March 07, 2020

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

54 minutes

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 Rodríguez

Acrylic and ink on paper

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