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Anoushka Shankar
Sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar on her most significant cultural influences.
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Violinist Nicola Benedetti reveals her most important cultural influences and experiences.
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Actor Glenda Jackson reveals the influences that inspired her work on stage and screen.
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Iranian artist Shirin Neshat reveals her creative influences and inspirations.
Florence Pugh
Actor Florence Pugh talks to John Wilson about her career and formative influences.
Tim Minchin
Comedian, actor and composer Tim Minchin reveals his creative influences.
Sam Mendes
Director Sam Mendes reveals the formative influences on his career in theatre and film.
Whoopi Goldberg
Actor Whoopi Goldberg reveals the most important influences that shaped her career.
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Damien Chazelle
Oscar-winning film-maker Damien Chazelle discusses his career and cultural influences.
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Folk musician Eliza Carthy reveals her formative cultural influences.
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Artist Dame Rachel Whiteread reveals the influences behind some of her most famous works.
Alejandro Iñárritu
Oscar-winning Mexican film-maker Alejandro Iñárritu reveals his cultural influences.
Margaret Atwood
Award-wining author Margaret Atwood reveals the experiences that shaped her writing.
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Photographer Martin Parr on the formative influences that inspired his own creativity.
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Reggae poet Linton Kwesi Johnson reveals his cultural influences.
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TV writer and director Sally Wainwright on her formative cultural influences.
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American crime writer Donna Leon talks about the influences that shaped her career.
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