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.
Author : David Barry
David Barry
Published By : David Barry
Runtime : 5 hours 14 minutes
Biographical
Arts & Drama
Autobiography
TV & Film
Biographical
Price : $10.25
Nearly five decades of theatrical anecdotes as David Barry {Frankie Abbott in 'Please, Sir!) recalls working with the likes of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh... See full description... |
Author : Valerie Hemingway
Anne Flosnik
Published By : Brilliance Audio Inc
Runtime : 12 hours 31 minutes
Autobiography
Arts & Drama
Price : $24.95
An inside look at the life of one of the greatest literary figures of the twentieth century - Ernest Hemingway - from the woman who was both his personal secretary and his daughter-in-law. See full description... |
Author : Nancy Sinatra
Nancy Sinatra
Published By : Simply Audiobooks Publishing
Runtime : 3 hours
Rich & Famous
Arts & Drama
TV & Film
Autobiography
Music Related
Price : $12.95
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Author : Alan Bennett
Various
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 1 hour
Arts & Drama
Historical
Autobiography
Drama
British
Price : $13.49
Michael Gambon and Penelope Wilton star as Guy Burgess and Coral Browne in this BBC Radio Full-cast drama based on a real-life chance encounter See full description... |
Author : Nick Mason
Nick Mason
Published By : Orion Publishing Group
Runtime : 3 hours 20 minutes
Rich & Famous
Arts & Drama
Price : $15.99
'Rock's little drummer boy grows up into a sex cymbal. With a wit drier than an AA clinic, and a charm more disarming than a UN peace-keeping force, Mason gives us a literary drum solo par excellence 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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