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Edgar Wright on The Running Man

Edgar Wright on The Running Man. Plus Andrew Graham Dixon on Vermeer and the letters of John Updike.

Do Vermeer's paintings contain hidden religious symbolism? Art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon argues that the enigmatic painter's membership of a radical Christian group has been long overlooked.

Writer John Updike became a sensation when is candid and controversial novel Rabbit, Run was published in 1960. Now his posthumously published letters shine a new light on his work and relationships with the women in his life - from his mother and mother-in-law to lovers and wives. We discuss this legacy with James Schiff, the man who edited them, as well as his "successor" Gish Jen and literary critic Suzi Feay.

Director Edgar Wright is on to discuss new dystopian action thriller The Running Man.

And to mark Commemoration Day, a reading of The Mother by May Herschel Clark, from a new collection of women's World War One poetry.

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Interviewed GuestEdgar Wright
Interviewed GuestAndrew Graham-Dixon

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  • Tue 11 Nov 202519:15

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