Peter Bazalgette
Chooses Wyndham Lewis's portrait of Edith Sitwell
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Chair of Arts Council England |
Former television producer responsible for hit shows such as Big Brother, Ground Force and Changing Rooms. In Sept 2012 appointed Chair of Arts Council England.
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Portrait of Edith Sitwell by Wyndham Lewis
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Sir Peter聽Bazalgette chooses聽a portrait聽of the eccentric poet聽Edith Sitwell聽by the Vorticist painter and writer Wyndham Lewis. Presented by John Wilson.
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The Painter's Weakness
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Booker prize winning novelist A. S. Byatt talks to Mark Lawson about Wyndham Lewis and his struggle to paint hands.
Edith Sitwell
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Edith Sitwell talks about writing poetry聽in 1948 on the 大象传媒.聽
Edith Sitwell's Relationships
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Lady Penelope Sitwell,聽Edith's niece,聽and biographer Richard Greene talk to Jenni Murray about Sitwell's relationships with her mother and a Russian artist.
Dylan Thomas reads Sitwell
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An extract from a 1948 大象传媒 archive recording of Dylan Thomas reading Sitwell's poem An Old Woman
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