It’s a trip to Histon today, where Neil meets two local artists Bernard Stewart-Deane (Acrylics and pastels) and Stephen Tromans (oil painting) who are exhibiting for Open Studios to raise money for a major community project in the village. And there’s news of a children’s art competition. … [Read more...]
Cambridge Open Studios 2016: Fran Williams, Christine Wilson & Anstey Garrick-Green
Today Neil travels to the picturesque village of Hemingford Grey near St Ives, to meet three local artists with very different styles, who are joining forces to exhibit this year. Fran Williams (Pen and wash drawing, watercolours, printmaking), Christine Wilson (watercolour, mixed media, printmaking) and Anstey Garrick-Green (mixed media, collage). … [Read more...]
105 Drive with Julian Clover – Supersizing Cambridge
Julian hears from Stuart Weir, one of the organisers of 'Supersizing Cambridge', which wants to put a stop the exponential growth of our city. … [Read more...]
Rock Lit – Blues History
History of the Blues. Alan Alder uncovers the many deeply held myths surrounding the blues, including the place of Robert Johnson. Hear one of the first ever blues recordings along with prison songs and British-based blues bands, as Elijah Wald’s Escape from the Delta is reviewed. … [Read more...]
Roundabout with Tony Barnfield – Cambridge Summer Music Festival
A special musical edition of the magazine programme. From Gabrieli to Mozart, Poulenc to Debussy, Finzi to Gesualdo, Tony Barnfield previews the Cambridge Summer Music Festival (15-30 July) in conversation with its Director, John McMunn, who introduces CD highlights of the Festival. … [Read more...]
Bums on Seats – Independence Day & Shakespeare's Sisters
We start in the stars and ends at the bottom of a bottle of bubbly, with reviews of Independence Day: Resurgence, Adult Life Skills, Elvis and Nixon and Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie. Plus we talk to filmmakers Lucy Campbell and Nat Luurtsema about their short film variations on a theme of William Shakespeare, created for Film London's … [Read more...]
105 Drive with Julian Clover – Wine Review: Argentina
In the last of the present season Nigel Beaumont tells Julian about wines from Argentina. … [Read more...]
