大象传媒

Your daily journey into global arts, culture and entertainment, with Harriett Gilbert and Mark Coles.

Guernica Tapestry
On the 26th April 1937 at the height of the Spanish Civil war 28 bombers obliterated the ancient Basque town of Guernica machine gunning civilians on the ground as they went.

Pablo Picasso's giant Guernica painting with its images of twisted bodies, horses screaming, dead children held aloft by grieving mothers and houses on fire is one of the most enduring artistic responses to the horror of conflict.

The Polish artist Goshka Macuga has persuaded the United Nations to lend her a full size tapestry copy of Guernica for an installation she's created at the newly refurbished Whitechapel Gallery in East London. (see image below)

Moroccan Cabaret
The 大象传媒's James Copnall takes us to Morocco, and to the first Cabaret club in Marrakech. Finding out how the club has been received in this Muslim country.

Leonard Cohen
Ahead of the release of a new CD & DVD Live in London - Mark is joined in the studio by journalist Andrew Male to discuss the comeback of veteran singer songwriter Leonard Cohen.

Leonard Cohen Live in London (CD and DVD) is available to buy from March 30th 2009 on the Sony label.

Bill Bruford
Jazz drummer Bill Bruford has had an illustrious career playing with everyone from prog-rockers Yes through to his own band Earthworks but at the age of 59 has decided to retire. Yet musician's older than him find it hard to give up the stage and continue to tour into their old age. Bill gives us his thoughts on why it's so hard for musician's to retire.