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Simon Bertin presents the show that profiles creative people in Cambridge and visits artists at work. There are also interviews with playwrights, live performances and book reviews with local writers.

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    Cambridge Arts Roundup: Ian Wolter; Artificial Intelligence and Art; Curious Cures

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 87:04


    Simon Bertin encounters sculptor Ian Wolter at his new exhibition Perfection: Exploring Perfection in the Human Condition at the Wightman gallery; the philosophical issues of artificial intelligence and art with […]

    Cambridge Arts Roundup 23/02/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 48:44


    Simon Bertin drops in to Clare College to find out about a tapestry that centres on the career of scientist and suffragette Hertha Ayrton; we wrestle with the current political […]

    Cambridge Arts Roundup: Katrina Porteous & Euwitt Nayanhongo

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2024 55:42


    Simon Bertin visits Katrina Porteous at Magdalene College who's new book Rhizodont is shortlisted for the T.S Eliot prize; and we hear the spiritual aspects of sculptural work from Zimbabwe […]

    Cambridge Arts Roundup: Glenn Ligon

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2024 50:16


    Simon Bertin goes on a tour of the Fitzwilliam Museum and talks to artist Glenn Ligon on his thought-provoking show All over the Place. We sample some new poem recitals […]

    Cambridge Arts Roundup: Paris 1924 at the Fitzwilliam

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 50:02


    Simon Bertin visits the curators of the Paris 1924 Sport, Art and the Body exhibition celebrating the 1924 Olympics at the Fitzwilliam museum. He also encounters medieval historian Katie Hawks […]

    Cambridge Arts Roundup 20/07/2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2024 55:24


    Simon Bertin visits Dr Alex Carter at Fitzwilliam College to hear about the philosophy of creativity and humour and the problems it raises; we encounter artist, musician, and short filmmaker […]

    Cambridge Arts Roundup: Blake’s Universe

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2024 57:14


    Simon Bertin visits the Blake’s Universe exhibition at the Fitzwilliam museum and interviews co-curator Professor David Bindman on reframing Blake; We take a look at Murder By the Book A […]

    Real Families: Stories of Change

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2023 19:29


    Simon Bertin visits the new Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition that asks us to consider what makes a family today, and the impact our families have on us, through the eyes of […]

    Cambridge Arts Roundup 20/08/2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2023 49:38


    Simon Bertin looks at Mary Shelley's 1818 edition of Frankenstein with Clare College fellow Patricia Fara and discovers a comparable creature that modern technology might realise in the form of […]

    Cambridge Arts Roundup: Raymond Briggs Retrospective

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2023 45:06


    Simon Bertin previews the Raymond Briggs retrospective at Cambridge University Library and hears of an extraordinary artist who captivated a whole generation of children with curator Katie McCurrach; We investigate […]

    Cambridge Arts Roundup: The Parthenon Marbles and the Fitzwilliam

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2023 55:12


    Simon Bertin invites Classics Professor Paul Cartledge to talk on the Parthenon marbles and secret talks over returning them to Greece that may eventually impact on the Fitzwilliam Museum; exhibition […]

    Cambridge Arts Roundup: Mina Gorji

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2022 77:27


    Simon Bertin visits poet Mina Gorji who talks on her work and her new anthology; Kinaesthetic artist Chris Dobrowolski talks on his often-large scale installations and on having imposter syndrome […]

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    Cambridge Arts Roundup 10/07/2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2022 54:21


    Simon Bertin previews the Cambridge Shakespeare festival with Artistic Director Dr David Crilly; He encounters the gorgon Medusa in a good mood at Artist sculptor Mel Fraser's studios in Wilburton; […]

    Cambridge Arts Roundup 29/05/2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2022 57:42


    Simon Bertin gets immersed in the Space Sounds project with multimedia artist Diana Scarborough and space weather scientist Dr Nigel Meredith of the British Antarctic Survey with composer Kim Cunio; […]

    Cambridge Arts Roundup 17/04/2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2022 46:36


    Simon Bertin grapples with Geometry in art and space with Cambridge University mathematical physics professor Maciej Dunajski; He interviews exciting women artists in an all female Exhibition at Extraordinary Objects […]

    Cambridge Arts Roundup 20/03/2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2022 51:43


    Simon Bertin encounters the Art of the Samurai at Cambridge University Library's Samurai History and Legend Exhibition; award-winning author Patricia Fara talks about her book on electricity in the enlightenment […]

    Cambridge Arts Roundup 16/01/2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2022 52:28


    In this edition, Simon Bertin hears from Cambridge University scientific historian Patricia Fara about her new book on the life of Cambridge icon Sir Isaac Newton. Her husband, poet Clive […]

    Cambridge Arts Roundup 17/10/2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021 41:27


    Simon Bertin delves into a remarkable photography exhibition by Robert McCabe on an archaeological dig in Mycenae; Artist Sudesh Prasad explores the relationship between art and the viewer at the […]

    Cambridge Arts Roundup 22/08/2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021 51:53


    Simon Bertin discovers the remarkable artwork of Gurpran Rau using the encaustic method from the ancient world at Artspace 57 with curator Anna Dempster in an exhibition entitled Under the […]

    Clive James – Cambridge Arts Roundup

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2021 56:25


    In this edition Simon Bertin joins Guardian, Observer and Cambridge Critique journalist Anne Garvey and film business enabler Phil Day to pay tribute to the career of television critic and […]

    Cambridge Arts Roundup 31/10/2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2020 48:30


    As Spitting Image returns, Cambridge-based political cartoonist for the Telegraph Andy Davey reflects on satire in troubled times. We discover the unpublished letters of Siegfried Sassoon from the Cambridge University Archives and […]

    Cambridge Arts Roundup 09/05/2020

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2020 56:26


    In this episode Simon Bertin and journalist Anne Garvey take a look at the topical history and delights of Cambridge's Mill Road Cemetery and recite poetry from the sculptural art […]

    Cambridge Arts Roundup 04/04/2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2020 28:02


    In this programme: award winning artist and coastal ecologist Vincent Hyland takes us beneath the waves with his marine and environmental work in Derrynane Ireland; Cambridge Artist Heloise Toop talks on creating her special brand of striking portraits; We visit the This Changes Everything exhibition with artist Sarah Strachan from Cambridge school of Art: And […]

    Cambridge Arts Roundup: Cambridge Arts Network

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2020 28:20


    Simon Bertin gets immersed in the Cambridge Arts Network 2020 Conference and encounters an epic children’s story teller in Jannina Vigus, Digital Artist Lee Mason demonstrating Digital Art tools, founders of portal Create Britain Richard Woods and Jeremy Aird, Creative Diversity Network’s Director Deborah Williams and Artists Eleanor Breeze and Denice Kehoe from Motion Sickness […]

    Arts Round Up 16/06/2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2018 35:29


    In this episode Simon Bertin visits the talent at Cambridge School of Art Fine Art Degree show; hears about the threat to CB2 Cafe in Norfolk street’s live music and performance licence; talks about painting the world within and Open Studio’s with Artist Charlotte Cornish; and visits Artist Kato Catling to get his take on […]

    Arts Round Up: Children of Calais & Art Hound Gallery

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2018 42:56


    Simon Bertin introduces the monthly arts show. In this episode sculptor Ian Wolter talks about his new public artwork Children of Calais and the art of creating debate on societal issues with artworks; Natasha Dawn, director of the Art Hound Gallery in Burwash Manor in Barton, previews a pop up exhibition featuring street and urban […]

    Arts Round Up 07/04/2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2018 47:43


    In this episode we look at talented young musicians and how funding cuts might affect opportunities for the local stars of the future; We go to the Cambridge Arts Network conference to get the big picture on Arts Development in the city; Matt Bentman features visiting poets at the CB2 Cafe; and we take a […]

    Arts Round Up: Art of Float, Oggie Tomic and Lady Sybil

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2018 45:21


    In this edition Simon Bertin is immersed in a flotation tank at Art of Float and encounters artist Kay Goodridge at a venue with a creative difference; Cambridge Film Maker Oggie Tomic talks about a range of interesting new projects and on how drones belong in the hands of the responsible; and author Simon Boyd […]

    Arts Round Up: Kettle’s Yard, Political Cartoons & e-Luminate

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2018 53:34


    In this edition we visit Penny Heath with the Friends of Kettle’s Yard to hear about the new gallery rebuild project opening next week; Political cartoonist Andy Davey talks about a dying art that still packs a punch; Andrea Cockerton from Cambridge choir We are Sound gives insight on singing and new Cambridge festival she’s […]

    Arts Round Up: Edgar Degas Passion for Perfection

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2018 47:02


    Simon Bertin drops into the Fitzwilliam Museum to visit curator of the Edgar Degas Passion for Perfection exhibition Jane Munroe; We hear about Art Language Location’s anniversary and plans for 2018 from founder Robert Goode; poet John Drew talks on the Chinese poetry of Xu Jhimo; and we go for a studio visit to expressionist […]

    Arts Round-Up 31/05/2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2014 60:01


    In this month’s Arts Round Up Simon Bertin talks to Dr Mark Eliot curator of the exhibition The Buddah’s Word the life of books in Tibet and Beyond at the museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; Visit a huge new Changing Spaces venue where a group of artists can really swing a cat; Hear about a […]

    Arts Round-Up 26/04/2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2014 60:00


    Simon Bertin visits artist Nicola Powys exhibiting at Williams Art; hears about crime writing with Cambridge author Jill Paton Walsh; talks to Lucy Alexander on running Creative Cabaret at the Grad-pad; and celebrates Shakespeare’s Birthday with Shakespeare reformed plays trilogy by Rani Drew.

    Arts Round-Up 29/03/2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2014 60:00


    Simon Bertin presents the TAPA Barkcloths from the Pacific Exhibition at the Museum Of Archaeology and Anthropology; A book review of a Biography on war time heroine and SOE secret agent Christine Granville by author Clare Mulley; A Visit to ‘Moment Mori’ collaboration at Changing Spaces with Director Angie Main; A visit to a Conference […]

    Arts Round-Up 22/02/2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2014 60:00


    Simon Bertin takes a look at a selection of arts projects & events in Cambridge. This month an interview with the niece of film superstar Richard Burton, (Sue Rogers), on his life and career from his family’s perspective; An interview on celebrity photography portraiture with renowned Polish photographer Bo Lutoslawski; a visit to Painter Peter […]

    Arts Round up: E-luminate, Axel Brangert & Afternoon Tease

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2014 60:00


    In this edition we preview Twilight at the museums; Take look at E-luminate festival of light with Alessandra Caggiano; Cambridge film maker Axel Brangert appeals for actors; We discuss art for Autism;  and Visit Afternoon Tease cafe to hear about live music on Sundays.

    Arts Round-Up 21/12/2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2013 60:00


    In this edition we visit budding actors at the new premises of Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Art, talk to royal portrait artist Dan Llywellyn Hall, find out about Deanna Tyson’s Kimono’s with a political message on the darker side of humanity, and drop on sculptor Chloe Leaper.

    Arts Round-Up 23/11/2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2013 60:00


    Simon Bertin takes a look at a selection of arts projects & events in Cambridge. In this edition we look at film making with Neuf Film Consortium, get to grips with arts, music  and dance from the Persian book of kings ‘Shanameh’ , sample Concanenda Choir’s new CD, Preview Gaile De Cordova’s new exhibition at […]

    Arts Round-Up 26/10/2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2013 60:00


    Simon Bertin takes a skate across the tiles of Cambridge to discover an artist’s gallery that’s inside a car, how the city’s exotic plant life can take us in new directions, gather up some untold stories of remembrance and get a retrospective taste of Black History Month

    Arts Round-Up 28/09/2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2013 60:00


    In this edition Simon Bertin visits artist Chloe Leaper working in an ice cube sculpture studio in Norfolk Street; Investigate a new internet hub Art Language Location; deal in the best of the region’s garden sculpture the rain; hear about a new play on Crick and Watson and the woman they overlooked; and preview the […]

    Arts Round-Up 31/08/2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2013 60:00


    In this edition we get a run down on the forthcoming Cambridge Film Festival with Emily Boldy; We discover living art that is also clothing with painter and designer Brenda Mayo; and review a heart-wrenching new play on wartime child evacuees with Helen Holgate from the Combined Actors of Cambridge.

    Arts Round-Up 03/08/2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2013 60:00


    Simon Bertin with the monthly Cambridge culture review. In this edition we investigate a motley gang of robots with attitude in King Street with scrap artist Giles Walker; Get a rundown on the Romsey Arts Festival and tune in to tune into transcendent healing and meditation with author Gaile Walker in her new book Beyond Angels.

    Arts Round-Up 06/07/2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2013 61:16


    In this edition we talk about the history of Cambridge spies with writer and historian Christopher Catherwood in his new book ‘The Cuckoo’s Nest 500 years of Cambridge Spies’; Discuss Art and Dyslexia with Consultant Psychologist Dr Beverly Steffert; Visit artists at  ‘Changing Spaces’  pop up Gallery; and talk to author Maria Kamens on the humour of  being an […]

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