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Stuart Maconie talks to the Riot Women and In The Thick Of It actress Joanna Scanlan on her lastest project, Mercy - a dark comic thriller.Faye Tozer is perhaps best known as part of the crowd pleasing, hearts and flowers pop band Steps, but now she's joining the cast of Mean Gir ... Show More

Joining Stuart for this week's Loose Ends are...Comedian and actress Lucy Beaumont on the play that, 40 years ago, inspired her mum to become a writer. It also features a chip-eating Alsatian.Chef and broadcaster Gizzi Erskine with tales of members of The Damned being left with C ... Show More

Stuart talks to the award winning writer and composer of Calendar Girls and Kinky Boots - Tim Firth - about his latest stage creation, The Ladies Football Club. Can the man who got his break with a play about two yucca plants strike fresh gold with this tale of the women who bega ... Show More

<p>Today we welcome the writer, broadcaster and journalist Jimi Famurewa.</p><p>Martin Roberts, the broadcaster, property expert and host of BBC Television series Homes Under the Hammer.</p><p>And the founder of the Tuneless Choir, Nadine Cooper. </p><p>Plus, we’ll hear the Inher ... Show More

On March 4, 2016, Shapearl Wells wakes up to a bamming at her door. It’s the police, telling her that her 22-year-old son, Courtney Copeland, has been shot. Detectives tell her Courtney drove his BMW to a police station for help. But Shapearl’s grief turns into suspicion when pol ... Show More

Ray Winstone, star of Sexy Beast and Nil By Mouth, talks about new Netflix series The Gentlemen brought to television screens by director Guy Ritchie.K Patrick’s in the studio to read from their first collection of poetry Three Births, which explores nature, contemporary queer ex ... Show More

International Women's Week on Intelligence Squared. On this episode we’re hearing a compilation from our award-winning podcast series How I Found My Voice which explores how some of the world's greatest artists and thinkers became such compelling – and unique – communicators. Our ... Show More

<p>Matthew Bannister on</p><p>Margaret Keane (pictured), the American artist whose paintings of children with 'Big Eyes' became hugely popular in the 1960s. Her identity as the painter was kept secret by her husband who claimed the works as his own.</p><p>Keith Smith, the market ... Show More

[This episode (aka "Napa, Act 1") was recorded live in 2022 at the Blue Note Jazz Festival.] “Art is the perfect place to talk it out–in fact, maybe the last place.” The crew reflects on how nuance and purpose is lost in a culture that favors judgment over debate. Executive Produ ... Show More

<p>Pictured: Alexei Leonov</p><p>Matthew Bannister on</p><p>The Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov who was the first person to walk in space.</p><p>Sally Soames, the photographer who made portraits of many leading politicians and celebrities as well as working in war zones. Her niece ... Show More

<p>Matthew Bannister on</p><p>The children’s author and illustrator Eric Carle, best known for creating The Very Hungry Caterpillar which has sold fifty-five million copies.</p><p>Helen Murray Free, the American chemist who developed revolutionary simple tests for diabetes and ot ... Show More

Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood discusses all things music with Tamino, Caroline Polachek, and Robert Glasper. Together, they’ll be attempt to solve the riddle of how they keep the creative flame alive, overcoming the voice of the inner critic, and why you need a plan B – a get out p ... Show More