24 January 2006
Tuesday 24 January 2006 21:30-22:15 (Radio 3)
Susan Hitch talks to Stella Tillyard about the turbulent siblings of George III and examines the legacy of Edward Said's Orientalism.
Programme Details
On Night Waves tonight, Susan Hitch talks to Stella Tillyard about the scandalous lives of George III's siblings, whose lives were followed by a celebrity-obsessed public every bit as scandal-hungry as today's.
Edward Said's book Orientalism has influenced generations of scholars with its ideas about how West sees East, but academic Robert Irwin - a defiant Orientalist - charges Said with discrediting a discipline which has contributed vastly to understanding between cultures. He is joined by Basim Musallam to discuss Said's intellectual legacy.
Also in the programme, William Feaver reviews a new exhibition of the work of Andy Warhol, and, as the J. Paul Getty Museum reopens in California, Micheline Wandor reflects on the controversial circumstances of its rebirth.
That's all in Night Waves with Susan Hitch here on Radio 3 at 9.30pm.
Additional Information:
A Royal Affair - George III and His Troublesome Siblings by Stella Tillyard is published by Chatto and Windus.
For Lust of Knowing - The Orientalists and Their Enemies by Robert Irwin is published by Penguin.
A charity screening of Edward Said: The Last Interview will take place at the Phoenix Cinema (East Finchley, London) on Sunday 29 January.
Ten Portraits of Jews in the Twentieth Century by Andy Warhol is at the National Portrait Gallery in London until 2 July, admission free.
The J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu, California, reopens as the Getty Villa on 28 January.
Further information on Cuba's cultural war with the US.
