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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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