The Culture Show

Season 16, Episode 25

Episode Title: Episode 25: London

Air Date: 2012-03-09

Overview:

Andrew Graham-Dixon goes on a date with Florence Welch to discuss the influence of Renaissance art on her music. Alastair Sooke meets art duo Gilbert and George, while Mark Kermode talks to Italian director Paolo Sorrentino about his new film starring Sean Penn. Tim Samuels hears from Jonathan Safran Foer about his new treatment of an ancient Jewish text, and Sarfraz Manzoor takes his mum to the Hajj exhibition at the British Museum. Clemency Burton-Hill flies to Germany to meet talented young conductor Alexander Shelley, and Hadley Freeman looks at the life of street style guru Bill Cunningham in a touching new documentary.