Homepage Accessibility links * Skip to content * Accessibility Help BBC Account Notifications * Home * News * Sport * Weather * iPlayer * Sounds * CBBC * CBeebies * Food * Bitesize * Arts * Taster * Local * Three * Menu Search arts * Home * BBC Introducing Arts * Books (BUTTON) Menu * Home * BBC Introducing Arts * Books Culture in Quarantine Bringing arts and culture into your home Celebrating Women Composers 24 hours of music by women composers on International Women's Day 2021 BBC RADIO 3 Inside Cinema: The Cher Factor She's the ultimate multi-hyphenate. As part of International Women's Month, Anna Bogutskaya celebrates Cher BBC Iplayer In a Room Full of Sisters Exploring the strength of sisterhood within Cardiff’s Somali community FFOLIO Gŵyl 2021 Watch festival highlights with music, comedy and conversation from Wales and the World Culture in Quarantine Sex, lies and heroes at Big Book Weekend The online literary festival is back, featuring best-selling authors like Douglas Stuart, Val McDermid and Lenny Henry BBC ARTS Adam The true story of a trans man and his remarkable struggle across genders and borders BBC IPLAYER Sugar: Step into the worlds of Annie, Julie and Tracy Annie Paddy calls Annie over in a pub. He makes her laugh. She falls, in love and into trouble. BBC iPlayer Julie It is Julie’s last night in prison. Determined and driven, Julie makes a promise to herself: this will be her last time. BBC iPlayer Tracy Tracy is bleeding, in pain and going to the hospital. But first, she has a story to tell. BBC iPlayer Dancing Nation Blak Whyte Gray Boy Blue bring one section of Blak Whyte Gray, the company's Olivier-Award nominated work. Boy Blue BLKDOG A genre-defying, award-winning blend of hip-hop dance by Botis Seva. Far From The Norm State of the Nation Everything you need to know about our sampler of UK dance in all its forms. BBC Arts Face In Daring and uninhibited dance, a sensual and disturbing ode to intimacy and imagination. Candoco Hope Hunt and the Ascension Into Lazarus Hope Hunt shatters facades, dismantles stereotypes and finds beauty on the periphery. Oona Doherty Dancing Nation on BBC iPlayer All of the performances, all of the interviews, presented by Brenda Emmanus. BBC iPlayer Elsewhere in Arts & Culture The female trailblazer of Neoclassicism Jennifer Higgie on the life of painter Angelica Kauffmann ART UK Change the Word A creative collective of over 50 people unites local residents and the newly arrived through storytelling and poetry Good Chance Ensemble Birmingham Royal Ballet: Empty Stage Keeping ballet alive, this beautiful film is a message of hope and a tribute to the industry, featuring Carlos Acosta Birmingham Royal Ballet New Creatives: LGBTQ+ History Living With the Light On: Switchboard in the 70s An exploration of the early history of the UK’s leading LGBT+ helpline BBC SOUNDS Touchdown An LGBT flight attendant reflects on love, loss & international travel in the 80s and 90s BBC SOUNDS The Lesbian Families Sound Archive Imagining a journey through a possible archive of the sonic memory of lesbian families BBC SOUNDS Inside Cinema Rave Britannia Missing the weekend revelry? Spend a night on the town exploring how film and tv like to party BBC Iplayer Beside the Sea Pull up a deckchair, get away from it all, and see how films have used the seaside to explore identity and social taboos BBC iPlayer Beyond Aardman Alex Dudok de Wit explores the enduring appeal and power of hand-crafted stop-motion puppet animation BBC Iplayer Get Creative at Home Your palimpsests inspired by Edmund de Waal Here are some of the beautiful creations you made in response to the Front Row Get Creative challenge BBC ARTS Rana Begum The artist shows how she uses watercolours to get through lockdown isolation BBC Iplayer #GetCreativeAtHome Search the site for creative activites to do at home, or add activites to listings if you are a creative organisation Get Creative at Home The Novels That Shaped Our World 10 remarkable novels about identity Stories about what makes us who we are and how we define ourselves and others Novels that shaped our world 10 passionate tales about love, sex and romance Stories delving into affairs of the heart and the bedroom, including Forever and Riders Novels that shaped our world 10 of the best adventure stories ever told Stories of exploration, quest and survival including The Hunger Games and His Dark Materials Novels that shaped our world 10 classic stories of life, death and other worlds Novels tackling the struggle to live in alternative universes or imagined futures Novels that shaped our world 10 astute novels that tell us about class and society Stories examing how others live and how we live together, inlcuding Cannery Row and Our Mutual Friend Novels that shaped our world 100 Novels That Shaped Our World Explore the list of 100 novels whose stories have the power to change us BBC Arts New on BBC iPlayer Craftivism: Making a Difference Comedian Jenny Eclair meets crafters using their skills to make the world a better place, one stitch at a time BBC IPLAYER Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema Revealing the film-making tricks and techniques behind classic movie genres BBC IPLAYER Musicals: The Greatest Show A joyous celebration of musical theatre packed with showstoppers from the West End’s biggest productions BBC Iplayer New on BBC Sounds Bessie Smith by Jackie Kay Scotland’s national poet brings to life the tempestuous story of the Empress of the Blues BBC Sounds Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Live and recorded concerts from all over the United Kingdom BBC SOUNDS Radcliffe and Maconie: Carlos Acosta Carlos Acosta shares the first record he loved, the record he's enjoying now and the one that means ‘everything’ to him BBC Sounds BBC Arts on social media Facebook Instagram Twitter Explore the BBC * Home * News * Sport * Weather * iPlayer * Sounds * CBBC * CBeebies * Food * Bitesize * Arts * Taster * Local * Three * Terms of Use * About the BBC * Privacy Policy * Cookies * Accessibility Help * Parental Guidance * Contact the BBC * Get Personalised Newsletters Copyright © 2021 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.