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
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
Booker prize winning novelist A. S. Byatt talks to Mark Lawson about Wyndham Lewis and his struggle to paint hands.
Edith Sitwell
Edith Sitwell talks about writing poetry聽in 1948 on the 蜜芽传媒.聽
Edith Sitwell's Relationships
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
An extract from a 1948 蜜芽传媒 archive recording of Dylan Thomas reading Sitwell's poem An Old Woman
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