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Derek Jarman was one of Britain's most innovative and controversial artists of the late 20th century and arguably the most crucial figure of British independent cinema from the 70s through to the 90s
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The Guardian Hay Festival is the largest literary event of its kind in the world. This collection of individual programmes highlights and explores its best parts.
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The publishing event of the 2005 Guardian Hay Festival was a major biography of Mao Tse-Tung by Jung Chang, the author of the runaway bestseller Wild Swans.
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Matt Collings drags the Old Masters out of the rarefied, hallowed atmosphere of the museum, blinking into the light of the 21st century and asks: what do they have to offer us now?
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Art critic Waldemar Januszczak embarks on a global journey to reveal the true meaning behind Michelangelo's greatest masterpiece: the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome
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Can someone who has never sung opera professionally handle a major role in an English National Opera production onstage at the London Coliseum with world-class singers? This unique series finds out...
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In this major series, John Richardson, Picasso's close friend and acclaimed biographer, sets the record straight about one of the 20th century's greatest artists
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Sydney Pollack directs this True Stories documentary that looks at the life and career of architect Frank Gehry, whose creations include the Guggenheim in Bilbao and LA's Disney Concert Hall
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Artist and critic Matthew Collings embarks on an epic journey across the planet to explore the ways in which cultures of the past have shaped our civilisation
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Three of Britain's foremost novelists, Julian Barnes, Kazuo Ishiguro and Jonathan Coe, discuss the direction of the novel
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Art critic Waldemar Januszczak tells the story of one of the world's most notorious artists: the French painter Toulouse Lautrec
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A 49-part series hosted by actress Hannah Gordon, the challenge is to find Britain's best amateur painter and along the way to explore the landscapes of Britain
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Feature-length drama of the moving human story behind two of the most influential and explosive housemates in art history - Vincent Van Gogh (John Simm) and Paul Gauguin (John Lynch)
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