Inspire
A season discovering where artists find inspiration, and helping you to get creative.
What is inspiration?
From Front Row’s Inspire season, five experts join Stig Abell to discuss inspiration.
Nature as artistic inspiration - live from Epping Forest, Loch Lomond and Helen's Bay
Tracy Chevalier and Brian Irvine on why the British landscape inspires so many artists.
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Has the internet altered art?
How has the internet inspired artists and what is the best art online?
Derren Brown’s secret passion
The illusionist reveals what inspires his work, and the art he creates in his spare time.
How Ian McMillan finds inspiration
The poet takes us to churchyard in Darfield and shares advice on unlocking creativity.
Divine inspiration in art
What does the idea of being divinely inspired tell us about the practice of making art?
What happens in the brain when we are inspired?
Professor Paul Howard-Jones uncovers what happens in our heads when we are creating.
A brief history of the artist’s muse
How has the idea of the artist's muse changed over time, and what makes a modern muse?
Why do writers retell old myths and legends?
What is it about myths and legends that provides such enduring inspiration for writers?
How do dreams become art?
A look at the way artists have looked into their unconscious minds to find inspiration.
Poet Imtiaz Dharker is inspired by the sounds of the streets
The poet takes us on one of the early morning city walks she goes on to find inspiration.
Trumpeter Alison Balsom on being inspired by Dizzy Gillespie
The award-winning classical musician reveals the people and places that inspire her.
Alison Brackenbury, Vaseem Khan and Testament reveal their finished artworks for the Inspire season
Three artists unveil the work they've created for Front Row's Inspire season.
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Novelist Anthony Horowitz on the River Thames as inspiration
Screenwriter and author Anthony Horowitz on how the River Thames has inspired his work.
Inspire Artist Commissions: Alison Brackenbury, Vaseem Khan, Testament
Special edition podcast looking back over a five week challenge for three artists.
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