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Spoonful of Maths Helps the Medicine Go Down, A (2004)

Subject

Mathematics; Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes (approx)), £12.00

A recording of a lecture delivered as part of the London Mathematical Society’s Popular Lecture series. Professor H. Byrne of Nottingham University discusses the role that mathematics can play in the field...

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Slab Boys-Bbc Front Row Radio Feature (2003)

Subject

Drama

A short feature on the Radio 4 programme Front Row to tie in with the Traverse Theatre’s plans to re-stage the entire ‘Slab Boys’ trilogy about teenagers in the 1950s and 60s as the culmination of...

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Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation - Catherine Wheel (2005)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 87 minutes), £17.99

A video version of the Broadway production refashioned for television, using an assortment of spectacular visual techniques. A collaborative work between TwylaTharp and David Byrne (of The Talking Heads),...

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IlÉ AiyÉ (The House of Life) (2004)

aka: House of Life, The

Director

David Byrne

Subject

Anthropology; Media studies; Music; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (50 minutes), £17.99

An impressionistic documentary by David Byrne (of Talking Heads) on Candomblé, the Brazilian spirit cult of the Bahia region. This "docu-poem" eschews all traditional documentary techniques and evokes the...

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Simple Twist of Fate, A (1994)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 101 mins), £15.99

An updated version of George Eliot’s classic novel "Silas Marner" starring Steve Martin and Gabriel Byrne.

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Vanity Fair (2004) (2005)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 141 minutes), £19.99

A film adaptation of Thackeray’s novel, with Gabriel Byrne, Reese Witherspoon, Rhys Ifans and Romola Garai, directed by Mira Nair.

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To Camera (1992 Video)

Director

Vito Acconci; Breda Beban; David Byrne; Peter Campus; Sera Furneaux; Akiko Hada; Mona Hatoum; Nan Hoover; Hrvoje Horvatic; John Maybury; Tony Oursler; Perillo; Ulrike Rosenbach; Sanborn; Mike Stubbs

Subject

Art; Media studies

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 3 x 65 min.

A three-part retrospective charting the diverse links between video, performance and music over more than 20 years. 1: Traces an influential line of fine art/conceptual work. Includes pieces by Nan Hoover,...

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Joyce in June (1982)

Director

Donald McWhinnie

Subject

Literature

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION

A journey into the imagined world of James Joyce’s mind while he was writing Ulysses, and when he met the love of his life Nora Barnacle. Written to celebrate the centenary of Joyce’s birth. [70 minutes]

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Mixed Up in the Middle East (2011)

Director

Elizabeth Byrne

Subject

Arabic studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £195.00

As the daughter of an Arab Muslim father and Jewish mother, Reya El-Salahi travels to the heart of Israel to understand the reality of living with the conflict in the Middle East. She faces the dangers and...

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Dreaming the Quiet Man

Director

Se Merry Doyle

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (92 minutes), £14.99

A documentary exploring the legacy of John Ford’s film The QUIET MAN. An array of Hollywood names, including directors Martin Scorsese and Peter Bogdanovich, along with Gabriel Byrne and Maureen O’Hara,...

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