Arts

Film and TV reviewer James Croot joins Kathryn to talk about Muppets Now, the first unscripted series and first original series for Disney+. Audio

Coral Trimmer started playing the harmonica 85 years ago. The 90-year-old has played music in bordellos in London, to soldiers in the Middle East - and recently moved home to the Kapiti Coast. Audio

The Old Guard is a Netflix B-movie but with A-movie star Charlize Theron. She's the leader of a group of immortal superheroes that includes Chiwetel Ejiofor and KiKi Layne. Video, Audio

Oscar-winning editor John Gilbert (Hacksaw Ridge) talks about how the film industry around the world is coping with enforced idleness, and whether stalled projects will now beat a path to New… Audio

This Town is a comedy about a man rebuilding his life after being acquitted of a murder. Written, directed and produced by star David White. With Robyn Malcolm (Outrageous Fortune) and Rima Te Wiata… Video, Audio

The golden age of LA rock is glowingly brought to life in a two-part documentary, reviewed by Dan Slevin. Video

In 2018, our Bookmarks guest Nicola Harvey quit her media executive job in Sydney and moved home to Aotearoa to start up a cattle farm. Audio, Gallery

Pianist Diedre Irons had listeners around the world galvanized by her performance of Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto in Wellington with the NZSO at the start of July, in a concert performed in front of… Audio

For thirty years Dorothy and John Wakeling have been working tirelessly to transform a former quarry site into a beautifully planted landscape as well as adding a sculpture park. Dorothy talks to… Audio, Gallery

The Netflix documentary Dolly Parton: Here I Am should show audiences that Ms Parton is one of the greatest talents in American music, says Dan Slevin.

Multi-award winning film maker Chelsea Winstanley's been nominated for this year's Matariki Awards. She talks to Jesse about her work and what she's currently working on since arriving back in… Audio

The chair of the new board is retired High Court Judge Kit Toogood. He spoke to Lynn about why he thinks the gallery is so important and how it may have to change to attract new audiences and sustain… Audio

Pip McKay's novel, The Telling Time is set both in New Zealand in the 1980s and in the former Yugoslavia in the late 1950s. Pip McKay did such a great job in the opening pages of her latest novel that… Audio

Film maker and comic artist Jonathan King talked to Lynn Freeman about his latest graphic novel for young adults: The Inkberg Enigma. Audio

Canterbury Sculptor Llew Summers created more than 900 works over his five decades. Lynn Freeman talked to cultural historian and writer John Newton, who has written Llew's story: Llew Summers: Body… Audio, Gallery