Strange Worlds of Their Own
This week, Thea Lenarduzzi and Lucy Dallas are joined by the novelist Margaret Drabble to consider the \u2018curiously free-floating reputation\u2019 of Russell Hoban, whose adult novels, including \u2018Riddley Walker\u2019, now appear as Penguin Modern Classics; as twin exhibitions mark the centenary of the birth of the English sculptor, painter, writer, designer and illustrator Michael Ayrton, the critic Boyd Tonkin delves into the myth-laden maze of the artist\u2019s thought
\u2018From Oprah to Medusa: The endlessly various world of Russell Hoban\u2019 by Margaret Drabble: www.the-tls.co.uk
\u2018Michael Ayrton: A singular obsession\u2019, Fry Art Gallery Too, Saffron Walden, until October 31st
\u2018Michael Ayrton Centenary: Ideas, images, reflections\u2019, edited by Justine Hopkins
\u2018Celebrating Michael Ayrton: A centenary exhibition\u2019, the Lightbox, Woking, until August 8th
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