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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

Linda Grant

Terence Blacker

Deborah Bull

Oliver Jones

Saturday Review: Sicilian Ghost Story, Othello, Succession, Art in Weimar Germany, Andrew McMillan

Sicilian Ghost Story, Othello, Succession, Art in Weimar Germany, Andrew McMillan

04/08/2018

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Review, Sicilian Ghost Story, Othello, Succession, Art in Weimar Germany, Andrew McMillan

Sicilian Ghost Story, Othello, HBO's Succession, Art in Weimar Germany, Andrew McMillan.

Italian film Sicilian Ghost Story, Othello at the Globe Theatre, HBO's Succession, Magic Realism: Art in Weimar Germany at Tate Modern, Andrew McMillan's poem collection, playtime.

Italian film Sicilian Ghost Story is based on a real life kidnapping of the son of a Mafia supergrass
The new production of Othello at London's Globe Theatre includes Mark Rylance as Iago
HBO's Succession is a new series telling the story of a media empire led by an ageing patriarch which is thrown into confusion when he suffers a brain haemorrhage: which of his children is capable of taking over the responsibilities and pressures of running the company?
Magic Realism: Art in Weimar Germany 1919-1933 at Tate Modern is an exhibition of many of the artists whose work was cast as degenerate by the Nazis. The term 'magic realism' was coined in 1925 to describe an artistic movement away from expressionism to a harsh, cold, unsettling veracity
Andrew McMillan's collection of poems: playtime explores the different ways boys grow into their sexual selves and adult identities through rites of passage.
Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Linda Grant, Terence Blacker and Deborah Bull. The producer is Oliver Jones.

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