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THURSDAY 19 JUNE
Presented by Mark Lawson
Launch the Whistler Gallery
JAMES McNEILL WHISTLER
Richard Cork and Art Historian Robin Spencer discuss Scotland's massive tribute to American painter James McNeill Whistler, alongwith this once in a lifetime chance to view Whistler's masterpiece - arguably one of the world's most famous painting - the portrait of his mother.
Celebrations begin on Saturday to mark the centenary of Whistler's death, focused around The Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery in Glasgow, which has a huge retrospective of Whistler's work that will run until the beginning of Oct 2003.
Robin Spencer's book, James McNeill Whistler, will be published by the Tate in October
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MARK THOMPSON
Mark Lawson talks to Channel 4's Chief Executive Mark Thompson, and asks him why they are axing Brookside after all this time? How long will cricket and Big Brother last..and which shows will make it to the end of the season?
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CINEMATIC PAIRINGS
To talk about cinematic pairings, Mark is joined by the film writer Stephanie Smith. Samuel Jackson and John Travolta in Pulp Fiction - Robert Redford & Paul Newman in The Sting - what is it that makes a good double act?
Jackson & Travolta star again in the military thriller, Basic, opening UK wide tomorrow Certificate 15
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SOWETO KINCH
Jazz meets hip-hop in the music of this young British sax player, Soweto Kinch. He won the Intl Saxophonist Of The Year award at the Montreux Jazz Festival and walked away with the Rising Star award at the BBC Radio Jazz Awards.
Soweto Kinch tours his amazing début album, Conversations With The Unseen, on Dune Records and plays the Royal Festival Hall in June - see websites for further info & tour dates
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COLUMN: NICKNAMES
...a flop by any other name...What is it that performers secretly call the plays they're in? Matt Wolfe sets us up with a few examples: Henry the 5th/Hank Sank, Out Of The Blue/Into The Red, and of course the misspronounced Les Miserables.
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RELATED LINKS
DuneJazz: SOWETO TOUR Dates
Royal Festival Hall: SOWETO KINCH
Web Museum: James McNeil Whistler | |
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