Culture + Reviews
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5 out of 5 stars.
Francis Bacon: Human Presence review – ‘This whirligig of horrors is the best Bacon show I’ve ever seen’
5 out of 5 stars.The hard-living artist’s distorted figures – deformed to reveal mortality, sex and death – often left their subjects feeling injured. But this biting show should leave crowds astonished
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4 out of 5 stars.TV reviewBombing Brighton: The Plot to Kill Thatcher review – her shaky post-blast interview says it allGuy King’s documentary analyses the politics and history that led to the deadly IRA attack on the Conservative party conference in 1984 with care and intelligence
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5 out of 5 stars.Sophie Willan’s fabulous Boltonian is back – but her life has taken a heartbreaking turn. Even with added devastation, this is TV at its most beautiful, furious and hilarious
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4 out of 5 stars.
Gap-toothed kids, creepy dolls and the first smile captured on camera – Ffoto Cymru review
4 out of 5 stars.From x-rayed paintings to familial horror, the biennial photography festival showcases a stunning range of women who have pushed the medium forward -
2 out of 5 stars.
In Her Place review – true-crime drama of a court worker fascinated by author in the dock
2 out of 5 stars.Based on a real murder in Chile in the 1950s, Maite Alberdi’s fictional story of obsession has glamour and style, but no intensity
Arcangelo/Cohen/Frang/Doyle review – Tetbury festival closes with sublime baroque programme
5 out of 5 stars.