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Review: Starlight Express, Anita Desai's book Rosarita, film: The Nature of Love

We review the return of Starlight Express, Anita Desai's novel Rosarita and the award-winning rom-com The Nature of Love. We also discuss the world's oldest cave art.

Author Abir Mukherjee and critic Sarah Crompton join Tom Sutcliffe for the review show. After opening 40 years ago, Starlight Express has been updated and opens in London in a specially designed auditorium. Rosarita by Anita Desai tells the story of Bonita, a young Indian woman who travels to Mexico to study and stumbles upon unknown evidence that her late mother had once been there. Monia Chokri's award winning French-Canadian rom-com The Nature of Love follows a philosophy professor navigating relationships. And, Dr Henry Gee discusses the world's oldest cave art which has been discovered in the Indonesian Island of Sulawesi.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Claire Bartleet

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  • Thu 4 Jul 2024 19:15

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