Misbehaviour, On Blueberry Hill, Abi Dare, Warhol, Breeders and Kate+Koji
Description
Misbehaviour is a new film about the 1970 Miss World pageant which saw the first black Miss World and was also disrupted by the nascent Women's Liberation movement who threw flour bombs at host Bob Hope
Sebastian Barry's play On Blueberry Hill is set in a prison cell where two men's stories of how they got there become intertwined.
Abi Daré's novel The Girl With The Louding Voice is the tale of Adunni, a fourteen year old Nigerian girl who has to go into domestic service in Lagos but is determined to better herself
A new retrospective of the work and life of Andy Warhol has just opened at Tate Modern in London, including many works never previoulsy exhibtited in the UK before
Two new TV comedies with impeccable pedigrees - ITV's Kate and Koji (written by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin - who wrote Outnumbered) and Breeders (co-produced by Chris Addison and Simon Blackwell) on Sky TV - have just started. Theyre very different.. are they very funny?
Tom Sutcliffe guests are Sara Colllins, Alex Preston and Tiffany Jenkins. The producer is Oliver Jones
Podcast Extra recommendations:
Sara: Toni Mossion: The Pieces I Am + Fons Americanus by Kara Walker at Tate Modern
Alex: The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins
Tiffany: Music Clubs - Spin in OXford and House Concerts @42 in Edinburgh
Tom: James Shapiro: Shakespeare In a Divided America
Main image: Abi Daré © Alero Marcel
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