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My Name is Lucy Barton, Alexander McQueen, Rachel Kushner, Aftermath at Tate Britain, City of Ghosts

My Name is Lucy Barton at the Bridge Theatre, Alexander McQueen documentary, Rachel Kushner: The Mars Room, Aftermath - art post-WW1 at Tate Britain, and City of Ghosts on 大象传媒4.

My Name is Lucy Barton is a one woman play starring Laura Linney in her London stage debut. At London's Bridge Theatre, it's based on the novel by Elizabeth Strout and directed by Richard Eyre
There's a new documentary looking at the life and career of designer Alexander McQueen who died in 2010. It includes interviews with familiar faces and also less-well-known family and friends
Rachel Kushner's novel The Mars Room is largely set within the American penal system - it's not a nice place to be, especially for the narrator who is a prisoner serving a life sentence in the largest women's prison in the world
Aftermath is an exhibition at Tate Britain of art from Europe following the end of the first World War - it shows new art movements emerging in Britain France and Germany reflecting and influencing the society from which it sprang
City of Ghosts is being shown in the Storyville strand on 大象传媒4. It's an Oscar-nominated documentary about a group of Syrian website that opposes ISIS and tries to tell the truth about what is happening in their ruined home city of Raaqa

Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Amber Butchart, Liz Jensen and Jim White. The producer is Oliver Jones.

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45 minutes

My Name is Lucy Barton

My Name is Lucy Barton
My Name Is Lucy Barton is on at the Bridge Theatre until 23rd June 2018.
Image:听Manuel Harlan

McQueen

McQueen
McQueen is in cinemas from 8th June 2018.

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The Mars Room

The Mars Room
The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner is published by Penguin.
Image:听Chloe Aftel

Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One

Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One
Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One is on at the Tate Britain until 23rd September 2018.
Image:听Tate photography (Joe Humphrys)

City of Ghosts

City of Ghosts
City of Ghosts will air on 大象传媒 4 on 11th June at 10.20pm

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Jim recommends the book

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest Amber Butchart
Interviewed Guest Liz Jensen
Interviewed Guest Jim White
Producer Oliver Jones

Broadcast

  • Sat 9 Jun 2018 19:15

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