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Saturday Review: Three Days in the Country, Richard Long, Iris, Last Sparks of Sundown, A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me

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01/08/2015

Three Days in the Country, Richard Long, Iris, Last Sparks of Sundown, A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Review, Three Days in the Country, Richard Long, Iris, Last Sparks of Sundown, A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me

Three Days in the Country, Richard Long, Iris, David Gates, Last Sparks of Sundown.

Patrick Marber's Three Days in the Country, Richard Long at the Arnolfini in Bristol, Fashion documentary Iris, and David Gates' A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me.

Patrick Marber has re-imagined Turgenev's A Month In The Country as Three Days In The Country for The National Theatre - does his version do justice to a classic of Russian theatre?
There is a retrospective of the work of Richard Long at the Arnolfini Gallery in his hometown of Bristol which includes new works created from the environment.
93 year old stylist Iris Apfel is the subject of a fashion documentary by Robert Maysles.
Pulitzer Prize nominated author David Gates' collection of short stories "A Hand Reached Down To Guide Me" is his first for 15 years. Is it worth the wait?
British indi comedy film The Last Sparks of Sundown was made for £46,000; was it money well spent?

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