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Southbank Centre’s Book Podcast: Anna Burns - Milkman
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Southbank Centre’s Book Podcast: Anna Burns - Milkman
Anna Burns, the winner of the 2018 Booker Prize, speaks to Southbank Centre's Ted Hodgkinson about her award-winning novel, Milkman.
Kurt Masur: the conductor who brought down a country
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Kurt Masur: the conductor who brought down a country
Read the remarkable story of how Kurt Masur, Kapellmeister (conductor) of Leipzig’s Gewandhausorchester, helped bring about the end of East Germany in 1989.
Southbank Centre’s Book Podcast: Matt Haig & Jordan Stephens on mental health & creativity
Podcast
Southbank Centre’s Book Podcast: Matt Haig & Jordan Stephens on mental health & creativity
Author Matt Haig and musician Jordan Stephens discuss mental health and creativity in this podcast hosted by Ted Hodgkinson
Meltdown: the first 25 years
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Meltdown: the first 25 years
Take a look back at the first 25 years of Meltdown festival with these items from our archive collections
Anne Enright and Penelope Lively: sex, love and families
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Anne Enright and Penelope Lively: sex, love and families
Hear two past winners of the Booker Prize, Anne Enright and Penelope Lively, in this fascinating talk recorded for the Booker Prize's 50th anniversary
Southbank Centre's Book Podcast: Backstage at Man Booker 50
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Southbank Centre's Book Podcast: Backstage at Man Booker 50
Ted Hodgkinson talks with Golden Man Booker judges Robert McCrum and Kamila Shamsie, and we hear from past Booker Prize winners Alan Hollinghurst and Marlon James in this podcast
Kazuo Ishiguro and Michael Ondaatje in conversation
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Kazuo Ishiguro and Michael Ondaatje in conversation
Literary heavyweights, Kazoo Ishiguro and Michael Ondaatje discuss how their inspirations growing up shaped their fiction.
Think Aloud Podcast: Meltdown, backstage pass
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Think Aloud Podcast: Meltdown, backstage pass
Listen to an exclusive take on what it takes to put on Meltdown festival with the first episode of Southbank Centre’s podcast series, Think Aloud
10 iconic exhibitions from 50 years of Hayward Gallery
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10 iconic exhibitions from 50 years of Hayward Gallery
Take a look back at some of the most memorable exhibitions from the Hayward Gallery’s first half century, from Bridget Riley to Antony Gormley.
Southbank Centre's Book Podcast: Literature & the refugee crisis
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Southbank Centre's Book Podcast: Literature & the refugee crisis
Listen to our literature focussed podcast as Ted Hodgkinson talks with poet Nick Makola about fleeing Uganda, and we hear from Khaled Hosseini on how the refugee crisis inspired his novel Sea Prayer
Playlist: John Peel's Meltdown
Playlist
Playlist: John Peel's Meltdown
Come with us back to the summer of 1998 with this Spotify playlist of acts who appeared at John Peel’s Meltdown festival, including Sonic Youth, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Cornershop and The Delgados.
Lee Bul: 'My life is very strongly connected with the modern'
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Lee Bul: 'My life is very strongly connected with the modern'
Lee Bul discusses the impact that her early childhood experiences have had on her work – not least her use of material and her interest in architecture and landscape – with Stephanie Rosenthal, curator of Lee Bul: Crashing