Arts Round Up

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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; […]

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; […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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.

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 […]

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

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 […]

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.

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.

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 […]