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| | There have been at least 18 prominent adaptations of Great Expectations since the invention of the moving image, said Nick Hilton in The Independent. "That's Pip upon Pip, Magwitch upon Magwitch, Miss Havisham upon Miss Havisham." Now, "for no discernible reason", the BBC is treating its viewers to a new one, this time scripted by the Peaky Blinders supremo Steven Knight. The results, alas, are only so-so. |
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| New reviews include John Wick: Chapter 4, A Good Person, and The Beasts. |
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| Who will be the next Dalai Lama? Why has China's leading entrepreneur gone home? And will we stop fiddling with timezones? |
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| | The story of the great changes that occurred in painting in late 19th and early 20th century France is "probably the most frequently told" in all art history, said Mark Hudson in The Independent. The period produced "some of the most genuinely popular art ever created", giving us Cézanne, van Gogh, Gauguin and, ultimately, Picasso. As such, the National Gallery's latest blockbuster covers well-worn territory. |
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| | Featuring beachside cottages with stunning views and an award-winning contemporary coastal house. |
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| The new Suzuki's S-cross models are well-priced but the hybrid steering is "disconcertingly light". |
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| New releases include To Battersea Park by Philip Hensher, Dr. No by Percival Everett, and Queen K by Sarah Thomas. |
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| The entrepreneur, cookery writer and former government food czar chooses five books for lay readers about complex systems. His new book, Ravenous: How to Get Ourselves and Our Planet Into Shape (Profile £16.99) is out now
Red Plenty by Francis Spufford, 2010 (Faber £10.99)
Part historical fiction, part economic treatise, this book takes you into the lives of the utopians trying to build a new society in communist Russia. It helps you understand why they and the West thought it might work, and why it didn't.
The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century by Walter Scheidel, 2017 (Princeton University Press £15.99)
This shows how inequality has increased across all of human society under every form of political organisation since the Stone Age – except in the wake of mass mobilised warfare or natural catastrophes. Sobering.
Janesville: An American Story by Amy Goldstein, 2017 (Simon & Schuster £9.99)
Goldstein's book lets you walk in the shoes of the occupants of Janesville, Wisconsin, after the General Motors plant that powered its economy closed in 2009. It demonstrates the seemingly irresistible power of globalisation and explains much of what drives our current politics.
Linked: How Everything is Connected... by Albert-László Barabási, 2002 (Basic Books £12.99)
Unravels the nature of complex networks and explains why we know so little about how they work. We've taken nature apart "like a child taking apart his favourite toy", writes Barabási. "Now we are close to knowing just about everything there is to know about the pieces", but as far as ever "from understanding nature as a whole".
The Wizard and the Prophet by Charles C. Mann, 2018 (Picador £14.99)
Mann charts the lives of both the godfather of industrialised agriculture, Norman Borlaug, and the environmentalist William Vogt. His book not only explains climate change and biodiversity along the way, but traces the roots of the culture wars that are preventing us from tackling them.
Titles in print are available from The Week Bookshop on 020-3176 3835. For out-of-print books visit www.biblio.co.uk. |
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Showing now
Balancing "sobering information with escapist entertainment", Waldo's Circus of Magic & Terror – from the inclusive troupe Extraordinary Bodies – tells the dark story of a troupe performing in 1930s Germany (Daily Telegraph). Ends 1 April at the Bristol Old Vic, then touring until 7 June (extraordinarybodies.org.uk).
Empowering Art is a "compelling" show tracing the development of art from America's Pacific Northwest over more than two centuries, from carved masks to contemporary sculpture (Guardian). Until 30 July, Sainsbury Centre, Norwich (sainsburycentre.ac.uk).
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Exploring his 40-year career, Grayson Perry: Smash Hits will be the biggest-ever exhibition of the artist's work, and will include his trademark pots, sculptures and the 15-metre The Walthamstow Tapestry. 22 July-12 November, Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh (nationalgalleries.org).
The Pulitzer- and Tony-winning musical A Strange Loop transfers from New York to London for a 12-week run this summer – "a dazzling ride" (NY Times). 17 June-9 September, Barbican, London EC2 (barbican.org.uk).
Tickets are on sale for the Somerset House Summer Series, which celebrates 20 years of concerts in its famous courtyard. Acts include French rockers La Femme, Alison Goldfrapp and Interpol. 6-16 July, Somerset House, London WC2 (somersethouse.org.uk).
TV programmes
Magpie Murders
Lesley Manville stars in this six-part adaptation of Anthony Horowitz's bestselling novel about an editor of crime novels who is drawn into a real-life mystery when one of her authors is murdered. Sat 1 Apr, BBC1 21:15 (45mins)
Simon Reeve's Return to Cornwall
An eye-opening look at the often harsh reality of life in Cornwall – one of the poorest counties in England – after the summer holidaymakers leave. Sun 2 Apr, BBC2 21:00 (60mins)
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