Richard Hamilton, Michael Hart, Gabriel Valdes and Wardell Quezergue
Matthew Bannister on artist Richard Hamilton, founder of Project Gutenberg Michael Hart, Chilean politician Gabriel Valdes, and New Orleans arranger Wardell Quezergue.
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Richard Hamilton - the father of pop art who was inspired by technology and modern life.
Michael Hart, who founded Project Gutenberg to digitise great works of literature and make them freely available to all.
Gabriel Valdes, the Chilean politician who played a leading role in ousting Pinochet's military junta
Wardell Quezergue, the arranger credited with developing the New Orleans sound. He worked with Paul Simon, The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney
And the poet Herbert Lomas, whose work on the death of his wife inspired Ted Hughes to write his Birthday Letters.
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RICHARD HAMILTON
Richard Hamilton was kown as the father of pop art. Tracy Emin and Michael Craig-Martin pay tribute.
Duration: 07:27
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- Fri 16 Sep 2011 16:00成人快手 Radio 4 FM
- Sun 18 Sep 2011 20:30成人快手 Radio 4
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