Magazine

See a collection of archive images showing the construction of our Queen Elizabeth Hall on the south bank of the Thames, between 1963 and 1967.

In this sixth episode of our monthly podcast series we talk comedy with Dave Gorman, Holly Walsh and Ken Cheng.

The choreographer behind 5 Soldiers, MK ULTRA and the live 2018 Commonwealth Games handover, shares her essential pre-show tips for dancers.

Artist and writer Scottee talks about his show Fat Blokes and rebelling against our attitudes to fatness in this 2018 interview.

Dissect the making and unmaking of civilisations and cultures, with Akala and David Olusoga in this special podcast recorded at the Southbank Centre.

Anna Burns speaks to our Head of Literature and Spoken Word, Ted Hodgkinson, about her 2018 Booker Prize-winning novel, Milkman.

The remarkable story of how Kurt Masur, Kapellmeister (conductor) of Leipzig’s Gewandhausorchester, helped bring about the end of East Germany.

Author Matt Haig and musician Jordan Stephens discuss mental health and creativity in this podcast hosted by Ted Hodgkinson.

Take a look back at the first 25 years of Meltdown festival with these items from our archive collections

Listen to two past Booker Prize winners, Anne Enright and Penelope Lively, in this fascinating talk recorded for the Booker Prize’s 50th anniversary.

Ted Hodgkinson talks with Golden Man Booker judges Robert McCrum and Kamila Shamsie, and we hear from past winners Alan Hollinghurst and Marlon James.

Literary heavyweights, Kazoo Ishiguro and Michael Ondaatje discuss how their inspirations growing up shaped their fiction.