Simon Schama on Civilisations. Plus: artist Eddie Peake
Art historian Simon Schama on why he's updating Kenneth Clark's landmark TV series from 1969 and what 'civilisation' means today. Plus: we visit provocative artist Eddie Peake's new exhibition at Whit...
24 Feb 201844min
JM Coetzee on the problem with English. Plus: Ghanaian-American novelist Yaa Gyasi
This week: a special episode from the Hay Literary Festival in Cartagena, Colombia. Nobel Prize for Literature and two-time Booker Prize winner JM Coetzee reads a powerful short story from his forthco...
17 Feb 201848min
Genius versus mediocrity. Plus: The Wire's Clarke Peters
We're back! First up: we talk to Lucian Msamati, star of the National Theatre's Amadeus, and journalist Peter Aspden about the nature of genius. Is Kanye West today's Mozart? And in an age obsessed wi...
10 Feb 201837min
Introducing series four
Everything Else is back on February 10! First up, we debate the nature of genius from Mozart to Kanye West — and we meet Clarke Peters, star of The Wire and the Oscar-tipped film Three Billboards Outs...
3 Feb 20181min
A new short story by Ali Smith, read by Olivia Williams
In a festive special episode, the actor Olivia Williams reads 'I Heard it on Classic FN', a new short story by Ali Smith, author of the novels How To Be Both, Autumn and Winter. The story was commissi...
29 Dec 201728min
Best films of 2017. Plus: Hayley Atwell on Weinstein culture
In our season finale we reveal our favourite films of the year, from The Florida Project to Call Me By Your Name. And as Hollywood's sex scandals dominate headlines - can we separate the art from the ...
25 Nov 201752min
Food special! To tip or not to tip? Plus: chef Ravinder Bhogal
Chef and TV star Ravinder Bhogal describes how women cook differently to men. We explore London’s Borough Market, asking stallholders what makes Christmas Christmas for them. And is tipping on the way...
18 Nov 201746min
From Lenin with love
Comrades! 100 years since the October Revolution we examine the Russian soul and speak to Pussy Riot's Masha Alyokhina. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11 Nov 201754min
