Join us as we temporarily escape the headlines and talk about all the brilliant culture we have to look forward to this year. The Guardian’s arts and culture correspondent, Lanre Bakare, music editor, Ben Beaumont-Thomas, and film editor, Catherine Shoard, tell Helen Pidd about the TV, films, music and books we should all be excited about.
Here’s the full list of everything mentioned in this episode:
FILM
The Brutalist
Hamnet
A Real Pain
A Complete Unknown
The Way of the Wind
Die, My Love
The History of Sound
TV
Severance (Apple TV+)
Brian and Maggie (Channel 4)
White Lotus (Sky/HBO/Now)
MUSIC
Central Cee – Can’t Rush Greatness
Oasis (Tour)
Sammy Virji – If U Need It
Barry Can’t Swim – When Will We Land?
Lana Del Rey – The Right Person Will Stay
Sam Fender – People Watching
The War on Drugs – Live Drugs Again
Lady Gaga
Stevie Wonder – Can We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart?
Chat Pile – Cool World
BOOKS
Maeve Brennan – The Visitor (Peninsular Press reprint)
Adele Stripe – Bass Notes: The Scents of a Life
Lanre Bakare – We Were There
BRADFORD
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