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TUESDAY 14 OCTOBER
Presented by Mark Lawson
ARMANI
The Royal Academy of Arts in London opens it's new space at Burlington Gardens today - with an exhibition on the career of fashion designer Giorgio Armani. Review & discussion by Andrew Graham Dixon and Lisa Armstrong
Georgio Armani: A Retrospective, 18 Oct 2003 to 15 Feb 2004
Related website:
Royal Academy: Armani
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DELIA SMITH SCULPTURE
Delia Smith as you have never seen her before. The unveiling of contemporary British artist Marc Quinn's image of the cook, made completely from food, to celebrate her 30 years with the BBC, and the launch of The Delia Collections.
The picture of Quinn's sculpture will be on display in Selfridges in London & Birmingham, from Thurs 16th Oct for 3 weeks
The Delia Collections, a series in which each volume is focused on a single ingredient or type of dish, from BBC Consumer Publishing, 2 Oct
Related website:
BBC Food - Delia Smith
BBC Arts in Profile - Marc Quinn
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STEVEN BOCHCO
Mark Lawson talks to writer Steven Bochco, creator of NYPD Blue and LA Law, about the secret of TV success and why he's branching out into novel writing.
Steven Bochco's book, Death By Hollywood, Bloomsbury Publishers, 6 October 2003 ISBN: 0747570310
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SAVED!
Several times a year, stories appear in the papers about attempts to save famous paintings for the nation. Saved!, a new exhibition at the Hayward Gallery will consist entirely of pieces whose export has been thwarted. Professor Brian Allen, Chairman of the National Arts Collection Fund talks about one of the most intriguing interventions which involves Holbein's portrait of Christine of Denmark painted in 1538.
Saved! 100 Years of the National Art Collections Fund, Hayward Gallery, London from 23 October to 18 January 2004
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ULYSSES
The actor Jim Norton talks to Mark Lawson about the mammoth task of recording all one thousand pages of James Joyce's Ulysses, for an audiobook that takes more than a day to listen to.
The abridged version of Ulysses is out now. The full length version will be on sale next year. Ulysses audio book is out next May on Naxos Modern Classics to coincide with 100th anniversary of Bloomsday
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