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Jhalak Book Prize, Tate Britain Rehang, The Little Mermaid, Cannes

Jhalak Book Prize winners. The new Tate Britain rehang and film The Little Mermaid - reviewed by Alice Jones and Amon Warmann. Cannes film roundup with Jason Solomons.

The Jhalak Prize is an annual literary prize for British or British-Resident writers of colour, established in 2016. Previous winners include Reni Eddo-Lodge and Johny Pitts. Tom speaks to the winners of this year鈥檚 Jhalak Prize and Jhalak Children鈥檚 and Young Adult Prize, announced at the British Library this evening.

This week Tate Britain revealed a complete rehang of its free collection displays - the first in ten years. There are over 800 works by over 350 artists, featuring much-loved favourites and recent discoveries, including 70 works which entered the collection in the past 5 years. The rehang intends to reflect revolutionary changes in art, culture and society, and present new work by some of Britain鈥檚 most exciting contemporary artists. Associate arts editor of The Times, Alice Jones, and TV and film critic Amon Warmann give their view.

Plus The Little Mermaid. In their 100th year, Disney have reworked their 1989 Oscar winning animated musical classic into a live action version, starring Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King and Melissa McCarthy. Alice and Amon review.

And the Cannes Film Festival - critic Jason Solomons offers his round up of this year's films.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Corinna Jones

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