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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

Inua Ellams

Louise Welsh

Peggy Hughes

Oliver Jones

Saturday Review: A selection of highlights from the Edinburgh Festivals. Also Ned Beauman's new novel and Kathryn Bigelow's Detroit

A selection of highlights from the Edinburgh Festivals. Also Ned Beauman's new novel and Kathryn Bigelow's Detroit

26/08/2017

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Review, A selection of highlights from the Edinburgh Festivals. Also Ned Beauman's new novel and Kathryn Bigelow's Detroit

Highlights from Edinburgh Festivals. Also British Realist painters, Ned Beauman, Detroit.

Some highlights from the Edinburgh Festivals. Also British Realist painters exhibition, Ned Beauman's new novel Madness Is Better Than Defeat and Kathryn Bigelow's film Detroit.

Recorded at The Edinburgh Festivals, there's a selection of some of the highlights from this year's typically varied assortment of delights.
Also: 
Ned Beauman's new novel; Madness Is Better Than Defeat, set in 1930s Honduras
An exhibition of British Realist painters at The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art 
Kathryn Bigelow's film Detroit tells the story of the 1960s race riots in that city
Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Inua Ellams, Louise Welsh and Peggy Hughes. the producer is Oliver Jones.

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