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Hilary Mantel, The Mikvah Project, Sulphur and White, Among The Trees

Hilary Mantel's third Cromwell novel - The Mirror and The Light , The Mikvah Project at The Orange Tree Theatre, Sulphur and White film, Among The Trees exhibition at The Hayward.

Hilary Mantel's new novel - The Mirror and The Light - is the final part of her Thomas Cromwell trilogy. The previous two parts have sold millions of copies worldwide and garned prizes from all quarters. Can this one compare?
The Mikvah Project is a new play at The Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond. Two Jewish men meet every Friday for ritual cleansing and a close friendship develops.
Sulphur and White is a new British film which tells the true story of a highly successful banker who suffered repeated sexual abuse as a child and how this drove him to seek justice for all abused children
A new exhibition at The Hayward Gallery in London - Among The Trees - looks at the crucuial role that trees play in our lives and imaginations

Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Christopher Frayling, Abigail Morris and Catherine O'Flynn. The producer is Oliver Jones

Podcast Extra recommendations:
Catherine - The National Telephone Kiosk Collection in Bromsgrove and the 1972 film La Cabina
Christopher - Who's Afaid of Virginia Woolf at The Tobacco Factory in Bristol and Prints by Norman Ackroyd at Watts Gallery near Guildford
Abigail - Carravagio in Rome and Bonus Family on Netflix
Tom - English Monsters by James Scudamore

Main image: Terraza Alta II, 2018 by Abel Rodr铆guez
Acrylic and ink on paper
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54 minutes

The Mirror & the Light

The Mirror & the Light
By Hilary Mantel
Image聽漏 Els Zweerink

The Mikvah Project

The Mikvah Project
Orange Tree Theatre
until 28 March 2020
Image by The Other Richard

Sulphur and White

Sulphur and White
In cinemas now
Cert 15
Image: Nick Wall Photography

Among the Trees

Among the Trees
Hayward Gallery
until 17 May 2020
Image: And Then the World Changed Colour:
Breathing Yellow, 2019
漏聽Mariele Neudecker
Photo: Benjamin Jones

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  • Sat 7 Mar 2020 19:15

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