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#416 17 Oct 2016

Art: Kimberly Bradley

We head to the Secession gallery in Vienna to discuss work by Georgian artist Thea Djordjadze and French artist Yto Barrada. Plus: why are so many of the Austrian capital’s museum directors being dismissed? We get the lowdown with our Vienna correspondent Kimberly Bradley.

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#415 14 Oct 2016

London Film Festival: Jason Solomons

We discuss this year’s London Film Festival and review coming-of-age drama ‘Moonlight’, dark Victorian romance ‘Lady Macbeth’ and a rather meta documentary called ‘Have You Seen My Movie?’.

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#414 13 Oct 2016

Books: Mark Mason

In this week’s book review we talk Trump, the meaning of flags and the variations of English spoken by social tribes as Mark Mason reviews the latest non-fiction reads by Mark Singer, Tim Marshall and Susie Dent.

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#413 12 Oct 2016

TV: Alice Vincent

We discuss ‘Easy’, the Netflix’s series based around relationships in Chicago, ‘Oriented’ a new documentary exploring sexual and national identity for Palestinian, and HBO’s new blockbuster sci-fi show ‘Westworld’.

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#412 11 Oct 2016

Music: Laura Snapes

We have US and Australian Americana in this week’s music review as journalist Laura Snapes discusses the latest albums by Hiss Golden Messenger and Julia Jacklin. Plus: we check out the reissue of Oasis’s 1997 album ‘Be Here Now’.

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#411 10 Oct 2016

Art: Serbia

We speak to our man in Belgrade, Guy de Launey, about three exhibitions in Serbia, including Damien Hirst’s first presentation in the country, a festival of light and Belgrade’s October Salon – the city’s leading contemporary-art event.

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