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Julian Barnes - Front Row Interview (2004)

Subject

Drama

A feature on the Radio 4 programme Front Row. Mark Lawson talks to Julian Barnes in his London home about his writing career, why his ‘Who’s Who’ entry is so enigmatically brief, and why he shrugs off...

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Passion for Art, A: Renoir CÉzanne, Matisse, And Dr Barnes (1996 Multimedia)

Subject

Art

Distribution

CD-ROM

Paintings from the collection of the Barnes Foundation, one of the greatest private art collections of post-Impressionist paintings. Includes close-ups of the paintings, a tour of the Foundation in...

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World Book Club Recording: Julian Barnes

Subject

English language and literature; FE

Every month on BBC World Service Radio, presenter Harriett Gilbert chairs a World Book Club discussion with an internationally acclaimed author about one of their best-known books, in front of an invited...

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Sir Barnes Wallis (1975 Film)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The life and work of Sir Barnes Wallis in the field of aviation. The film begins with his early air-ship days and then goes on to cover the R100, the Wellington Bomber and the bouncing bomb. The latter half...

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Peter the Great and Catherine the Great (1986)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £19.50

Depicts the struggle of Peter the Great to open up Russia - a landlocked nation - to the sea; and Catherine the Great’s desire to bring the values of Western civilisation into Russian daily life. The...

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Bluebeard (2011)

Director

Catherine Breillat

Subject

French studies; Literature; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 80 minutes), £16.49

In the 1950s, Bluebeard was the favourite tale of good little girls, one of whom is Catherine, who loves to frighten her older sister Marie-Anne by reading this fairy tale to her until she starts to cry....

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Change (2013)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 55 minutes), £17.99

This film features the works of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, American photographer Catherine Opie, and Ghanaian sculptor El Anatsui in a look at how these artists represent the theme of change. Art: Art in...

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Spinoza and Symbolic Necessity (2016)

Subject

Philosophy

Lecture by Professor Catherine Malabou of the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy at Kingston University. The lecture was delivered at the Chelsea Lecture Theatre, University of the Arts London...

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Témoins de la Libération de Paris, Les, Et 20 Ans en Août 1944: Deux Films de Jorge Amat

Director

Lorenzo Alvary

Subject

French studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL), 15 Euros

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Daughters of de Beauvoir (1989 Video)

Director

Imogen Sutton

Producer

Penny Forster

Subject

English language and literature; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min., 1998 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (VHS)

Looks at the influence of French writer Simone de Beauvoir’s work. Kate Millet, Marge Piercy, Eva Figes, Ann Oakley, Simone’s sister Helene and her adopted daughter Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir talk of de...

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