Join us as we temporarily escape the headlines and talk about all the brilliant culture we have to look forward to this year. The Guardian’s arts and culture correspondent, Lanre Bakare, music editor, Ben Beaumont-Thomas, and film editor, Catherine Shoard, tell Helen Pidd about the TV, films, music and books we should all be excited about.

Here’s the full list of everything mentioned in this episode:

FILM

The Brutalist

Hamnet

A Real Pain

A Complete Unknown

The Way of the Wind

Die, My Love

The History of Sound

TV

Severance (Apple TV+)

Brian and Maggie (Channel 4)

White Lotus (Sky/HBO/Now)

MUSIC

Central Cee - Can’t Rush Greatness

Oasis (Tour)

Sammy Virji - If U Need It

Barry Can’t Swim - When Will We Land?

Lana Del Rey - The Right Person Will Stay

Sam Fender - People Watching

The War on Drugs - Live Drugs Again

Lady Gaga

Stevie Wonder - Can We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart?

Chat Pile - Cool World

BOOKS

Maeve Brennan - The Visitor (Peninsular Press reprint)

Adele Stripe - Bass Notes: The Scents of a Life

Lanre Bakare - We Were There

BRADFORD

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