Newsnight Review - 07/08/2009

Presenter Kwame Kwei Armah is joined by comedian Natalie Haynes, actor David Schneider and politician Michael Gove to discuss the best cultural options for a staycation this summer. The Junior Officers' Reading Club tops a reading list given out to Conservative MPs for the summer recess. Patrick Hennessey's memoir of his time serving in Afghanistan is an account of the highs and the horrors of army life. Frank McGuinness's new version of Euripedes' play, Helen at London's Globe Theatre nods towards ideas of the futilty of war too, meanwhile Tom Payne's book Fame traces the origins of celebrity culture to 500BC. There is a new road movie staring Isabelle Huppert where no-one leaves Home, and has the summer entertainment phenomenon Big Brother had its day?