For nearly 100 years, four giant paintings welcomed visitors to The Middlesex Hospital in central London. ‘Acts of Mercy’ were painted by Frederick Cayley Robinson, a distinctive yet elusive British artist.
The hospital has since been demolished, but the art has been saved. The new owner, The Wellcome Library, has loaned the canvasses to The National Gallery. Take a look with curator Sarah Herring, and nurse Judith Bradley.
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Frederick Cayley Robinson’s ‘Acts of Mercy’ can be seen at The National Gallery between 14 July and 17 October 2010.
Music courtesy KPM Music. Slideshow production by Paul Kerley. Publication date 13 July 2010.
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The Victoria and Albert Museum is staging a contemporary architecture exhibition exploring the power of small spaces.
The exhibition features work by seven international architects who were commissioned to design structures exploring notions of refuge.
The buildings – which include a Japanese teahouse by Terunobu Fujimori and a wooden book tower by Rintala Eggertsson – examine themes such as play, work, performance and study.
The exhibition, curated by Abraham Thomas, runs until 30 August.
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Interview, photographs and production by Caroline Briggs.
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One of the most important collections of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts – for centuries kept at Corpus Christi College in Cambridge – has been entirely digitised, and is now available on the internet.
The college’s Parker Library holds more than 550 documents – including the 6th Century St Augustine Gospels, and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the earliest history written in English.
Take a look at some of the most precious works, with librarian Suzanne Paul.
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Some images courtesy Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Not all images have captions. Music courtesy KPM Music.
Slideshow production by Paul Kerley. Publication date 28 April 2010.
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Millions of water voles, whales and wildcats are set to drop through letter boxes across the UK in the coming weeks – as the Royal Mail highlights the struggle for survival facing some of Britain’s wild mammals.
As part of the 2010 International year of Biodiversity, 10 new First Class stamps show creatures for whom the future is by no means secure – as the Chief Executive of The Mammal Society, Marina Pacheco, explains.
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Images courtesy Royal Mail, Science Photo Library and Getty Images. Music courtesy KPM Music. Slideshow production by Paul Kerley. Publication date 13 April 2010.
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A man whose law is taught in school laboratories across the country, one of the founding fathers of the United States, and the creator of the first computer, all feature in a series of commemorative Royal Mail stamps marking The Royal Society’s 350th anniversary year.
The ten stamps focus on past fellows of the society, all of whom made a significant contribution to scientific endeavour. Take a look, with the Royal Society’s Executive Secretary, Stephen Cox.
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Images courtesy Royal Mail, Troika Photos and Getty Images. Music courtesy KPM Music. Slideshow production by Paul Kerley. Publication date 25 February 2010.
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Distinctive portraits of British, US and Canadian service personnel killed in Iraq and Afghanistan – created by artist Michael Reagan – have gone on display at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington DC.
A Vietnam War veteran himself, he has produced more than 2,000 drawings for the soldiers’ families free of charge. He told BBC Radio 4′s PM programme he wants to document all of the Allied troops killed in action.
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All images courtesy of the artist, Michael Reagan. Music courtesy KPM Music. Slideshow production by Paul Kerley and Ray Furlong. Publication date 22 January 2010.
Ray Furlong’s interview with Michael Reagan will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4′s PM programme on Friday 22 January from 1700 GMT
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The Centre for Life in Newcastle is taking an unusual look at people who stare deep into space to try to understand the mysteries of the Universe.
It is hosting an exhibition, first launched at the Royal Albert Hall, by professional photographer and amateur stargazer Max Alexander – who conceptualises the astronomers’ work in a series of striking images.
Here he explains how the project took him to a Norfolk beach, a Welsh quarry and Sir Patrick Moore’s back garden.
All images courtesy Max Alexander – whose project was sponsored by the Science and Technology Facilities Council, and supported by the Royal Astronomical Society. Music courtesy KPM Music.
The photographs will be exhibited at the Centre for Life in Newcastle from 25 November 2009 to March 2010. Slideshow production by Paul Kerley. Publication date 24 November 2009.
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Rarely displayed items from the British Library’s photography collection go on show in a major new exhibition, "Points of View: Capturing the 19th Century in Photographs."
John Falconer, Head of Visual Materials and Curator of Photographs highlights some of the examples and traces the development of the medium from gentlemen’s pursuit to mass pastime.
Points of View: Capturing the 19th Century in Photographs runs 30 October 2009 to 7 March 2010 at the British Library in London.
Tall or short, large or small – the human body comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes, and that is perhaps why it has been interpreted in so many different ways.
Cambridge University’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology is looking at how bodies have been imagined and transformed both culturally and medically.
Take a tour with Senior Curator for Anthropology, Anita Herle.
Music courtesy KPM Music. Slideshow production by Paul Kerley. Publication date 7 September 2009.
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Artist Keith Jansz was paralysed from the neck down in a car crash in 1995.
After learning how to paint using his mouth, Jansz’s talent was quickly recognised and he was accepted as a full member of the Mouth and Footh Painting Artists (MFPA) in 2000.
Jansz, who works out of his studio at home in Buckinghamshire, will show some of his paintings at City Hall, in London, along with other members of the MFPA.
The exhibition will run from 2 to 24 September, with painting demonstrations by the artists.
Interview and photographs by Caroline Briggs. Slideshow production by Caroline Briggs and Mark Savage.
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Land that was once pasture is turning to desert, tens of thousands of animals have died, and the UN has warned that nearly four million people need help.
Reporter Mike Thomson has visited the area around Garissa in northeastern Kenya, to meet the animal herders trying to survive the country’s worst drought for a decade.
Slideshow production by Mike Thomson and Paul Kerley. Publication date 31 August 2009.
Deployed by the space shuttle on 23 July 1999 – the Chandra telescope is Nasa’s flagship mission exploring the realms of X-ray astronomy.
The observatory, which is named after the Indian astronomer Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, orbits the Earth once every 64 hours.
Here – Darren Baskill, an X-ray astronomer at the University of Sussex, explains Chandra’s importance, and looks at some of the colourful images it has produced in the past ten years.
Unless stated otherwise, images courtesy Nasa/CXC/SAO. Music courtesy KPM Music. Slideshow production by Paul Kerley. Publication date 23 July 2009.
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The Astoria on Charing Cross Road in London is finally closing its doors on 15 January to make way for the new Crossrail project linking the city’s east and west.
The famous venue has seen performances from the likes of David Bowie, Madonna and The Rolling Stones in the past.
More recently, Arctic Monkeys and Oasis have taken to the stage during their UK tours.
Ivor Wilkins has a 30-year history with the venue and is a manager at UK music promoter Festival Republic. He takes an inside look throughout the historic music club:
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Music: Oasis/Don’t Look Back In Anger; Madonna/Ray of Light; Iggy Pop/Lust for Life Slideshow production: 6 Music reporter Adrian Larkin
For nearly 100 years, four giant paintings welcomed visitors to The Middlesex Hospital in central London.