Beauty: Dame Fiona Reynolds, The Bowes Museum, David Willetts on the State
Anne McElvoy explores bringing back the word beauty in arguments about the countryside with Dame Fiona Reynolds and considers an exhibition of English beauties at the Bowes Museum.
Anne McElvoy talks to Dame Fiona Reynolds about a career spent defending the beauty of the British landscape, and considers an exhibition of English beauties at the Bowes Museum. She is also joined by former minister The Rt Hon David Willetts, media executive Charles Brand and Marc Stears head of the New Economics Foundation to discuss the role of the state in the 21st century, and ahead of Sunday's Drama on 3 she explores literary depictions of the city of Venice with David Barnes.
Dame Fiona Reynolds' book is called The Fight For Beauty: Our Path to a Better Future
English Rose Feminine Beauty from Van Dyck to Sargent runs at the Bowes Museum from 14 May - 25 September 2016 and if you're in Liverpool there's still a couple of weeks to catch the Walker Gallery show of Pre Raphaelite beauties Pre-Raphaelites: Beauty and Rebellion which runs until June 5th
David Willetts is the author of The Pinch.
David Barnes' book is called The Venice Myth: Culture, Literature, Politics, 1800 to the Present.
Naomi Alderman's imagining of the story of Jessica from the Merchant of Venice is being broadcast on Sunday night on Radio 3 at 10pm and there's an introductory animation on the Radio 3 website and a link to Professor Jerry Broton's Sunday Feature investigating the Venice Ghetto.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Anne McElvoy |
Interviewed Guest | Fiona Reynolds |
Interviewed Guest | David Willetts |
Interviewed Guest | Charles Brand |
Interviewed Guest | Marc Stears |
Interviewed Guest | David Barnes |
Producer | Eliane Glaser |
Broadcast
- Thu 19 May 2016 22:00成人快手 Radio 3
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