Sally Rooney, David Shrigley and comedy in contemporary art
Sally Rooney, author of Conversations with Friends and now Normal People, discusses sex, class and the internet - and why she simply couldn't stand being at school. Plus - can visual art be very funny...
29 Sep 201845min
Comedian Phil Wang - Live
Recorded at the FT Weekend Festival, Phil Wang riffs on the science of comedy, racial stereotypes and being funny on demand. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
15 Sep 201823min
Can you be a writer and a good parent? Plus: The Guilty Feminist
Is the pram in the hall really the enemy of good art? We ask Lara Feigel, author of Free Woman: Life, Liberation and Doris Lessing, and the FT's Isabel Berwick. And later, Gris talks to comedian Debor...
8 Sep 201842min
Matthew Macfadyen: from Mr Darcy to the 'dork' in Succession
The actor unpicks his role as a "human grease stain" in the new, hit HBO TV series. Gris and Al will interview comedian Phil Wang live at the FT Weekend Festival on September 8. Tickets are available ...
1 Sep 201819min
Stephen Mangan's Hang Ups. Plus essential summer songs
Actor Stephen Mangan reveals everything about acting, death, boarding school and his new role as an online therapist. And - what makes the perfect summer song? Fluff or poignant melancholy? From Justi...
18 Aug 201843min
Loneliness and the search for a new reality
In the age of Instagram, Twitter and ubiquitous screens, are we lonelier than ever? We chat to Olivia Laing, author of The Lonely City, and Jo Ellison, the FT’s fashion editor. Plus: Laurence Scott di...
4 Aug 201837min
Lehman Brothers, Lauren Greenfield and how capitalism turned sour
Ten years after the financial crisis, The Lehman Trilogy, a play by Stefano Massini, has opened in London. We chat to FT comment editor Brooke Masters and theatre critic Sarah Hemming about what happe...
21 Jul 201835min
Simon Schama on satire in the age of Trump
As the US President descends on Britain — and a great big inflatable baby blimp Trump floats above Westminster — we ask Simon Schama whether this is a good time for political comedy, how satire has ad...
13 Jul 201821min
