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Jun 2025
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Review Programme: Van Gogh and Anselm Ki...

Bbc Radio 4
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Charlotte Mullins and Katja Hoyer are with Tom Sutcliffe to review The Royal Academy of Arts' Kiefer/Van Gogh exhibition, Nell Stevens novel The Original, and German language film From Hilde, with Love.

And Sarfraz Manzoor is on to discuss a new Bruce Springsteen compilation – Tracks II: The Lost Albums

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Claire Bartleet

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