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Man Booker Prize

I’m back for more BBC World Service’s “The Arts Hour” again today, Saturday, August 1st

Sat, Aug 01, 2020
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My second pandemic-lockdown, recorded-from-home appearance…

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Emma. movie review: this queen bee has a bitter sting

Fri, Feb 14, 2020
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A sly, penetrating zing and a frisson of Insta-influencer horror — of the oppression of performative perfection against a marzipan backdrop — renders Austen’s fluff and nonsense deadly serious.

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The Sea review: the sands of time are dun-colored

Fri, Apr 25, 2014
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Ciarán Hinds engages in some pointlessly dour Irish brooding at the beach.

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television about books… and people actually watch it

Tue, Oct 18, 2011
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So there’s this show on BBC Two in which the gimmick is that all the people in a small Scottish town are roped in to read the shortlisted titles for a prestigious literary award…

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