Culture

Kirstie Alley, the star of the long-running US comedy series ‘Cheers’ and some iconic movies such as ‘Look Who’s Talking’ has died after a short battle with cancer, at the age of 71.

In this episode Twitter comedian Rosie Holt joins Krishnan to discuss life as a social media sensation, women in media and why we should laugh at things that make us angry. 

In this episode, Clint joins Krishnan to discuss theatrical traditions, his vision to articulate the Black experience and his new history-making production of Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello. 

Rachel, who is blind after being born prematurely, and also has Asperger syndrome, has a remarkable ability to learn complex pieces by ear.

Julian Lennon is a singer-songwriter, who rose to fame for the Beatles song Hey Jude, which was written after his parents John and Cynthia Lennon separated.

He’s already a movie star with a blockbuster back catalogue, but in recent years, Matthew Modine has reached a new generation of viewers playing an evil anti-hero in the cult Netflix series Stranger Things. 

TV Critics have described it as a cult classic which launched the careers of a generation of comedians. 

The festival formerly known as Brexit is now called “Unboxed”.

The leader of a group of indigenous people in Peru has warned that unless the government does more to help them with the aftermath of local oil spills, there will be more disruption of riverboats in the region.

The musician works towards combining African and classical music on a world stage – often improvising, often using his own voice as an instrument.

A new film tells the true story of an underground network that helped women access safe abortions.

Marina joins Krishnan to talk about her new book ‘What Just Happened?!’,  an amalgamation of the columns she writes for the Guardian. It spans post-referendum politics in Britain, from David Cameron to Theresa May, to Boris Johnson.

Pop star Ed Sheeran is being taken to court in the US over allegations that his hit song ‘Thinking Out Loud’ copied Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On.’

In this episode, Gaia Vince joins Krishnan to talk about her new book, Nomad Century, in which she takes a look at how migration could be the solution to the climate crisis.

The number of people waiting to see the Queen’s coffin lying in state got so big earlier today that, for a while, the queue along the banks of the Thames was declared closed.