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Front Row: Reviews of The Midwich Cuckoos, Pistol and Edvard Munch, Meg Mason on Sorrow and Bliss

26/05/2022

Reviews of The Midwich Cuckoos, Pistol and Edvard Munch, Meg Mason on Sorrow and Bliss

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Reviews of The Midwich Cuckoos, Pistol and Munch, and author Meg Mason on Sorrow and Bliss

Meg Mason on her novel Sorrow and Bliss, and Katie Puckrik and Diran Adebayo review Pistol, The Midwich Cuckoos and the exhibition Edvard Munch Masterpieces from Bergen.

Meg Mason is the latest in our series of interviews with authors shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction.  Her novel Sorrow and Bliss is narrated by Martha, a woman whose path in life is shaped by her mental health. 

Katie Puckrick and Diran Adebayo join us to review the screen adaptation of John Wyndham's fable, The Midwich Cuckoos, the Edvard Munch Masterpieces from Bergen exhibition at The Courtauld Institute and Pistol, Danny Boyle's new drama about the Sex Pistols.

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