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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: Starry Messenger, Thunder Road, This Brutal House, Hauser and Wirth Somerset, Good Omens

01/06/2019

Starry Messenger, Thunder Road, This Brutal House, Hauser and Wirth Somerset, Good Omens

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Review, Starry Messenger, Thunder Road, This Brutal House, Hauser and Wirth Somerset, Good Omens

Matthew Broderick in The Starry Messenger, Award-wining film Thunder Road, Niven Govinden's This Brutal House, Hauser and Wirth Somerset: Unconscious Landscape, Good Omens

Matthew Broderick and Elizabeth McGovern in the London premiere of Kenneth Lonergan's play The Starry Messenger
Thunder Road was made for $200,000 and went on to win awards at international film festivals. What was it about the film which beguiled jurists and audiences? 
Niven Govinden's novel This Brutal House looks at the New York drag scene of the 1980s and 90s
Hauser and Wirth Somerset's latest exhibition ‘Unconscious Landscape: Works from the Ursula Hauser Collection’ is focused entirely on work by female artists  
There's a TV adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Good Omens, starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen - how well can it translate the peculiar magic of the books to the small screen? 
Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Kamila Shamsie, Natalie Haynes and David Benedict. The producer is Oliver Jones

Podcast Extra recommendations:

Kamila: The Cricket World Cup
David: Crossroads Motel board game and Green Smoke by Rosemary Manning and Mum on BBC2
Natalie: Hay Festival and Chris Ridell and Po’ Girl
Tom: Oliver Morton – The Moon and the OED

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