Folk musician, Karine Polwart, speaks about storytelling traditions in folk music and the importance of place encapsulated in Peter Maxwell Davies’ 'Farewell to Stromness', an unlikely protest song against a proposed uranium mine in Orkney.
What new stories can feminist myth-making offer to help create a habitable future?
In the first episode of our new podcast series, Steve Reich speaks about the profound impact hearing Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring at 14 had on him and his future career as a composer.
In Focus was an afternoon of panel discussions and conversation to reflect on a new report investigating social class inequalities in the creative industries culminating in an evening talk with Reni Eddo-Lodge.
Journalist and broadcaster, Chris Gunness takes a closer look at our 'Borders and Boundaries' film season with Wall director Simone Bitton, Trouble's Mariah Garnett, and our Head of Cinema, Gali Gold, in an exploration of films across frontiers.
Complementing our 'Another Kind of Life: Photography on the Margins' exhibition, listen to the first episode in our series exploring the photographers and their subjects.
In this conversation from 2004, Attenborough talks to Quentin Falk about the film adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel, 'Brighton Rock'.
In this conversation from 2002, Robert Altman talks to film and TV producer David Thompson about his British period drama 'Gosford Park'.
In this conversation from June 2017, New Queer Cinema champion, feminist film critic, educator and agitator, B. Ruby Rich introduces Sara Gomez’s 1974 film, 'De Cierta Manera', a study of the interplay of race, class and gender.
Documentary filmmaker Asif Kapadia joins us for a ScreenTalks in 2011 to discuss his ground-breaking documentary, Senna, on the life and death of Brazilian Formula 1 legend Ayrton Senna.
In this ScreenTalks from 2018, Kasi Lemmons discusses her debut film, Eve's Bayou.
In this ScreenTalk from 2008, Park Chan-Wook talks to film journalist Damon Wise about the romantic comedy, I’m A Cyborg, But That’s OK
