22 May 2007
Tuesday 22 May 2007 21:45-22:30 (Radio 3)
Playlist
How We Are
Tate Britain is launching a major new survey of British photography - the first it has ever held.
"How We Are" explores the ways in which the British and its countryside have been portrayed visually over the years since the very invention of photography.
Isabel Hilton and guests review the show and discuss what it says about our opinion of our nation and about our changing sense of Britishness.
The History of Britain
The history of modern Britain is also the subject of a major new documentary series on BBC 2.
Anne McElvoy of the Evening Standard reviews Andre Marr's new history programme on tonight's Night Waves.
The myth of Garibaldi
Garibaldi is one of Italy's most cherished heroes. His most famous contribution came in 1860 when he helped provoke the downfall of papal power and the Bourbon monarchy and hasten the formation of the Italian Nation State.
Isabel Hilton discusses the continuing charisma of Garibaldi but also explores the enduring myth of Garibaldi around the world.
Self portraits from the Uffizi
And, in Dulwich, a new exhibition introduces artists as they saw themselves - including Chagall, Velazquez, Tintoretto and Rembrandt.
All these paintings come from the famous Vasari corridor in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, recreated in Dulwich for the first time.
