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Apr 2024
42m 14s

Super Furry Animals

THE TLS
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This week, Kathryn Hughes introduces her new book on the cat craze that swept Edwardian England; and she also tells us about an exhibition of the work of Julia Margaret Cameron and Francesca Woodman. Plus a review of Sunjeev Sahota's The Spoiled Heart.


'Catland: Feline Enchantment and the Making of the Modern World', by Kathryn Hughes

'Portraits to Dream In', at the National Portrait Gallery, London, until 16 June, 2024

'The Spoiled Heart', by Sunjeev Sahota


Produced by Charlotte Pardy


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