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REVIEW: Film: The Critic, Exhibition: Van Gogh, Book: Garth Greenwell's Small Rain

Review: exhibition Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers, film: The Critic, book: Small Rain by Garth Greenwell. Plus Paddy O'Connell reveals the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Short Story Award shortlist.

Tom Sutcliffe is joined by David Benedict and Catherine McCormack to review Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers, the first exhibition the National Gallery has dedicated to the artist. They also discuss The Critic, which stars Ian McKellen as a fearsomely ruthless drama critic and Small Rain by Garth Greenwell, which focuses on the narrator's time and treatment in hospital after experiencing a sudden piercing pain.

Chair of Judges Paddy O'Connell reveals the shortlisted authors for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Short Story Award 2024 with Cambridge University. The list includes Lucy Caldwell who talks about her short story Hamlet, a love story.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Claire Bartleet

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Thu 12 Sep 2024 19:15
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