We are very pleased to include a two-part interview with Tracy Chevalier as part of the Blake TV podcast series. Tracy is the best-selling author of novels including "Girl With A Pearl Earring" and "Burning Bright", which features William Blake as one of its characters. She was interviewed over ...
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"Blake’s Shadow" has been devised by Dr Colin Trodd, a lecturer in Art History at the University of Manchester. This exhibition, to run concurrently with "Mind Forg’d Manacles", explores the influence of Blake on the development of the visual arts from the eighteenth century to the present day. ...
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Welcome to the first podcast from Blake TV! Name - Nicola Walker Current job and place of employment - Head of Collection Care and Access, The Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester What did you study at sixth form or college? - A levels – English, History, Art Did you go to Univers...
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Name - Heather Birchall Current job and place of employment - Curator (Historic Fine Art), Whitworth Art Gallery, the University of Manchester What did you study at sixth form or college? - History, English, French Did you go to University or any other higher education institution? If so, where ...
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This week’s interview features the director of the Whitworth Art Gallery, Dr Maria Balshaw. Name - Dr Maria Balshaw Current job and place of employment - Director, The Whitworth Art Gallery What did you study at sixth form or college? - English Literature, History, Geography Did you go to Univer...
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This interview with Julian Cope was recorded at the "Blake’s Shadow" private view. Julian requested that he not be filmed, hence this interview is audio-only, accompanied by an on-the-spot illustration by Mark Penman. Name - Julian Cope Current job and place of employment - I write at home and r...
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Our interview this week is a series of voxpops from the launch of "Blake’s Shadow" and "Mind Forg'd Manacles: Blake and Slavery". To follow, over the next few weeks are interviews with David Morris, Head of Collections at The Whitworth Art Gallery, Michael Eavis, founder of Glastonbury Festival ...
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Mike Chavez Dawson interviewed Billy Childish during a performance evening at The Whitworth Art Gallery. Billy Childish is a cult figure in America, Europe and Japan. Painter, poet and song writer - in a twenty year period he has published over 40 collections of his poetry, recorded over 100 ful...
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This is the second podcast from Blake TV. Name - Alan Birch Current job and place of employment - Printmaker What did you study at sixth form or college? - A levels and GCSEs at school Did you go to University or any other higher education institution? If so, where and what did you study? - BA (...
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Our fifteenth and final podcast is an interview with Michael Eavis, dairy farmer and founder of the Glastonbury Festival - appropriately enough, as the festival is taking place this very weekend! Michael was interviewed over the telephone by Wendy Gallagher. The illustration accompanying the int...
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Name - Christopher Bucklow Current job and place of employment - Artist What did you study at sixth form or college? - History, Art and English A-Levels Did you go to University or any other higher education institution? If so, where and what did you study? - Leicester Polytechnic, BA Hons Art H...
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Our penultimate interview is with David Morris, Head of Collections at the Whitworth Art Gallery. Name - David Morris Current job and place of employment - Head of Collections, The Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester What did you study at sixth form or college? - English, History...
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INTERVIEW WITH TRACY CHEVALIER (PART ONE)
