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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

Saturday Review: Final Portrait, Against, The State, Nicole Krauss, Vermeer

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19/08/2017

Final Portrait, Against, The State, Nicole Krauss, Vermeer

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Review, Final Portrait, Against, The State, Nicole Krauss, Vermeer

Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Philip Hensher, Kathryn Hughes and Sally Gardner.

Stanley Tucci's film about Giacometti; Ben Wishaw in Against at London's Almeida; Kosminsky's The State on Channel 4; Nicole Krauss's Forest Dark; Vermeer in Dublin.

Final Portrait; Stanley Tucci's film about Giacometti tries to show the tortured creative process of a genius
Ben Wishaw plays an aerospace billionaire who sets out to change the world in Against at London's Almeida Theatre. Can money overcome violence? 
Peter Kosminsky's drama, The State on Channel 4, attempts to understand why young British people might join Islamic State
The plot of Nicole Krauss's latest novel Forest Dark seems to mirror her own life - down to a writer character called Nicole.
The National Gallery of Ireland has undergone a €30m refit over the last 8 years and has at last reopened with a blockbuster exhibition: Vermeer and the Masters of Genre painting 

Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Philip Hensher, Kathryn Hughes and Sally Gardner. The producer is Oliver Jones.

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