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The Gangster The Cop The Devil, Touching the Void, Romesh Gunesekera, Gold Digger, George IV : Art and Spectacle

Korean film The Gangster The Cop The Devil, Touching the Void; the play, Romesh Gunesekera's Suncatcher, Gold Digger on 麻豆社1, George IV : Art and Spectacle at The Queen's Gallery

The Gangster The Cop The Devil is an award-winning Korean action thriller about an unlikely alliance between a maverick police detective and a ruthless mobster who have to work together to catch a serial killer
Touching the Void began life as a book by Joe Simpson, about a climbing accident which nearly killed him. It has since been turned into a film and now a stage play. How can you show vertiginous dangers and a lot of internal thought processes in the theatre?
Sri Lankan writer Romesh Gunesekera was born in Ceylon - as it was known then - and his coming of age novel "Suncatcher" is set in his native country in 1964, as the struggle for independence began.
Gold Digger is a Sunday night series just started on 麻豆社1. When their 60 year old mum meets and moves in with a much younger man, Julia's children decide they don't like it and start to try and drive them apart
George IV : Art and Spectacle has just opened at The Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace. He was arguably the most magnificent of British monarchs and formed an unrivalled collection of art, much of which remains in the Royal Collection

Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Charlotte Mullins, Lynn Shepherd and Jim White. The producer is Oliver Jones

Podcast Extra recommendations:
Lynn - Leonardo Da Vinci at London's National Gallery
Charlotte - Kathe Kollwitz at British Museum and Elizabeth Peyton at London's National Portrait Gallery
Jim - Bruce Springsteen, Western Stars
Tom - Giri Haji on 麻豆社2

Rembrandt van Rijn, The Shipbuilder and his Wife: Jan Rijcksen and his Wife, Griet Jans, 1633
Image credit: Royal Collection Trust / (c) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019

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51 minutes

George IV: Art and Spectacle

George IV: Art and Spectacle

Thomas Gainsborough, The Three Eldest Princesses: Charlotte, Princess Royal,
Augusta and Elizabeth, 1783-84

Credit: Royal Collection Trust / (c) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
The Exhibition George IV: Art & Spectacle runs in The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
From 15 November 2019 - 3 May 2020

Touching the Void

Touching the Void
The Play Touching the Void at Duke of York's Theatre continues until Sat 29 Feb 2020
(c) Michael Wharley

Romesh Gunesekera

Romesh Gunesekera
Credit Image听(c) Marzena Pogorzaly

Gold Digger

Gold Digger
Julia Ormond and Ben Barnes.
Gold Digger, thriller mini-series continues on 麻豆社 One.
(c) Mainstreet Pictures/麻豆社

The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil

The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil
The film continues in cinemas nationwide certificate 15.

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  • Sat 16 Nov 2019 19:15

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