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Tom Sutcliffe and his guests, playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker, novelist Kamila Shamsie, and writer and columnist David Aaronovitch review the week's cultural highlights.

David Suchet and Laurie Metcalf star in Anthony Page's production of Long Day's Journey Into Night at the Apollo Theatre in London. Eugene O'Neill described it as a play of "old sorrow, written tears and blood" and the family in this heavily autobiographical work are teetering on the verge of collapse due to various addictions and historical resentments.

Cabin in the Woods - written by Joss Whedon and directed by Drew Goddard - is a knowing horror film which sets out to subvert the well-worn tropes of the teen slasher movie genre. Five kids head off in a camper van to spend a weekend in a cabin in the woods...

Toni Morrison's latest novel - Home - tells the story of Frank Money, a damaged veteran of the Korean War who returns from fighting for his country to face the ubiquitous racism of 1950s America. Struggling with post traumatic stress, he sets out to rescue his sister and bring her back to the Georgia town which holds so many bitter memories for him.

Hans-Peter Feldman describes himself as a collector and his exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery in London contains many examples of the sets of objects that he has amassed, including colour postcards of the Eiffel Tower and photographs of women's knees cut out of magazines. One of his more recent works displays the contents of five women's handbags in glass cases.

Starlings is a new comedy drama series on Sky1, written by and starring Matt King and Steve Edge. The Starling family live in an overcrowded, multi-generational house just outside Matlock in Derbyshire and the first episode sees the arrival of two more family members.

Producer: Torquil MacLeod.