SR: V+A Cast Court, Big Eyes, City of Angels, Kureishi/Murakami/AN Wilson, Mapp and Lucia 20 Dec 14

Summary: London's V+A Museum has reopened the Weston Cast Court,housing lifesize casts of statuary & artefacts from around Europe. It includes the museum's largest items, can it draw their largest crowds? Larry Gelbart's City of Angels is revived at London's Donmar Warehouse. A musical which garnered awards galore 25 years ago in its original run, will this production be a winner? Tim Burton's new film Big Eyes is about 1960s housewife Margaret Keane whose paintings of waifs with enormous dark eyes were wildly commercially successful. Small Books: We look at 3 very short works. Hanif Kureishi, Haruki Murakami and AN Wilson all have stories to tell, that they feel are best-suited to new diminutive formats. The BBC has remade EF Benson's Mapp and Lucia in sumptuous style; is it a new classic? Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Meg Rosoff, Deborah Moggach and John Carey. The producer is Oliver Jones