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'I was born an artist - the world made me an armed robber': John Costi and Jeremy Deller on Koestler
Artists John Costi and Jeremy Deller talk about their co-curation of the 2024 Koestler Arts exhibition, No Comment.
Ghetts on influences, education and rap and grime as a form of poetry
Watch an interview with the grime MC, rapper and songwriter ahead of his co-curation of our 2024 London Literature Festival.
Exploring Bain Town with Tavares Strachan: art, identity and the Arctic
Spend a day with artist Tavares Strachan in his hometown of Bain Town, Nassau, Bahamas.
Chaka Khan on jazz, Billie Holiday, and music as self-expression
The iconic singer reflects on her remarkable 50-year career in this video filmed at her Meltdown festival.
Tavares Strachan on Marcus Garvey, the vocabulary of Black hair and telling untold stories
Enjoy an insight into the 2024 Hayward Gallery exhibition Tavares Strachan: There Is Light Somewhere from the artist himself.
Kazuo Ishiguro: some of my book titles have come from cookery books
Author Kazuo Ishiguro makes a surprising admission about the origins of his book titles in our Royal Festival Hall.
Speakers Corner Quartet: exclusive studio session
Enjoy this exclusive studio performance from Speakers Corner Quartet recorded at The Room Studios in Lewisham, South East London.
Ciarán Hinds reads from Seamus Heaney: A Life in Letters
The actor Ciarán Hinds reads an extract of Heaney’s writings on the subject of growing old in this video filmed in our Royal Festival Hall in 2023.
Norman Jay: ‘Music without prejudice became the mainstay of Notting Hill Carnival’
DJ Norman Jay talks about his long career in music and the importance of Black music history in this video interview.
Carol Ann Duffy reads at WOW Festival’s Laureates Night
Enjoy a reading from Carol Ann Duffy, part of a 2014 event celebrating the women who together held the UK’s five most prominent poet laureate roles.
Leigh-Anne Pinnock on Little Mix, family and self belief
Former Little Mix star, Leigh-Anne Pinnock discuss her new memoir, Believe with Chidera Eggerue; recorded at our 2023 London Literature Festival.
James McVinnie: an introduction to the Royal Festival Hall organ
Organist James McVinnie plays the London Royal Festival Hall organ and gives an introduction to the features of the instrument.