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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.

Take a look back at some of the most memorable exhibitions from the Hayward Gallery’s first half century, from Bridget Riley to Antony Gormley.

Ted Hodgkinson talks with poet Nick Makola about fleeing Uganda, and Khaled Hosseini explains how the refugee crisis inspired his novel Sea Prayer.

Relive the summer of 1998 with this playlist of acts from John Peel’s Meltdown, including Sonic Youth, The Jesus and Mary Chain and Cornershop.

The artist discusses the impact of her early childhood experiences on her work, her use of material and her interest in architecture and landscape.

The author of How To Love Brutalism discusses the brutalist architecture of our Queen Elizabeth Hall and Hayward Gallery.

Discover the connections between our Queen Elizabeth Hall and the evolution of electronic music in the UK.

Best-selling writers Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Reni Eddo-Lodge came together to discuss pressing cultural issues at this event recorded in 2018.