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BBC3 documentary
BBC3 documentary
Dr Jenny Alexander: Notre-Dame Fire
Media outlets both in the UK and overseas have sought expert comment from our medieval art and architecture specialist Dr Jenny Alexander regarding the devastating fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral.
This is what she has to say:
Sarah Walford has spoken on BBC radio about campaign to save tower of listed Coventry church.
Dr Sarah Walford has been speaking to Trish Adudu on the BBC Coventry and Warwickshire radio Breakfast Show about the campaign to raise funds for the repair of the bell tower of St Oswald’s Church, Tile Hill. The church is one of a group of three parish churches in Coventry designed by the architect Basil Spence. Sarah was asked about Spence and his architecture, and why the tower is important. It was noted that many Coventrians are unaware that these churches in the Coventry suburbs (also Wood End and Willenhall) were designed by the same architect as the Cathedral, and that the campaign is raising awareness of their significance. The three churches have all been listed for their architectural quality and technical innovation.
You can find out more about The Life and Work of Sir Basil Spence on our project pages.
(Image credit: cc-by-sa/2.0 © Robin Stott geograph.org.uk/p/5345926)
ITV film featuring interviews with Lorenzo Pericolo and Giorgio Tagliaferro
Don't miss Canaletto & the Art of Venice, which opened the major ITV series Great Art.
Prof Lorenzo Pericolo and Dr Giorgio Tagliaferro in Exhibition on Screen film
Canaletto and the Art of Venice is a feature film about the Queen's Gallery exhibition of the same name.
Dr Jenny Alexander interviewed on local radio in Burgundy. Listen to France Bleu Auxerre!
Dr.Jenny Alexander (Warwick) and project partner Professor Terryl Kinder (Pontigny) have taken a break from their fieldwork at Pontigny Abbey church to give an interview to local radio station France Bleu Auxerre. The team are continuing their study of masons' marks at this Cistercian building, a project which is providing valuable information about the history of the building as well as exploring a significant new method of research.
Dr Jenny Alexander talks to Phil Spencer at Burghley House - More4 TV.
Jenny Alexander appeared this week in the first episode of Phil Spencer's Stately Homes. With Phil she looks at the masons' marks on the Roman Stair and at original documents from the archive. The programme, first shown on 9th August, is available for viewing for a limited time on the Channel 4 website: Episode 1 - Burghley House.
Karen Lang in BBC Radio discussion.
Dr Karen Lang took part in a live discussion on the BBC Radio 3 programme Free Thinking on 9th October.
'Tim Marlow, Karen Lang, and Daniel Johnson discuss reading history through the paintings of Kiefer and Polke ahead of next month's 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall.'
Hear the Podcast on the BBC Radio Three web site.