Neil MacGregor, the Director of the British Museum, marks the 400th anniversary of Rembrandt’s birth in BBC R3’s Sunday Feature ‘Rembrandt 400’.
He visits Amsterdam where Rembrandt made his home for the major part of his creative life and where he painted the masterpieces which hang in galleries around the world.
The actual birthday of Rembrandt is on July 15 and Amsterdam has been marking the year with all kinds of events from a new musical on Rembrandt’s life to exhibitions looking at every aspect of Rembrandt’s work, from the epic painting of The Night Watch to the small-scale etchings and drawings.
Written By : Alistair Cooke
Alistair Cooke and Matt Frei
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 2 hours 30 minutes
Categories : Biographical
20th Century
American
Biographical
$17.99
A selection of Alistair Cooke’s finest radio Letters in chronological order from his earliest broadcasts. See full description... |
Written By : Robb White
Robb White
Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 6 hours
Categories : Autobiography
Adventurers & Explorers
Biographical
Health & Recreation
Knowledge & Learning
$29.95 $14.95
Robb White knows everything there is to know about getting on the water and staying there as long as you possibly can. While still a young boy, he built his first boat, hewn from the tin roof of an... See full description... |
Written By : Various
Full Cast Production
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 2 hours
Categories : Autobiography
TV & Film
Biographical
$18.49
Jack Rosenthal had always resisted writing an autobiography, until he hit on an original way of writing it: it would be a screenplay, himself as the central character, the story that of his own life. See full description... |
Written By : Daniel Hendrex and Wes Smith
Lee Sellers
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Runtime : 6 hours
Categories : Biographical
Military
American
$29.95 $17.95
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Written By : Various
Various
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 1 hour
Categories : Biographical
Music Related
Radio Shows
Biographical
British
$7.25
A special tribute edition of Home Truths, hosted by Tom Robinson, including a visit to John Peel's family at 'Peel Acres'... See full description...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography
Biographical
Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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