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Culture in Quarantine

Bringing arts and culture into your home

The Novels That Shaped Our World

10 political novels to challenge your views

Stories about the ideas, people and power struggles that shaped worlds

Novels that shaped our world

10 novels about crime and conflict

The impact of war, violence and struggle unite these choices

Novels that shaped our world

10 tales of family and friendship

The good, the bad and the ugly side of our relationships

Novels that shaped our world

10 novels that broke the mould

The characters who break rules and challenge our perceptions of life itself

Novels that shaped our world

10 classic novels about the joy and jeopardy of youth

Exploring the characters growing up and finding their way in the world

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

More from BBC Arts

Why is Casablanca so very quotable?

“It has a life of its own”, said Ingrid Bergman

BBC ARTS

Can You Solve The Mystery Of The Boy In The Book?

A life changing journey begins with a Choose Your Own Adventure book

BBC Arts

The Man Who Died Many Times

Marking the 250th anniversary of the death of Thomas Chatterton, the romantic model for the suffering poet

BBC Arts

New Creatives

Bitch

A short documentary delving into the appropriation of words and the empowerment of reclamation

New Creatives

Blow Your Brains Out

An isolated man sneezes so hard his brains come out

NEW CREATIVES

This Camera Is Broken

An ageing director comes face to face with her younger self while shooting her final film

NEW CREATIVES

Inside Cinema

Pubs On Film

Raising a glass to the boozer on the big screen

Inside Cinema

Cinema Jerks

What purpose does the suit-wearing, pompous jerk serve in the crowd pleasing popcorn flicks of Reagan era cinema?

Inside Cinema

The Dragon Lady

Who are the Dragon Ladies of cinema and how has this stereotype been subverted?

BBC Arts

BBC Proms 2020

Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason

The superstar siblings perform their first Prom together

BBC PROMS

Exploring Beethoven’s Seventh

The Aurora Orchestra perform Beethoven's Seventh Symphony - from memory!

BBC PROMS

Anoushka Shankar and Gold Panda

The sitar virtuoso performs in an evening dedicated to her father Ravi

BBC PROMS

Made in Lockdown

The Soothing Presence of Strangers

A meditation on loneliness, usefulness, and the place a bus route can have in our lives

CULTURE IN QUARANTINE

Home Carnival Queen

A beautiful exploration of UK carnival culture, from the lens of black women

Culture In Quarantine

Where I Go (When I Can't Be Where I Am)

A short film about love, isolation and living with chronic pain

Culture In Quarantine

Sounds of Silence

Soumik Datta captures the thoughts of instrumentalists and singers during the global crisis

Culture in Quarantine

Sign Night

Two deaf women separated by lockdown unite through sign language in poetic projection

Culture In Quarantine

A Birdsong Garden

A mix of memoir, natural history, folklore, birdsong and soundscapes from Geoff Sample

Culture in Quarantine

Performance: Culture in Quarantine

Dracula

The gothic legend is brought to life in a captivating blend of drama and dance

Northern Ballet

Here/Not Here

Deaf hip hop music drama exploring sign language, dance, football and Visual Vernacular (VV)

Artemisia Films for BSLBT

Body Map

Exploring community and connection through movement at this time of separation

Jasmin Vardimon

Get Creative at Home

Activities at Home

Downloadable activities for all the family

Wakefield Museums and Castles

Antony Gormley

An exclusive lockdown session led by the world-renowned artist from his home

BBC IPLAYER

Life Drawing Live!

Watch our special class and take part at home

BBC ARTS

Galleries, museums & archives: Culture in Quarantine

Flow

An exhibition exploring ideas and the need for creativity in uncertain times

Modern Art Oxford

Riddle 57

Turning a 1000 year old riddle from the Exeter Book into an animated encounter

Double Elephant Print Workshop

@ablackhistoryofart

Highlighting black artists and sitters overlooked in art history

ART UK

More Arts on BBC iPlayer

Africa Turns The Page: The Novels That Shaped A Continent

David Olusoga explores the incredible story of the African novel

BBC Four

Opera Mums with Bryony Kimmings

An operetta inspired by the lives of single mums

BBC FOUR

Soul America: Amazing Grace

The emergence of soul music from the world of gospel, and the rise of Motown

BBC Four

More Arts on BBC Sounds

The Empty Cases

Gary Younge explores the impact of the Black Lives Matter movement on curation at British museums

BBC Radio 4

Sound of Cinema: Olympians

In the absence of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Matthew Sweet offers film music inspiration

BBC Radio 3

Sketches: Stories of Art and People

Tales of legacy, and of living on through art

BBC Radio 4

BBC Arts on social media

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More arts across the BBC

Arena

The BBC's multi award-winning arts strand

Free Thinking

The ideas shaping our lives today - with artists and thinkers in debates and interviews

Front Row

Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music

imagine...

The arts series edited and presented by Alan Yentob

BBC Books

All of the BBC's coverage of the written word in one place

Get Creative

The UK's biggest celebration of creative participation

Inside Cinema

Short films taking you to the heart of the movies

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