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This Cultural Life Episodes

  1. 15/05/2025

    Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music

  2. 08/05/2025

    Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music

  3. Sheku Kanneh-Mason

    Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason reveals his formative cultural influences.

  4. Wayne McGregor

    Choreographer Sir Wayne McGregor reveals his creative inspirations.

  5. Simon Russell Beale

    Actor Sir Simon Russell Beale reveals his cultural influences and inspirations.

  6. Maggie O'Farrell

    Author Maggie O'Farrell reveals the influences that have shaped her writing.

  7. Abi Morgan

    Screenwriter and playwright Abi Morgan shares her creative influences.

  8. Theaster Gates

    American artist Theaster Gates reveals his formative creative influences.

  9. David Hare

    Playwright, screenwriter and director Sir David Hare on his formative cultural influences.

  10. Cynthia Erivo

    Actor and singer Cynthia Erivo reveals her formative creative influences.

  11. Marin Alsop

    Conductor Marin Alsop reveals the formative influences on her career.

  12. Robert Harris

    Writer Robert Harris reveals his cultural influences and experiences.

  13. James Ivory

    Film director James Ivory on his most significant creative influences and experiences.

  14. Isabel Allende

    Chilean author Isabel Allende reveals some of the influences on her creativity.

  15. Thelma Schoonmaker

    Oscar-winning film editor Thelma Schoonmaker reveals the turning points of her career.

  16. Bill Nighy

    Actor Bill Nighy reveals some of the turning points in his career.

  17. Julie Taymor

    Director Julie Taymor talks to John Wilson about her formative creative influences.

  18. Hanif Kureishi

    Writer Hanif Kureishi reveals the experiences and influences that shaped his career.

  19. Nile Rodgers

    Nile Rodgers, composer, guitarist and founding member of Chic, on his cultural influences.

  20. Margaret Drabble

    Writer and critic Dame Margaret Drabble reveals the formative influences on her career.

  21. Marina Abramovi膰

    Serbian conceptual and performance artist Marina Abramovi膰 on her cultural inspirations.

  22. Peter Kosminsky

    Director and screenwriter Peter Kosminsky reveals the influences that shaped his career.

  23. Marlon James

    Booker prize-winning Jamaican author Marlon James reveals his cultural influences.

  24. Kiri Te Kanawa

    Opera star Dame Kiri Te Kanawa reveals the biggest influences on her cultural life.

  25. Lee Child

    Best-selling crime novelist Lee Child on his formative cultural influences.

  26. Peter Blake

    Artist Sir Peter Blake reveals the formative influences on his creativity and career.

  27. Simon McBurney

    Actor, playwright and director Simon McBurney reveals his creative inspirations.

  28. Salman Rushdie

    Sir Salman Rushdie on his formative creative influences and experiences.

  29. Judy Chicago

    American artist Judy Chicago reveals the influences and experiences that shaped her work.

  30. Neil Jordan

    Oscar-winning film-maker and novelist Neil Jordan on his creative influences.

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