The Arts Show
The best of film, television, music, books and the visual arts
Best of Sessions 2016
Featuring Level 42, Ruth McGinley, The 4 of Us and Heathers.
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Best Walkabouts 2016
Marie-Louise Muir looks back on her favourite 'on-location' interviews from the past year
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Ryan Vail - My Mechanical Insides—The Arts Show, 2016/2017, Walking with White, Floating with Vail, Sitting with Boorman
What happens when you take an 89 year old family piano and float it down the Foyle?
Chris Hadfield 'the infinite shadow of Space'
Everyone's favourite Bowie loving astronaut on his remarkable experiences in orbit
June Whitfield on keeping 'Absolutely Fabulous'
Steven Rainey speaks to the television legend.
Robert Olen Butler - The Potency of Vietnam
The Vietnam vet and award winning writer shares a very different perspective on the war
Karl Hyde - I am Dogboy
The Underworld frontman on his new book of diaries, photographs & abstract poetic pieces.
Fry your wig with Max Decharne
The author of 'An Alternative History of English Slang' tells us what we're talking about
Pseud's Corner - The perfect pop of OMD
Andy McCluskey reflects on the pioneering synth pop of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Bell X1 - Fake Memory—Bell X1 live, Sophia Hillen reads,Sebastian Smee on art feuds.
Irish indie legends Bell X1 perform 'Fake Memory' live in the Arts Show radio studio
The Land of the Lost Side Kicks
Roger Ross Williams and Ron Suskind on 'Life Animated', their remarkable film on autism.
All hail the king of Queen
Biographer Mark Langstrom talks to Steven Rainey about the life of Freddie Mercury.
Goya: The Disasters of War
A collection of Goya pieces at the Ulster Museum seeks to illustrate the horrors of war
My Mother and Other Strangers
Barry Devlin, former Horslip, on writing, childhood in Ardboe and his new screenplay.
'I bet you say that to all the Bonds'
The legendary Roger Moore stops in ahead of his appearance at Belfast's Grand Opera House
Cecelia Ahern - Lyrebird
Sonic mimicry, sound recordists and romance. Marie Louise Muir finds out about 'Lyrebird'
Slow Art Sunday
Are you giving art the time it deserves?
Finding the Art in Drag—Bell X1 live, Sophia Hillen reads,Sebastian Smee on art feuds.
Superstar Taylor Mac closes #WowTheFest with a glittery bang.
Five Inspiring Women—Into The Blue, The Holy Innocents live & Ralph's Music Guide
From scientists, to pilots, to mountaineers - Irish women stand tall in many fields.
Jilly Cooper on 'Explosive Sex'
Jilly Cooper on writing her 'Bonkbuster' mega-sellers.
Patricia Cornwell Causes 'Chaos'
US writer Patricia Cornwell on her new novel 'Chaos' and her key character Kay Scarpetta.
Into The Blue
Replay Theatre Company literally bring an immersive approach to theatre with children.
The Irishman Who Inspired the Beatles
Writer Paul Howard on the Irish socialite who inspired of the Beatles most famous songs.
Long listens - Adam Curtis
Adam Curtis talks to Marie Louise Muir about his strange new film - HyperNormalisation























