Arts Reports

Latest Episodes

• Inky Fingers: The NME Story

  The history of the NME, the world's longest-running music magazine which recently celebrated 3,000 issues. Journalists, editors and musicians reflect on how the publication played a pivotal role in Britain's music scene, championing rising talent in the punk, Madchester and Brit eras, and recall the personalities and conflicts surrounding the magazine. With contributions from Chrissie Hynde, the Kaiser Chiefs, Tony Parsons, Nick Kent, Charles Shaar Murray, Danny Baker, Paul Morley and Steve Lamacq

• When Toby Met Julie: The Story of the Modern Review

  Charting the rise of cultural magazine The Modern Review, from its first appearance in 1991, when Julie Burchill, Cosmo Landesman and Toby Young launched the publication, to its demise after just 21 issues. Contributors Martin Rowson, Nicholas Blincoe and Tom Shone reveal why both high and popular culture were treated equally - a policy which frequently outraged the readership

• Sarah Waters: Sex and the Victorian City

  Profile of author Sarah Waters, whose Victorian-set tales including Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith have earned comparisons with Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. The programme analyses her inspirations and the combination of period setting and contemporary sexuality in her work, as well as going behind the scenes on the drama