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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

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Saturday Review: The Day Shall Come, Man In The White Suit, Zadie Smith, Hogarth - Place and Progress

The Day Shall Come, Man in the White Suit, Zadie Smith , Hogarth - Place and Progress

The Day Shall Come, Man In The White Suit, Zadie Smith, Hogarth - Place and Progress

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Review, The Day Shall Come, Man In The White Suit, Zadie Smith, Hogarth - Place and Progress

The Day Shall Come, Man In The White Suit, Zadie Smith, and Hogarth - Place and Progress.

Chris Morris' film: The Day Shall Come, Man In The White Suit on stage, Zadie Smith's short story collection: Grand Union, Hogarth exhibition - Place and Progress

Chris Morris's film The Day Shall Come, is a very dark comedy about a genuine FBI operation to deal with potential domestic terrorists in the USA.
Man In The White Suit was one of the highly-successful Ealing Comedy films. Released in 1951, it told the story of a man who invents a revolutionary fabric. Now adapted for the stage starring Stephen Mangan in the role originally played by Alec Guinness.
Zadie Smith has published a collection of short stories called Grand Union.
Hogarth exhibition - Place and Progress. All of the paintings and engravings in Hogarth's series are united for the first time at the Sir John Soanes Museum in London 

Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Bob and Roberta Smith, Naima Khan and Stephanie Merritt. The producer is Oliver Jones.

Podcast Extra recommendations: 
Bob and Roberta Smith - Kara Walker at Tate Modern
Stephanie: Rachel Cusk - Coventry, Zadie Smith - In Defence Of Fiction, Rebecca Solnit - Whose story is this , Sinead Gleeson -Constellation, Emilie Pine - Notes to Self. Also  Brooklyn 99   
Naima: The Guilty on Netflix
Tom: The Politician on Netflix and Jonathan Coe - Sinking Giggling Into The Sea in the LRB

Main image: Marchánt Davis, The Day Shall Come
Courtesy eOne / IFC Films

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