Cate Blanchett's appearance on London's theatre scene has caused so much excitement that ticket allocation is by ballot; When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other: Twelve Variations on Samuel Richardson's Pamela at the National Theatre is described as "six characters who act out a dangerous game of sexual domination and resistance."

When Franz Kafka died in 1924, he left instructions that any remaining manuscripts should be burnt. These instructions were not followed and a legal battle ensued to decide to whom they should belong: to the country of his language - Germany, of his birth - Czechoslovakia or his cultural affinities -Israel?. Benjamin Balint's book follows the machinations of alleged ownership

An exhibition of paintings by Pierre Bonnard at Tate Modern; "The Colour Of Memory" includes several canvases with their frames removed to reveal how he worked.

Nicole Kidman plays a cop setting out to establish justice and to right wrongs in Destroyer.

And a sneak preview of Saturday Review's Podcast Extra
Cultural picks this week:

Lynn Shepherd – True Detective – series 1 and 3 https://www.hbo.com/true-detective

Katie Puchrik – https://www.sceneonradio.org/

Inua Elems – American sonnets for My Past and Future Assassins by Terrance Hayes


Toms Sutcliffe's guests are Inua Ellams, Katie Puckrik and Lynn Shepherd. The producers are Oliver Jones and Hilary Dunn