Podcasts about london's design museum

Back once again with a review of a big summer blockbuster it's us, the Dinosaur Man men. Andy has seen the latest X Men film 'Dark Phoenix', the closing chapter in this iteration of these iconic characters. Is it a worthy send off or not? Meanwhile Alex has been to London's Design Museum to walk around the fascinating 'Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition'

Matthew Sweet talks Spaghetti Westerns and Sergio Leone with Christopher Frayling and Samira Ahmed. They also look at the film worlds of Stanley Kubrick as an exhibition runs at London's Design Museum. Plus magic, mind games and the role of the magician's assistant. New Generation Thinker Naomi Paxton and Gustav Kuhn from Goldsmiths, University of London bring their conjuring tricks into the studio. You can hear Christopher Frayling with Brian Cox and the actors Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood discussing Kubrick's 2001 here https://bbc.in/2H8q76p Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition runs to 15th September 2019 at the Design Museum in London. Smoke and Mirrors: The Psychology of Magic runs at the Wellcome Collection in London until 15th September 2019 including performances of magic by Dr Gustav Kuhn and a Friday Late on May 10th. Experiencing the Impossible by Gustav Kuhn is published by MIT Press.

Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan in Paul Dano's directorial debut Wildlife; a story of familial unravelling in 1960s America Middle England is Jonathan Coe's latest novel; the third part of his trilogy which began in 2001 with The Rotters Club. It follows the same characters and their offspring dealing with life from 2010 to today Jane Austen began - but never finished - a book which became known as The Watsons. In Laura Wade's new play opening at Chichester's Festival Theatre she picks up the story to interrogate what happens to characters when the author abandons them....? Home Futures is a new exhibition at London's Design Museum comparing 20th century prototypes with the latest domestic innovations, and it asks "Are we living in yesterday's tomorrow?" Grand Designs is a long established Channel 4 TV show whose format allows viewers to follow the trials tribulations and triumphs of daring innovative home building projects. There's also a 'spinoff' Home of the Year edition Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Rebecca Stott, Maev Kennedy and Sarah Crompton. The producer is Oliver Jones Podcast Extra: Maev is delighted by the Twickenham Cinema Club Rebecca recommends Emma Rice's production of Wise Children at The Old Vic Sarah recommends Robert Icke's production of The Wild Duck at The Almeida Theatre

John Boyega plays the title role in Woyzeck; an updating of a 19th century German play about a man driven mad by circumstances. How well has the Star Wars actor adapted to the stage? And has Jack Thorne - who adapted Harry Potter for the theatre - made the play relevant for today's audience? Finnish film director Aki Kaurasmaki's latest film is The Other Side of Hope - told in his trademark low key, quiet manner, it deals with a refugee arriving in Helsinki. There's a new TV version of The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel, coming to Channel 4. It's had rave reviews in the US, will it beguile our reviewers? Turkish/American writer Elif Batuman's latest novel The Idiot is set over the course of one year in a student's life at Harvard in the late 1980s. Her academic pursuits and longing for love are revealed in the novel (which intentionally shares its title with Dostoevsky) California Designing Freedom is a new exhibition at London's Design Museum celebrating the enormous range of items designed in The Golden State. It ties together the explosion in design with the hippy movement and mind-expanding drugs. Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Louise Doughty, Giles Fraser and Maev Kennedy. The producer is Oliver Jones.

Social virtual reality will be one of the biggest drivers behind the way we live, work and interact in the virtual space in the future, according to leading VR expert Jeremy Dalton. Read full article at: http://www.tomorrowfair.com/social-virtual-reality-will-drive-way-we-live/ To hear more from Jeremy, book your tickets to the first of our Tomorrow Talks on 19 January 2017 at London's Design Museum by visiting www.tomorrowfair.com.

Deyan Sudjic, Director of London's Design Museum on the ten year quest to find a new building that would showcase the UK’s design industry.