The Week - UK (2021-07-17)

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17 July 2021 THE WEEK

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Aftera£6mrenovation,ManchesterJewi sh

Museumhas reopened. Alongsiderestoration of

the 1874 synagogue, the “extraordinaryobjects

ondisplay”bring thehistory and diversity of the

city’s Jewish community to life(DailyTelegraph)

(manchesterjewishmuseum.com).

Originallyplanned forJanuary,Dodgebrings

dodgems anddining to the courtyard of

Somerset House. There’sacolourfulart

installation by Yinka Ilori andapop-up

restaurant. Until 22August, SomersetHouse,

London WC2 (somersethouse.org.uk).

Unearthed: Photography’sRootstracesthe

medium’s180-yearhistorythroughimagesof

nature, fromearly Victorianstill lifes to Robert

Mapplethorpe’s eroticisedblooms. Until30

August, Dulwich PictureGallery, LondonSE21

(dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk).

Book now

TheEdinburghInternationalBook Festival

returnswith250events,all availableonline.

Headliners includeNobelPrize-winners

AmartyaSenandKazuo Ishiguro, Douglas

Stuart in conversationwith NicolaSturgeon,

andBernardine Evaristo. 14-30 August,

Charlotte Square Gardens,Edinburgh; ticketsgo

onsale atnoon on 22 July (edbookfest.co.uk).

Marking 50 years sinceMike Oldfield’s land-

mark fusionof prog rock, folk andelectronica,

afullband willperformTubularBells:Live

in Concert.7-15August,RoyalFestival Hall,

London SE1(southbankcentre.co.uk).

TheLastof theWineby

MaryRenault, 1956 (Virago

£8.99).Oneof myfavourite

evocationsofclassical Greece.

Itisbeautifullywritten, vivid

andnatural,withno hint of

theresearch that musthave

gone into it. Butit’s also a

deeplyemotional,delicately

drawnlovestorybetween

twomen.It bringstolifethe

horrorsofancient warfare,the

originalOlympicGames, and

philosophersSocratesand

Plato,asclassicalAthensfalls

fromprosperityintowarand

socialdivision, and democracy

crumbles underpressure.

HomeFirebyKamila

Shamsie,201 7 (Bloomsbury

£8.99).Agrippingexample of

Greekmythilluminatingour

ownage.ABritishMuslim,

whoseboyfriendisthesonof

aMuslim home secretary, tries

to help her radicalisedbrother

escape Isisandcomesup

againstthe powerofthestate.

Abrilliantre-workingof

Sophocles’stragedy,Antigone.

TheCompletePoemsby

John Keats, 1973 (Penguin

£12.99).Itisexactly 200 years

sinceKeats died,aged25,of

TB.Astableman’sson,born at

aninnin Moorgate, hewrote

someofthe most memorable

andsensualpoemsofalltime.

SylviaPlath PoemsChosen

by CarolAnnDuffybySylvia

Plath,2012(Faber £9.99).A

handy,slip-in-your-pocket

selection byoneofthe most

important20thcenturypoets.

Plath’spoemsare personal,

imaginative,braveand

surprising:theirimagery,

voiceandnewwaysoflooking

at relationships and life

experiencechangedtheworld

of poetryforeveryone.Icould

neverbewithouther.

David Copperfieldby

CharlesDickens,1849

(Penguin £7.99).Itwas

Dickens’sfavouriteofhis own

novels,andisminetoo.My

dadread ittome, Ireadit

to mydaughter, andIre-read

it every tenyears.Itis an

autobiographical storytoldin

thenarrator’svoice.Dickens’s

laughter,tenderness and anger

atinjusticeareon showon

everypage.

Bestbooks... RuthPadel

The award-winning poet, authorand classicist chooses herfive favourite

books.Her new novel,Daughters of the Labyrinth(Corsair £18.99) –

acontemporarystory set partlyin herbelovedCrete–isout now

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

YinkaIloriatSomersetHouse

Television

Programmes

AVeryBritishCountry

HouseAtwo-partlookbehind

thescenesatClivedenHouse

anditsestate,asithostsa

varietyofguestsandevents,

includingInstagram

influencersandawedding.

Sun 18 Jul,C420:00(60mins).

BaptisteNewseriesofthe

moodydetectivedrama:Julien

BaptistetravelstoHungaryto

helptheBritishambassador

(FionaShaw)findhermissing

family.Sun 18 Jul,BBC1

21:00(60mins).

UprisingDocumentaryby

SteveMcQueenandJames

Rogan,exploringthe 1981

NewCrossfire,anditseffect

onracerelations.Tue20,Wed

21 andThur 22 Jul,BBC121:00

(threeparts,60minseach).

TornApart:FamilyCourts

UncoveredDispatchesuses

unseen footage and personal

testimony to investigate what

goes on behind the closed

doors of family courts, with

some shocking revelations.

Tue 20 Jul, C4 22:00 (60mins).

HillsongChurch:GodGoes

ViralStoryvilledocumentary

about the Hillsong mega-

church, which hasaglobal

followingvia its social media

and millennial-friendly brand

of Christianity. Wed 21 Jul,

BBC4 22:00 (100 mins).

Films

Nebraska(2013) Alexander

Payne’s road movie sees

Bruce Dern asacantankerous

pensioner who sets off with

his son to collectasweepstake

prize, visiting long-lost family

along the way. Thur 22 Jul, C4

02:10 (120mins).

Wings ofDesire(1987)Wim

Wenders’ award-winning

fantasy tells the story of two

angels who watch over a

divided Berlin. Thur 22 Jul,

Film4 23:15 (160mins).

Titles in print are available from The Week Bookshop on 020-3176 3835. For out-of-print books visit biblio.co.uk

New to subscription TV

In TreatmentHBO’s hit

drama aboutapsycho-

therapist returns forafourth

series, with Uzo Aduba

taking over from Gabriel

Byrne in the lead role. From

19 July, on Sky Atlantic.

HeistThe extraordinary

stories behind three real-life

robberies, with dramatic

reconstructions of the events.

On Netflix.

The Archers:what happened last week
At the fête planning-committee meeting, Joy suggestsascarecrow competition. Lynda says it’s
been done before, but others support it. Alice tells Kate about Peggy and Chris “conspiring” over
her alcoholism. Outraged, Kate wants to confront Peggy but Alice goes herself, and is surprised
to get an abject apology. Alice makes her peace, but Kate is still furious and wants to leave Peggy
and move in with Jakob. Lynda’s pride is wounded by the support for Joy’s idea, but Fallon kindly
reassures her. Brian drives Alice to rehab, but as they get close, she escapes.Afrantic Brian finds
her inapub. He eventually gets her to the facility but, as he says goodbye, Alice bitterly tells him
she hates him. Neil admits to Shula that gardening for her isabreak from stresses at home. Later,
Shula arrives as he and Susan bicker about work; when Susan learns how much Neil has been
helping Shula, she leaves abruptly. Brian confides in Eddie about the trauma of leaving Alice at
rehab. Eddie sympathises and reassures Brian that Alice didn’t mean what she said.
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NDREW MEREDITH