The Guardian UK Culture Podcast

Ease into the weekend with our brand new podcast, showcasing some of the best Guardian and Observer writing from the week, read by talented narrators. In our first episode, Marina Hyde reflects on another less than stellar week for Boris Johnson (1m38s), Edward Helmore charts the rise of Joe Rogan (9m46s), Laura Snapes goes deep with singer George Ezra (18m30s), and Alex Moshakis asks, “Are you a jerk at work?” (34m40s). If you like what you hear, subscribe to Weekend on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts

Have you ever wondered what famous people actually eat? In our new podcast, Guardian restaurant critic Grace Dent does just that, asking well-known guests to lift the lid on the food they turn to when they’re at home alone – and what comfort foods have seen them through their lives. In the first episode, screenwriter Russell T Davies tells Grace about his childhood in Swansea, the delights of Woolworth’s pork and egg pies, and how his husband’s death informed his latest TV series, It’s a Sin. Future guests will include Nish Kumar, Rafe Spall and Aisling Bea. Episodes willl be released every Tuesday – search for it wherever you get your podcasts

The Guardian has launched a new series called Reverberate that we think you’ll like. Each week, Chris Michael will explore incredible stories from around the world about when music shook history. In the first episode, we hear from Kashy Keegan, an unknown singer-songwriter in a sleepy English town who became the voice of Hong Kong’s nascent pro-democracy movement. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts to hear the rest of the series

We wanted to bring you another episode from our Innermost series. In the last episode of our first season, two callers tell Leah Green how their relationships sent them down unexpected paths, one with criminal consequences Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts to hear the rest of the series

The Guardian has launched a new series called Innermost that we think you will like. Each week, callers will tell Leah Green what’s going on behind closed doors. In the first episode, we hear how an uncle’s funeral and meals with an emotionally distant brother help James and Jess think about their families in new and unexpected ways. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts to hear the rest of the series

Rhianna Dhillon reveals the final nominees in this year’s British Podcast awards. With the winners announced on Saturday, sample shows from Russell Brand, Penguin Books and more

All this week Rhianna Dhillon is playing the hits from the British Podcast Award 2018 nominees. Today, it’s the best culture, sports and interview podcasts

Rhianna Dhillon explores this year’s nominees for the best family, fiction and most original podcast

Rhianna Dhillon reveals the nominees for best comedy and true crime podcasts at this year’s British Podcast Awards

Sample the choice cuts all this week from this year’s nominees in this Guardian taster series. Today: the best new and current affairs shows.

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the world-renowned experimental music venue, musicians, staff and volunteers tell the story of how an abandoned Dalston paint factory was transformed into a vibrant international hub of creativity. Featuring Thurston Moore, David Toop, and more

Cafe Oto co-founder Hamish Dunbar guides us through some of his favourite recordings from the renowned east London experimental music venue

Our new culture podcast, The Start, brings major artists to the mic to reveal how they began their careers. In this first episode, Sofia Coppola talks about the fear and the thrill of directing her debut film, The Virgin Suicides

Events come to a head in the final episode of our audio drama series. Will the wedding even take place?

A series of answerphone messages reveal what really happened in 2007

Can Daniel discover the truth before it’s too late?

Charlotte uncovers a decade of deceit in the third episode of our audio drama podcast

Charlotte arrives at the wedding venue, and makes an unexpected discovery

Ten years after university, a group of friends gather for a wedding in the Lake District. But all is not as it seems...

Gnocchi or nookie? For our last meal in this series about British mealtimes, it’s a romantic dinner for two as host Hersha Patel explores how our food habits have changed over the years – and celebrates the art of eating together

In this series about British mealtimes, host Hersha Patel explores how our food habits have changed over the years. This week, it’s time to find the perfect recipe for a duvet day

In this series about British mealtimes, host Hersha Patel explores how our food habits have changed over the years – and celebrates the art of eating together. This week it’s time to have friends and family round for a dinner party

In this series about British mealtimes, host Hersha Patel explores how our food habits have changed over the years – and celebrates the art of eating together. This week speed and comfort rule with TV dinners

In this series about British mealtimes, host Hersha Patel explores how our food habits have changed over the years – and celebrates the art of eating together. First up, the traditional Sunday lunch

Get inspired with this pick of the smartest series made in Britain, as chosen by the judges of the British Podcast Awards 2017.

Looking to lose yourself in a new podcast? Rhianna Dhillon explores the best entertainment, sport and review podcasts of the past year, according to the British Podcast Awards

Looking for a podcast that can make sense of our world? Rhianna Dhillon showcases the British Podcast Award nominees for Best Interview and Current Affairs series, plus the Represent award for reaching new audiences

Rhianna Dhillon shares the best new podcasts – and the most original formats – as chosen by judges of the British Podcast awards 2017

Looking for a new podcast? Rhianna Dhillon shares the best moments in Comedy, Fiction and True Crime from the nominees for the British Podcast Awards 2017.

Dr Bradley Garrett has been exploring the forbidden parts of cities since he was a teenager. He talks to Stephen Moss about scaling skyscrapers, sneaking into sewers and the two-year court trial that almost ended it all • Find out how to experience Underworld, the Guardian’s virtual reality exploration of the sewers, guided by Bradley Garrett

James Salter, the veteran American novelist and short story writer, reads a story by Lydia Davis, winner of the 2013 Man Booker International prize

Jorge Luis Borges’s combination of the anecdotal, philosophical and the literary showed Will Self how to achieve the ‘truly veridical’. He gets his coordinates from ‘On Exactitude in Science’

Nathan Englander finds Jewish history, corruption and man’s inhumanity to man and pigeons in Isaac Babel’s ‘The Story Of My Dovecote’

Forty years after he first read it, Sebastian Barry returns to James Joyce’s short story Eveline

Rabindranath Tagore returned again and again to the voiceless women of Bengal, as in his short story The Postmaster, says Anita Desai

Lucy Wood builds a story from glimpses and suggestions in ‘Notes from the House Spirits’, says Jon McGregor

Yiyun Li reads William Trevor’s ‘Three People’, a short story which moved her to write a story in reply, ‘Gold Boy, Emerald Girl’

Penelope Fitzgerald looks at the world anew in her short story ‘At Hiruharama’, says AS Byatt

Franz Kafka’s story of a man who starves himself for entertainment, The Hunger Artist, is ‘absurb, moving and timely’, says Hanif Kureishi

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie admires the ‘old-fashioned social realism’ of Ama Ata Aidoo’s ‘No Sweetness Here’

José Saramago tackles the conflict between mind and body in ‘The Centaur’, says Nadine Gordimer

Charles Dickens celebrated Christmas throughout his writing life. His autobiographical story ‘A Christmas Tree’ is ‘almost Proustian’, says Simon Callow

Ruth Rendell doesn’t believe in ghosts, of course, but MR James’s stories, like ‘Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook’, frighten her nonetheless

Despite their restraint, Raymond Carver’s ‘early-period’ stories, such as The Student’s Wife, are full to the brim, says Richard Ford

Zadie Smith launches our winter series of short stories with an almost ‘anti-Italian’ story from Giuseppe Pontiggia, ‘Umberto Buti’

In the last of our 12 tales for Christmas, Helen Simpson reads Angela Carter’s ‘triumphant comedy’, ‘The Kitchen Child’ For more podcasts, including Philip Pullman reading Chekhov and Helen Dunmore reading Frank O’Connor, visit the Guardian short stories podcast page. To nominate your own favourite short story, join the discussion on our open thread

Ali Smith reads a ‘breathtaking, breathgiving’ look at an argument between an elderly father and his writer daughterIn the original version of this podcast, Ali Smith’s reading was cut short. The version below has been corrected with the full-length reading

Tessa Hadley reads a story from one of her ‘writing family’, Elizabeth Bowen’s ‘The Jungle’

Margaret Drabble reads Katherine Mansfield’s ‘memorable, painful’ The Doll’s House – the first adult short story she ever readFor more podcasts, including Philip Pullman reading Chekhov and William Boyd reading JG Ballard, visit the Guardian short stories podcast page. To nominate your own favourite short story, join the discussion on our open thread

Colm Tóibín delights in the hidden landscapes and hidden lives revealed in Eugene McCabe’s Music at AnnahullianFor more podcasts, including Philip Pullman reading Chekhov and William Boyd reading JG Ballard, visit the Guardian short stories podcast page. To nominate your own favourite short story, join the discussion on our open thread

Philip Pullman opens our podcast series of authors reading their favourite short stories with Chekhov’s ‘masterpiece of minimalism’, ‘The Beauties’

Lisa Allardice introduces the Guardian’s forthcoming series of short stories podcasts

In our fourth exclusive sound story celebrating Britain’s forests, the Granta young British novelist Evie Wyld reads her unsettling tale of marital tension at the end of times

In the third of our series of exclusive sound stories celebrating Britain’s forests, the Scottish poet and artist Alec Finlay reads his tale of a mythical submerged woodland

In the second of our series of exclusive sound stories celebrating Britain’s forests, Alan Garner reads his own tale of a newcomer who finds ‘ancient noise’ beneath the choked underlife of of Cheshire’s woodlands• Listen to The Green Stuff by Ali Smith

In the first of a series of exclusive sound stories inspired by the UK’s woodlands, the award-winning writer weaves a spellbinding tale from an encounter between a boy and a strange green child

At the 2009 Cambridge Festival of Ideas, David Starkey gives the first Mark Pigott Lecture, on Henry VIII and his legacy

Why has a veteran Californian artist arranged for a beautiful woman and her poodle to share an ear-shaped sofa? Fantasy has never seemed so real at the Sprüth Magers gallery in London, finds Adrian Searle

Dr Jude Browne presents a panel discussion on the cultural significance of Barbie, at the 2009 Cambridge Festival of Ideas

Professor Willie Brown and a panel of experts discuss the legacy of the recession at the 2009 Cambridge Festival of Ideas

In the second of our podcasts from the Cambridge festival of ideas, we ask if the recession is likely to decimate the arts, and what can be done to boost private funding

Professor Adrian Poole chairs a debate from the Cambridge Festival of Ideas on the origin of ideas, with writers Lisa Appignanesi and Andrew Robinson, and academics Dame Gillian Beer and Professor Rosamond McKitterick

Adrian Searle finds the seven ages of man, from birth into a river of blood to death in the mouth of a fearsome-looking devil, are laid out in Grayson Perry's new work, The Walthamstow Tapestry

Adrian Searle is thrilled by the paintings of Californian artist Ed Ruscha, whose signs, cornstalks and burning gas stations offer a rare glimpse into the American mind

Standing in a room above a pub in east London, Adrian Searle is impressed by this hotly tipped American artist's first UK solo show – a cruise ship on a doomed voyage across the Atlantic

Adrian Searle pays close attention to the 'funny, serious and inscrutable' works arranged by artist Richard Wentworth for a new show at London's Lisson Gallery, cleverly connecting disparate works by the likes of Bridget Riley, Tony Cragg and Donald Judd

Adrian Searle takes a first look at Steve McQueen's new film, Giardini, at the Venice Biennale and is stunned by its ethereal melancholy

An exhibition focusing on Shah 'Abbas at the British Museum forms the starting point for a debate about the 17th-century ruler's influence on modern Iran

Benjamin Zephaniah talks to Hannah Pool

Some look saintly, some look cross ... Adrian Searle visits Francis Alÿs's tribute to Saint Fabiola at the National Portrait gallery

To celebrate the reopening of the Whitechapel gallery, artist Mark Titchner explores the relationship between art and freedom. Here, he talks to AC Grayling, Shami Chakrabarti and Jason Horsley about the role art plays in an increasingly restricted society

This is the third edition of our 12-part collaboration with theatre producers Fuel, each of which is created by a different artist – from theatre-makers and poets to composers and comedians – and free to download.This month's podcast is by poet and comedian John Hegley, and is designed to be heard on a Saturday morning, as you're doing jobs around the house

Here's the second edition of our 12-part collaboration with theatre producers Fuel, each of which is created by a different artist – from theatremakers and poets to composers and comedians – and is free to download.This month's podcast is by performance poet Inua Ellams and is designed to be heard on a city bridge, at midnight, with a pen and paper – and some friends

Confirmed singletons Elizabeth and Brian each have their own alternative Valentine's Day traditions. But can homemade coconut cake + random phone calls = love? Find out in the second of our radio dramas from US producer Jonathan Mitchell

A new series of radio dramas by US producer Jonathan Mitchell launches with an alternative moon landing

In collaboration with theatre producers Fuel, today we launch a series of podcasts that bring fragments of theatre into everyday life. They're free to download, and designed to be listened to in a specific place, at a specific time of day – site-specific performance with a twist.We'll release one a month; future artists to be involved include poet Lemn Sissay, choreographer Hofesh Shechter and comedian Josie Long. The first podcast in the series is entitled In the Evening, In the Bath, by Kazuko Hohki, and should be listened to exactly where it says ...

Adrian Searle takes a walk across Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's latest installation at Tate Modern: 100 million porcelain sunflower seeds, each painstakingly handmade. A journey across a summer beach, or an expedition across a frozen desert?

In the latest instalment of his audio series, our art critic guides you around the 'knockout' new space – a historic gallery that has been completely overhauled, and filled with specially commissioned works by artists including Fiona Banner and Paul Morrison

Where can you see a mangled jet, writhing orgy and Afghan space station all in one place? At a new art exhibition at London's Gagosian Gallery, where an eye-popping collision of sex and technology pays homage to JG Ballard's dystopian vision. Adrian Searle gives us a guided tourIn pictures: See images from the show here

In the last podcast from the 2009 Cambridge Festival of Ideas, we ask if a new morality is needed in the new world order of the 21st century

In this latest talk from the 2009 Cambridge Festival of Ideas, we ask what is holding back social mobility in the UK

This is the ninth edition of our 12-part collaboration with theatre producers Fuel and Roundhouse Radio, each of which is created by a different artist – from theatre-makers and poets to composers and comedians – and free to download.Our latest playlet is by Melanie Wilson, and is designed to be listened to in the bathroom in the evening with the door closed and standing in front of the mirror

This is the eighth edition of our 12-part collaboration with theatre producers Fuel and Roundhouse Radio, each of which is created by a different artist – from theatre-makers and poets to composers and comedians – and free to download.Our latest podcast playlet is by comedian Josie Long, and is designed to be listened to at 5.30pm in an express supermarket

This is the seventh edition of our 12-part collaboration with theatre producers Fuel and Roundhouse Radio, each of which is created by a different artist – from theatre-makers and poets to composers and comedians – and free to download.This month's podcast is by film-maker Nick Whitfield, and is designed to be listened to first thing in the morning, with a cup of coffee, as an excuse to delay starting work

If a newspaper could talk, what might it sound like? To celebrate the 2011 Manchester festival, Francesca Panetta and Tim Hinman create unique soundscapes from four historic editions of the Guardian and Observer. Programme four: the IRA Arndale bomb

If a newspaper could talk, what might it sound like? To celebrate the 2011 Manchester festival, Francesca Panetta and Tim Hinman create unique soundscapes from four historic editions of the Guardian and Observer. Programme three: the Munich aircrash

If a newspaper could talk, what might it sound like? To celebrate the 2011 Manchester festival, Francesca Panetta and Tim Hinman create unique soundscapes from four historic editions of the Guardian and Observer. Programme two: the Guardian and the suffragettes

If a newspaper could talk, what might it sound like? To celebrate the 2011 Manchester festival, Francesca Panetta and Tim Hinman create unique soundscapes from four historic editions of the Guardian and Observer. Programme one: Peterloo and the founding of the Guardian

This is the sixth edition of our 12-part collaboration with theatre producers Fuel, each of which is created by a different artist – from theatre-makers and poets to composers and comedians – and free to download.This month's podcast is by theatremaker Nic Green, and is designed to be heard at sunrise, outside, on top of a hill or mound

This is the fifth edition of our 12-part collaboration with theatre producers Fuel, each of which is created by a different artist – from theatre-makers and poets to composers and comedians – and free to download.This month's podcast is by choreographer Hofesh Shechter, and is designed to be heard late at night, with headphones, in a completely dark room – with some space to move ...

This is the fourth edition of our 12-part collaboration with theatre producers Fuel, each of which is created by a different artist – from theatre-makers and poets to composers and comedians – and free to download.This month's podcast is by the performance artist Peggy Shaw, and is designed to be heard at dawn, at home, after a sleepless night

The first in a unique series of podcasts co-produced by Fuel, Roundhouse and the UCL Ear Institute

Welcome to the final edition of our 12-part collaboration with theatre producers Fuel and Roundhouse Radio, each of which is created by a different artist – from theatre-makers and poets to composers and comedians – and free to download.Our latest playlet is by Bobby Baker and is designed to be listened to, as the artist puts it, "any old time when the shops are open, driving on a flyover, searching for Christmas presents"

Welcome to the eleventh edition of our 12-part collaboration with theatre producers Fuel and Roundhouse Radio, each of which is created by a different artist – from theatre-makers and poets to composers and comedians – and free to download.Our latest playlet is by Adrian Howells and is designed to be listened to in the early hours of the morning, in bed with a hot drink

Welcome to the tenth edition of our 12-part collaboration with theatre producers Fuel and Roundhouse Radio, each of which is created by a different artist – from theatre-makers and poets to composers and comedians – and free to download.Our latest performance is Late Night Rain by Lemn Sissay and is designed to be listened to exactly then – late at night

Jemima Kiss examines plans for a digital public space with the British Library, the Royal Opera House and the BBC

In an audio play specially commissioned for the Guardian by Soho Theatre, a fisherman confronts the tide of refugees sweeping across the Mediterranean

Lauren's studio guest at the Edinburgh festival is veteran Comedy Store Player Neil Mullarkey, who reveals how improv can improve your life, while Jon Holmes explores the set for a Polish version of the Scottish play – 2008: Macbeth

The Hands By Gemma Brockis and Tilli Tansey: additional voice Sam Booth; featuring Kind Im Einschlummern, by Schumann, played by John Reid