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PostPosted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 2:14 pm    Post subject: Art for Art's sake Reply with quote

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/10_october/04/r2arts.shtml

I thought they'd already done the poetry thing on Jezza a few weeks ago? Was that just a warm up?


It's not really all "the arts" is it? I guess sculpture, painting and tapestry isn’t going to work on the radio though. Opera, yes, let’s have an Opera on Radio 2- Steve Wright could do it.....yes that would work!
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well it will be interesting to see how many column inches that gets in tomorrow's newspapers.

I read it and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

** We've had poetry weeks before - remember the Nation's Favourite Poems/Love Poems etc

** Why not sculpture and painting? Send Chris Evans back down to Cornwall to do a show at the Tate!

** Surely Richard Madeley is the man for the Book of the Week; Judy can do the tapestry.

** I thought Penny Smith was (rumoured to be) doing an Opera programme.
Mind you, we don't want opera to suffer over-exposure - Kiri has only just hosted an "Opera X-Factor"

Oh, and three of the author's initials have been left off at the bottom.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

RockitRon wrote:
Well it will be interesting to see how many column inches that gets in tomorrow's newspapers.

I read it and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

** We've had poetry weeks before - remember the Nation's Favourite Poems/Love Poems etc

** Why not sculpture and painting? Send Chris Evans back down to Cornwall to do a show at the Tate!

** Surely Richard Madeley is the man for the Book of the Week; Judy can do the tapestry.

** I thought Penny Smith was (rumoured to be) doing an Opera programme.
Mind you, we don't want opera to suffer over-exposure - Kiri has only just hosted an "Opera X-Factor"

Oh, and three of the author's initials have been left off at the bottom.


I am one of those weird people who don't mind opera but if I wanted to hear any on a BBC radio station I woujld try R3 that's not what R2 should be (although not sure anyone knows what it should do anymore)
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 5:48 pm    Post subject: Re: Art for Art's sake Reply with quote

Rachel wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/10_october/04/r2arts.shtml

I thought they'd already done the poetry thing on Jezza a few weeks ago? Was that just a warm up?

I remember when Jezza had his own 'official' poet on his show in it's early years. I think her first name was Lucy and she usually wrote a verse or two about one of the topics of the day. Perhaps Aitch can remember more about this.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 5:49 pm    Post subject: Re: Art for Art's sake Reply with quote

Rachel wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/10_october/04/r2arts.shtml

I thought they'd already done the poetry thing on Jezza a few weeks ago? Was that just a warm up?


Yes it was a warm up to get listeners to write in about their favourites I think Rachel.

National poetry day is an annual thing but I don't think they recognise it every year on R2 or indeed the JV show.

H

PS you're correct LEE she used to write topical verses and some were quite good.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 11:15 am    Post subject: Re: Art for Art's sake Reply with quote

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Rachel wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/10_october/04/r2arts.shtml

I thought they'd already done the poetry thing on Jezza a few weeks ago? Was that just a warm up?

I remember when Jezza had his own 'official' poet on his show in it's early years. I think her first name was Lucy and she usually wrote a verse or two about one of the topics of the day. Perhaps Aitch can remember more about this.


Pretty sure she was on last week's Saturday Live on Radio 4.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 1:43 pm    Post subject: Art for art's sake Reply with quote

The poet Murray Lachlan Young has been a regular co-presenter on the Radcliffe & Maconie show, as has Simon Armitage.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 4:15 pm    Post subject: Re: Art for art's sake Reply with quote

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The poet Murray Lachlan Young has been a regular co-presenter on the Radcliffe & Maconie show, as has Simon Armitage.


Simon Armitage and Mark Radcliffe go way back to Radcliffes show on R1 8 til 10 before JP that was R1 at it's best
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 11:55 am    Post subject: Art for art's sake.. Reply with quote

Undiscovered, I remember Radcliffe's shows on R1!
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