# Winston Churchill: The Painter, and Smoggie Queens creator and star Phil Dunning

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Podcast: [Front Row](https://stenobird.com/podcast/front-row-944015)
Published: 2026-05-19T19:22:00+00:00
Episode link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002wj83
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The paintings of Winston Churchill are being exhibited at the Wallace Collection in London. Xavier Bray, Director of the Wallace Collection, and Katharine Carter, curator at Chartwell, Churchill’s country house in Kent, discuss what we learn about Churchill from his art. Creator and star Phil Dunning talks about series two of Smoggie Queens, which follows a close-knit group of friends; it’s a celebration of queer culture and a love letter to Middlesbrough and its community. As questions are being asked about the use of AI in one of the regional winning entries of a prestigious short story prize for unpublished fiction, writer and journalist Hari Kunzru talks about the impact of AI on writing. And Tom visited the RHS Chelsea Flower to see the Tate Britain show garden, which offers a taster of the forthcoming Clore Garden. Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Claire Bartleet

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