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Trust Me writer Dan Sefton, Atomic Blonde, Colm Toibin's Queer Icon, Posthumous publishing

Arts news, interviews and reviews. When an artist dies, should their unfinished work be released or kept private? Anna Smith reviews Atomic Blonde.

When a renowned writer or artist dies, those left behind can find themselves in an ethical quandary - should work that is unfinished or incomplete be kept private or is there a public interest in revealing it to the world? Hunter Davies's wife, the author Margaret Forster, passed away last year, and left behind a substantial amount of unpublished writing. Hunter shares his story with us in the studio, and Virginia Woolf's great-niece and advisor to the Woolf estate, Virginia Nicholson, also joins us to discuss the issue.

TV writer and part-time emergency room doctor Dan Sefton talks about his latest TV drama Trust Me, starring the future Doctor Who, Jodie Whittaker. A psychological thriller about a nurse who takes drastic measures after losing her job, the four-part 大象传媒 series examines the many facets and layers of telling lies.

The new Charlize Theron action spy thriller Atomic Blonde is not for the faint-hearted. Set in Berlin in the final days of the Cold War, the film features numerous very physical fight sequences - its director is a former stuntman and it shows. But does this approach offer more style than substance, threatening a good storyline? And with more and more of these movies fronted by women, are female action heroes becoming as bankable as their male counterparts? Film critic Anna Smith joins us to discuss.

For Front Row's Queer Icons series, the Irish writer Colm Toibin nominates The Married Man by Edmund White.

Presenter John Wilson
Producer Rebecca Armstrong.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Posthumous publishing

    Duration: 09:21

  • Trust Me writer Dan Sefton

    Duration: 07:47

  • Colm Toibin's Queer Icon

    Duration: 05:29

  • Atomic Blonde

    Duration: 04:40

Trust Me

Trust Me

Writer Dan Sefton on his new 大象传媒 Drama , airing on 大象传媒 1 on Tuesday 8 August at 9pm.

Atomic Blonde

Atomic Blonde

Anna Smith reviews Atomic Blonde, in cinemas聽from Wednesday 9 August 2017.

Image credit: Jonathan Prime

Colm Toibin鈥檚 Queer Icon

Colm Toibin鈥檚 Queer Icon

Colm Toibin chooses The Married Man by .

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Posthumous Publishing

Posthumous Publishing

聽 and 聽discuss publishing posthumous books.

Photo: Hunter Davies and wife Margaret Forster in 1986, credit: Hunter Davies.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter John Wilson
Producer Rebecca Armstrong
Interviewed Guest Hunter Davies
Interviewed Guest Virginia Nicholson
Interviewed Guest Dan Sefton
Interviewed Guest Anna Smith
Interviewed Guest Colm Toibin

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  • Mon 7 Aug 2017 19:15

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