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Sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events, with Tom Sutcliffe and guests

Presenter Tom Sutcliffe and guests offer sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events

Tom Sutcliffe

Richard Eyre

Francis Stonor Saunders

Jamila Gavin

Oliver Jones

Saturday Review: Minefield at Royal Court, The Nice Guys, Versailles, Francis Spufford, Dora Maurer

Minefield at Royal Court, The Nice Guys, Versailles, Francis Spufford, Dora Maurer

04/06/2016

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Review, Minefield at Royal Court, The Nice Guys, Versailles, Francis Spufford, Dora Maurer

Minefield at Royal Court, The Nice Guys, BBC TV Versailles, Francis Spufford, Dora Maurer.

Minefield at Royal Court, The Nice Guys with Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe, BBC's Versailles drama series, Francis Spufford's novel Golden Hill, Dora Maurer exhibition.

Minefield at London's Royal Court Theatre examines the personal effects of The Falklands War on veterans from both sides using testimonies of the actors who are all former combatants. 
The Nice Guys is a new film with Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe as a couple of mismatched private eyes 
BBC TV is showing Versailles, a drama series about the goings-on at the court of Louis XIV- the Sun King - has already caused consternation in France, but why? 
Francis Spufford's first novel Golden Hill is set in the grubby dangerous world of Manhattan in 1746: New York before it became New York.
The 50 year career of Hungarian conceptual artist Dora Maurer is marked in an exhibition at London's White Cube Gallery 
Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Richard Eyre, Francis Stonor Saunders and Jamila Gavin. The producer is Oliver Jones.

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