhibitions/119-nicole-farhi-couples/ Claudia Hart: An Imaginar...

Gered Mankowitz talks about that photograph of Jimi Hendrix, photographing the Stones, and many more. Plus Love and War, a new podcast about gay love in the trenches to celebrate 100 years since Wilfred Owen’s first book of poetry was published. We’re buying: Goin’ Home with The Rolling Stones ’66, Photographs by Gered Mankowtiz Published by Reel Art Press £19.95 www.reelartpress.com We’re listeni...

Charles Spencer on his book The White Ship, 900 years after the ship sank, three exhibitions at Hauser & Wirth Somerset and the Hay Digital Winter Weekend. We’re reading: The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream by Charles Spencer, published by William Collins, £25 We’re Visiting: Hauser and Wirth, Somerset – Oudolf Field, Roth Bar & Grill and Durslade Farm...

How to sing your way to Christmas in isolation and Matthew Parris talks about his new book on trauma and genius We’re joining: The Self-Isolation Choir and their Christmas at Home Concert on 20 th December https://www.theselfisolationchoir.com We’re reading Fracture: Stories of How Great Lives Take Root in Trauma, by Matthew Parris, published by Profile Books, £16.99 We’re going online to The...

Gyles Brandreth cheers up lockdown by lifting the lid on all the stories and gossip since theatres began. Art gallerist Johnny Messum tells us how Messums keeps opening new galleries and thriving during lockdown. And we lift the lid on our TV habits. We’re revelling in: The Oxford Book of Theatrical Anecdotes by Gyles Brandreth We’ve voted for our favourite books and now we’re going to watch who w...

NOTE: This Episode was recorded before Saturday’s lockdown announcement. We talk to Nicholas Hytner about the The Bridge Theatre’s Christmas season and hear from art dealer and TV sleuth Philip Mould about Pioneers, his exhibition celebrating 500 years of British women in art. Plus we chat to Kojo Marfo about a new pop-up on Carnaby Street to celebrate black business and creativity We’re going sho...

Plymouth’s dazzling new art space, plus making black female academics visible and spying on Jonathan Yeo painting Jamie Oliver Dr. Nicola Rollock tell us about commissioning Bill Knight to photograph Britain’s 45 black female professors for an exhibition on London’s South Bank. We talk Jo Loosemore, curator at Plymouth’s new art space, The Box, about a new exhibition turning myths about the Mayflo...

Renowned TV journalist John Tusa spills the beans on what goes on behind the doors of Britain’s art institution. Anthony Biggs, Creative Director of The Playground Theatre in Notting Hill, tells us how a small community theatre can flourish and Amanda Bradley, Curator of Love, Art, Loss, tells about the complicated love life of the great artist Stanley Spencer. We’re visiting: Love, Art, Loss: The...

We talk to designer Sebastian Conran about his father’s legacy and his influence on British design. We discover Cromwell Place in South Kensington, London’s newest venue for galleries and collectors shaking up the art world. Plus we talk to the Dutch artist Jan Hendrix at his home in Mexico about his new exhibition, Paradise Lost, just opened at Shirley Sherwood’s Gallery of Botanical Art at Royal...

Elif Shafak on curating the Cheltenham Literature Festival, Chris Riddell’s Poems to Change the World With and Kensington and Chelsea Art Week We’re booking up: The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival from Friday 2nd October until Sunday 11th. For all details of what’s on and how to book visit www.cheltenhamfestivals.com We’re visiting: Kensington and Chelsea Art Week from Th...

Loyd Grossman discusses his new book and saving our culture and the Royal Borough opens its Physic Garden and National Army Museum for its annual History Festival. We’re reading: An Elephant in Rome : Bernini, the Pope and the making of the Eternal City by Loyd Grossman, £19.99 We’re going to: The Chelsea History Festival www.chelseahistoryfestival.com until 27 th September We’re visiting: The Nat...