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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

Lionel Shriver

Bridget Kendall

Michael Arditti

Oliver Jones

Saturday Review: Menashe, Parliament Square, Carmen Maria Machado, Winnie The Pooh, Marvelous Mrs Maisel

Menashe, Parliament Square, Carmen Maria Machado, Winnie The Pooh

09/12/2017

Menashe, Parliament Square, Carmen Maria Machado, Winnie The Pooh, Marvelous Mrs Maisel

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Review, Menashe, Parliament Square, Carmen Maria Machado, Winnie The Pooh, Marvelous Mrs Maisel

Menashe, Parliament Square, Carmen Maria Machado, Winnie The Pooh and Marvelous Mrs Maisel

Yiddish film Menashe, Parliament Square at The Bush Theatre, Carmen Maria Machado's Her Body and Other Parties, Winnie The Pooh exhibition at The V&A and Marvelous Mrs Maisel.

Menashe is a new film set in the Hasidic Jewish community in New York with almost the dialogue in Yiddish. It's a story about a hapless father trying to bond with his son and also conform to religious expectations
Parliament Square is the 2017 Bruntwood Prize winning play at London's Bush Theatre about a woman on a mission
Her Body and Other Parties is a collection of short stories by American author Carmen Maria Machado
The story of the creative minds behind Winnie The Pooh - AA Milne and EH Shepard - are the subject of a new exhibition at London's Victoria and Albert Museum
Marvelous Mrs Maisel is a TV drama series about a New York Jewish housewife in the 1950s who decided to become a stand-up comedian
Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Lionel Shriver, Bridget Kendall and Michael Arditti. The producer is Oliver Jones.

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