Break Out Culture With Ed Vaizey by Country and Town House

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We’re visiting:

Adrian Sassoon at Parham

A House of History - Online 26th May – 31st August

In-Situ at Parham House : late June to 31st August

https://www.parhaminsussex.co.uk

We’re reading:

Raymond Gubbay’s autobiography - Lowering the Tone and Raising the Roof

We’re watching:

Capernaum - on All 4 and Amazon Prime

Quo Vadis, Aida? - On Amazon Prime

Edited and Produced by Alex Graham

We talk to Sarah Wyndham Lewis about bees, Simon Wallis, director of the Hepworth Wakefield  Gallery in West Yorkshire, and Wigmore Hall’s director John Gilhooly.

To celebrate World Bee Day, Martin Miller’s Gin is offering listeners a 10% discount on all its ranges from 12th May till 31st October

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We’re reading:

Planting for Honeybees: The Grower’s Guide to Creating a Buzz by Sarah Wyndham Lewis

We’re visiting:

Barbara Hepworth:  Art & Life at The Hepworth Wakefield Gallery

From 21st May till 27th February 2022

https://hepworthwakefield.org/whats-on/barbara-hepworth-art-and-life/

The Yorkshire Sculpture Park

https://ysp.org.uk

Summer Concerts and the Learning Festival at London’s Wigmore Hall

https://wigmore-hall.org.uk

https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/learning/learning-festival-2021-connectivity

We’re making:

A Bee’s Knee’s Cocktail

Ingredients

Method

Edited and Produced by Alex Graham

Young Kim on her erotic memoir A Year on Earth with Mr. Hell and Simon Berry on his new radio play The Dame and the Showgirl with Emma Thompson. Plus sculptor Conrad Shawcross on Art in the Age of Now at Fulham Town Hall.

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We’re reading:

A Year on Earth with Mr Hell by Young Kim

Limited edition of 2000 only from Ubu Gallery in New York

www.ubugallery.com

We’re listening to:

The Dame and the Showgirl by Simon Berry on Audible

https://www.audible.co.uk/search?keywords=The+Dame+and+the+Showgirl&ref=a_hp_t1_header_search

We’re visiting:

Art in the Age of Now at Fulham Town Hall

May 20th to June 6th

www.fulhamtownhall.com

Produced and Edited by Alex Graham

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We’re reading:

Living with Shakespeare: St. Helen’s Parish 1593 to 1598 by Geoffrey Marsh

We’re making sure we’re on Longborough Opera Festival’s waiting list to see:

Die Walküre (main house)

Big Top:

Così Fan Tutti

The Return of Ulysses

The Cunning Little Vixen

https://lfo.org.uk

We’re exploring TheVov

See:

Andreas Gursky at The Hayward Gallery

Art Now by Lisa Brice at Tate Britain

https://www.thevov.art

Edited and Produced by Alex Graham

It's our 1st birthday! Thanks to everyone who's listened to this podcast over the last year. You've certainly made our year better and we hope we've done the same for you.

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We’re listening to:

A Living Loss, the Art of Losing and Finding Yourself : the new podcast from Julia Samuel, available on Spotify

We’re reading:

Grief Works by Julia Samuel

This Too Shall Pass: Tales of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings by Julia Samuel

We’re learning to play the piano from scratch in a month with AyseDeniz Gockin at the

Borderless Piano Academy. Sign up for $149 – other courses available.

https://www.borderlesspiano.com

We’re watching:

Bloods starring Samson Kayo and Jane Horrocks, airs on Sky1 from 5th May

Produced and Edited by Alex Graham

Plus we talk to Leo Villareal about lighting up the Thames and to Thomas Del Mar about a clever plan to help fund Westminster Abbey, The Wallace Collection and Grange Festival

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We’re reading:

Letters to Camondo by Edmund de Waal

The Hare with the Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal

Keep an ey on the Musée Nissim de Camdondo’s website for news of the exhibition curated

by Edmund de Waal opening in October

https://madparis.fr/en/museums/musee-nissim-de-camondo/

We’re visiting:

Illuminated River

https://illuminatedriver.london

We’re bidding at auction, donating or consigning what we can to raise funds for

Westminster Abbey, The Wallace Collection and Grange Festival via Olympic Auctions’ series

of fundraising auctions:

https://www.olympiaauctions.com/about-us/fundraising/

Edited and Produced by Alex Graham

The film of the true story that sheds lights on the horrors of Guantánamo Bay

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We’re watching:

The Mauritanian, starring Jodie Foster and Tahar Rahim on Netflix

We’re reading:

Guantánamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi

We’re booking:

Romeo and Juliet at Regents Park Open Air Theatre

https://openairtheatre.com/production/romeo-juliet

Romeo and Juliet at The Globe

https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/whats-on/romeo-and-juliet-live-stream-2021/

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella at The Gillian Lynne Theatre

https://andrewlloydwebberscinderella.com

To Kill a Mockingbird adapted at The Gielgud Theatre

https://tickets.delfontmackintosh.co.uk/index.asp?ShoID=2945

We’re visiting:

New Normal Pictures by Gilbert & George

White Cube, Mason’s Yard

https://whitecube.com/exhibitions/exhibition/gilbert_and_george_masons_yard_2021

We’re celebrating:

The Jerwood Blue Sky Fund, which has given £1 million to The Theatre Artists Fund and Help Musicians

https://jerwoodarts.org/2021/03/12/jerwood-foundation-announces-blue-sky-fund/

Produced and Edited by Alex Graham

The London Handel Festival’s Easter Concert, Van Gogh Alive comes to Kensington Gardens and Ben Fenton talks about his book ‘To Be Fair’

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We’re reading:

To Be Fair: The Ultimate Guid to Fairness in the 21st Century by Ben Fenton

We’re tuning into:

Messiah Reimagined at 7 pm on Easter Monday

https://www.london-handel-festival.com

Watch on:

ttps://www.youtube.com/londonhandelfestival

We’re booking:

Van Gogh Alive

Opens in Kensington Gardens on 4th June till 26th September

https://vangoghaliveuk.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjw3pWDBhB3EiwAV1c5rGoXE0RCNHmM0-nquAIc6RCFRjUIB3K7_ycQV4cNL1p452I5ib6kYxoCqJMQAvD_BwE

Plus a new exhibition from learning disabled artists and ancient poetry brought to life with five short films by award-winning Jack Jewers.

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We’re reading:

The Art Museum in Modern Times by Charles Saumarez Smith

We’re following:

Charles Saumarez Smith’s blog

https://charlessaumarezsmith.com/blog/

We’re visiting:

The virtual exhibition Electric Dreams

https://venturearts.org/exhibitions-events/exhibition-electric-dreams/

We’re watching:

Jack Jewers’s short films illustrating five ancient classical poems to celebrate World Poetry Day

https://inversefilm.uk

We’re going on:

A Virtual Walking Tour of the Jewish Quarter in Budapest on 15th April

https://www.arthistoryinfocus.com/courses/286/cultural-travels-from-home--a-walking-tour-of-the-jewish-quarter-in-budapest.html

For all other tours visit www.arthistoryinfocus.com

We’re visiting:

The Yorkshire Sculpture Park https://ysp.org.uk and seeing Alison Milner’s exhibition Decorative Minimalist https://ysp.org.uk/exhibitions/alisonmilner

Produced and Edited by Alex Graham

Gilbert & George on their new exhibition ‘The New Normal Pictures’.  Plus Desmond Cecil on being a musical diplomat

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We’re booking:

New Normal Pictures by Gilbert & George

White Cube, Mason’s Yard, London W1 from 13th April till 1st May

Book to visit here:  https://whitecubebookings.as.me/schedule.php

View New Normal Pictures online at:

https://whitecube.com/channel/channel/gilbert_and_george_in_the_gallery_masons_yard_2021

We’re reading:

The Wandering Civil Servant of Stradivarius: Themes and Variations by Desmond Cecil CMG

Produced and Edited by Alex Graham