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7 December 2017

The Back Half #9: Happy End, Craig David and Stars In Their Eyes

Plus a poetry reading by Kim Moore.

By New Statesman

(Photo By Getty)

On the NS culture podcast this week, Tom Gatti and Kate Mossman discuss Michael Haneke’s film Happy End, the revived career of Craig David and the noniversary of the TV phenomenon that was Stars in Their Eyes.

Listen on iTunes here, on Acast here or via the player below:

Get in touch on Twitter and send us your noniversary suggestions via @ns_podcasts or @tom_gatti.

Clips from Craig David’s The Time is Now courtesy of Insanity Records/Sony.

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