Let’s temporarily escape the headlines and discuss the glorious culture we’re looking forward to this year. The Guardian’s arts and culture correspondent Lanre Bakare, music editor Ben Beaumont-Thomas and film editor Catherine Shoard speak to Helen Pitt about the TV, film, music and books we should all be excited about. I’ll tell you.
Here’s a complete list of everything mentioned in this episode:
film
brutalist
hamnet
real pain
completely unknown
path of the wind
Die, my love.
history of sound
tv set
Fired (Apple TV+)
Brian and Maggie (Channel 4)
White Lotus (Sky/HBO/current)
music
Central Sea – You Can’t Rush Greatness
Oasis (tour)
Sammy Virge – If you need it
Barry can’t swim – when will he land?
Lana Del Rey – The Right Person Remains
Sam Fender – People Observation
War on Drugs – Bringing Drugs Back Again
lady gaga
Stevie Wonder – Can we mend our nation’s broken heart?
Chat Pile – Cool World
book
Maeve Brennan – The Visitor (Peninsula Press reprint)
Adele Stripe – Base Note: The Scent of Life
Lanre Bakare – We Were There
bradford
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