tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84348156475003213142024-03-05T07:53:46.391+00:00Tamara Never DiesApinhole view of London's big and small art exhibitions, artists and events.Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091397026273727017noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434815647500321314.post-14828649032407414572012-10-12T16:11:00.001+01:002012-10-12T16:19:59.335+01:00Nick Goss at Josh Lilley Gallery<span style="color: black;"><i>Exhibition: </i><b><i>Tin Drum</i></b><br />
Dates: </span>12th October – 23rd November<br />
Where: Josh Lilley<br />
44-46 Riding House Street<br />
London W1W 7EX <br />
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Below are a couple of snapshots from last night's opening of Nick Goss' latest solo show. Goss deals with memory of different places he has stayed in, including the fragments which he remembers clearly and the figures and objects that have become blurry and uncertain over time. Many of the paintings on show had a feeling of being unfinished to invoke how a mental picture is often clear on certain details and woefully incomplete on others. Memories tend to leave only glimpses and fragments of the complete reality which took place in the past. The artist's daring was to deliberately avoid filling in the missing gaps and to show only those details which were still left in the memory at the time of painting. I am still unsure why so many of the objects in the paintings were masked off to give everything those sharp angular shapes.<br />
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More info on the artist: <a href="http://joshlilleygallery.com/nick-goss/" target="_blank">Nick Goss biography</a><br />
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Back of House, 2012</div>
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Oil on three linen panels</div>
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Honky-Tonk, 2012</div>
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Oil on linen</div>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thegorgeousdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/bourdin-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.thegorgeousdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/bourdin-2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All images copyright Guy Bourdin</div>Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091397026273727017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434815647500321314.post-11201116910152123052011-07-31T18:27:00.004+01:002011-08-15T12:10:18.232+01:00Christopher Robin The BADSee the video walking through the second exhibition of my favourite contemporary London painter! Christopher Robin is incredibly versatile, young and virtually unknown but has come out with an incredible follow up exhibition at the beginning of July 2011. His work centres around a firm belief of abandoning the chains of traditional painting - a signature style. The resulting exhibitions become dynamic comments on a broad theme use a variety of languages to communicate with the viewer on a variety of levels.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">The titles of work in order of appearance:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Look Again, Think Again</b> - 2 canvasses making reference to the Tate Galleries - the most prominent and bureaucratic institutions in London</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>If you stand for nothing you'll fall for anything</b> - Venus statue</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Don't even think about it</b> - looks like a Jeff Koons dog - reminding me of the superficial and stylistically driven ideas of the richest artist in the world</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Lakenol House - </b>not sure what the title is but I know the photograph and painting were of Lakenol House which was part of the big fire in Camberwell in 2009. Robin had a mural in one of the devastated spaces.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>A culture of success puts little value on the unsuccessful</b> - two figures playing with credit cards, sculls are made of an intricate mosaic of credit cards too. This is my favourite painting alluding to Damien Hirst's diamond sculls, contemporary poverty based on credit card debt and the wider financial crisis.<br />
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For more information: <a href="http://christopherrobin.eu/">christopherrobin.eu</a> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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Yesterday, I went on my first art expedition in a long time. Crowds of new trendies and a few older art explorers got off Hackney Wick train with me and headed down the ramp, following the exotic sounds of live music coming from a distance. As it turned out, the music wasn't exactly great but it seemed to work like this: the more loud and offensive the sound the more people congregated, creating a heavy Notting hill Carnival feel in this industrial mini-city.<br />
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I remember only being to Hackney Wick once before and crossing large motorways on a cold night in an attempt to locate this warehouse party. It felt like we were crossing the M25! Yesterday Hackney Wick not only bathed in appealing sunshine but also had new Olympic structures inflating around it. The sheer number of people visiting Hackney Wicked on this day made a jolly and exciting east-end happening.<br />
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Some of the best work was shown by the few galleries operating in the area - Elevator Gallery and See Studios. I will be showing the work I found there in a future post but for now here is some work that caught my attention as I walked through studios and the streets at Hackney Wicked:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This painting showed an effective use of dimensionality but reminded me a lot of Bridget Riley's op art of the 60s.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the best live musicians I saw was Sonic Manipulator - at once halarious and reminiscent of<br />
the 90s Daft Punk era, he produced a free flowing avant garde electronic sound from a multitude of<br />
theramins, keyboard and electric gadgets strapped all over his body. This was someone masquerading<br />
as an unassuming human sculture from Covent Garden but the movement and music created was<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These strong series of spraypainted stencils all had very beautiful lines that seemed to gravitate much closer to the practice of Matisse and fine art than those by Banksy. <a href="http://www.ernst-altmann.de/">Ernst Altmann</a> invents a miraid of shapes making up his wild and mythological creatures, giving them a sharp, angular and somewhat iconic feel. </div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">www.ernst-altmann.de</td></tr>
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Research: Topsafe, 2modernblog, Postmedia, Artnews.orgTamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091397026273727017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434815647500321314.post-51595641004005207522011-05-11T21:15:00.002+01:002011-08-01T20:19:20.923+01:00Dalston Roof Park<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Just realised that this fantastic venue in Dalston has just opened again for the long hot summer! Unlike most new establishments in the Dalston area, which are to be found in the dingy and damp underground, this rooftop club is the perfect outdoor space for sunny afternoons. Not only a trendy place with great views but also a good community enterprise, with home-made barbeques on Saturdays and a vegetable garden. So low key and so right. I AM excited! Hopefully Todd Hard (of the Dalston Oxfam Bookshop) will play there again this year.</span><br />
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Tom Price has surprised and delighted me with a show made up of five invented characters of stunning detail. Taking the ear here and an elbow there, down to the stretched out jeans pokets, the sculptor constructs highly realistic characters in his bronze works, almost giving them life. They could easily have thoughts, jobs and private lives, it is easy for anyone with or without art knowledge to connect with them. Their poses are casual yet full of 'front', revealing their relaxed state as well as insecurities. I knew a little about his figurative sculptures before I arrived at Hales Gallery, but it turned out much better than unexpected.<br />
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In the main room, I have had the pleasure of collecting several wonderful photographs kindly left by the artist - Lucy Armah. So, if you are reading this - your photographs are now hanging proudly on my wall.<br />
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</tbody></table>Dispersed between high tiled old cells are various artworks, although sometimes the art is drowned out by the force of the brutal spaces. Heavy metal doors, hard benches and peeping holes bring dark video art to life! The history of the building makes a fascinating tour and the narrow corridors an intimate encounter with other art dwellers. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">High ceiling of one cell complete with all instruments for mental torture: Electricity plugs that are too high to reach, bright light and an easy-to-remember number to shop your mates in the neighbouring cells!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Through the peeping hole in a heavy door, projection of a video piece.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green light and fragments of secret police files make an entertaining toilet trip!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">GSK Contemporary is 3 years old and has an ambitious agenda, covering the grey areas where the art world overlaps with performance, science and now with fashion. This year’s Aware: Art, Fashion, Identity at the Royal Academy, includes the work of higher concept fashion designers as well as artists exploring the significance of clothes and identity. </span><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Being the second GSK exhibition visited, my mind has wandered to the success of these broad-themed displays. There is a tendency to include too many loose strands (one work from many different artists) and to ruin the overall flow of the show. The lack of continuity this case is perhaps the result of four different curators working on four separate parts of Art, Fashion, Identity. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Apparently, McQueen’s death early last year has been the inspiration for this show. <span class="caption1">The designer’s lacy red frock has faced various qualms from critics, one describing it as ‘lifeless’ (Guardian). The fault for this lies largely in the way the works are presented – namely, on a faceless mannequin – the most generic image reminding us more of shop windows than art. In order to appreciate their identity-defining element the pieces must be worn. </span>It would have been a better exhibition had I seen someone walking through the exhibition and casually wearing one of the pieces. </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="caption1"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Wearing a particular garment has long signified one’s position in society, one’s need for inclusion, and obedience towards certain customs as well as one’s social aspiration. It is certainly a way to send an immediate message to every person on the street and clothes have become a way for an individual to reveal their individuality and creativity. It is now an activity practiced by many city dwellers. The most well known of these might be performance artist, Leigh Bowery, who spent years producing sick and spectacular outfits for himself and sometimes unbelievable distortions of his true figure. By refusing to sell his work or let others wear it, he was separate from the role of a fashion designer. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="caption1"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">This exhibition should have featured more ordinary people who have successfully combined their personal identity with their daily wardrobe, allowing them to become characters in a sea of mass-produced clothing and obsession with designer labels. I guess what I am saying is that the people who invent their own identity in real life are a deal more interesting than the works in the exhibition. Even Grayson Perry’s embroidered cloak seems vacuous without the artist to wear it, his public identity being so closely linked with the frocks he wears.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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Colette Calascione<br />
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</style> </div><div class="MsoNormal">There is a tendency to review exhibitions before they really begin. Yes, one can get a glimpse of the artist/curator’s intentions but only time can unravel how comfortably it will sit with the pubic. Michael Landy’s bin, for example, constructed at South London Gallery earlier this year, never managed to fill up and that half-full image of it has stuck. Today we are about half-way through Ai Weiwei’s turbine hall exhibition and very few had sat down to discuss how the sequence of events may have significantly changed the work. </div><br />
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</style> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">When it opened, it was just another exhibition to fill the huge space that is the Turbine Hall. Less than a week later, it was shut off to the public with a health & safety scare. I understand dust to be dangerous and the huge quantities of people who visit the Tate Modern daily would certainly make it so. However, where there was supposed to be open space, there has become a no access area. That’s the point at which we first visited the exhibition. Its strange how a thin piece of string can hold the masses back, we thought. My friend leant over and took a couple of seeds home. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">A week later, the edges of the work had been swept about a metre further away from the string. Apparently no one was allowed to take one home. But what does this have to do with the dangers of dust? Security guards stand by the artwork - you know you <i>should </i>be allowed to step over and touch the seeds but the thought of being publicly disciplined is holding you back. I find it hard to believe Ai Weiwei would not want visitors to keep one seed to remind them of his work. Whereas Unilever (the sponsor), I imagine, has other ideas. </div></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <div class="separator"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/2927c52"></a><a href="http://tinyurl.com/2927c52" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://tinyurl.com/2927c52" width="400" /></a></div><tr></tr>
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</style> </div><div class="MsoNormal">‘Ai Weiwei – without fear or favour’, reads the title of an Imagine programme exploring the artist’s work. The same should be true for us. I doubt this was the intention, but being closed off, the work now says something different but not less relevant. For anyone who has also dared to jump the barrier to the seeds, I have to say the feeling was one of incredible freedom. It takes some courage and backbone even though there are no actual repercussions, unlike for many people who disobey authority in China. It has some direct parallels to the political landscape in so many countries, where reasons are fabricated to direct people away from even contemplating certain options and lead them by the nose towards other ‘accepted’ ones. I am not saying the Tate had fabricated the dust story, but if it had, it would have made one of the most gutsy and controversial exhibitions of the year. As an experiment to see how many people dared to defy authority to do what they all knew the artist had intended. </div><div class="MsoNormal">Ai Weiwei’s work is deeply entangled with the oppressive regimes and how they can create boundaries for the mind. I think that the only way to enjoy his Turbine Hall installation is to challenge the stiff authority of our own factory-like art institution and to run across the seeds. The experience may awaken us to all the other rules we take for granted in our own society.</div><br />
Watch a BBC Imagine Documentary on <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00w5lkw/Imagine_Winter_2010_Ai_Weiwei_Without_Fear_or_Favour/">Ai Weiwei here</a> until 28th Dec 2010.Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091397026273727017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434815647500321314.post-28882639969645538122010-12-01T11:45:00.001+00:002010-12-01T12:04:36.477+00:00The Foods That Make BillionsBrilliant but often depressing story of advertising ploys and the development of huge brands for completely uniform and low value products. The three-part series starts off with 'Liquid Gold', all about the bottled water industry of course, something which flows out of the tap for free. Admittedly, the industry is now indispensable as people got used to and rely on the convenience. However, the original brand Perrier was the first to lure the somewhat straight-laced business elite of the 1980's to order sparkling water as a drink to have when dining out. What is interesting is the level of development this programme follows, spanning several decades and the changing landscape brands evolved with. The next two episodes are on Breakfast serials and Yoghurts (to be aired on Tue 7th Dec 2010, 9pm, BBC)<br />
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BBC iPlayer links:<br />
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00w8cll/The_Foods_that_Make_Billions_Liquid_Gold/">Liquid Gold</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00wk8gd/The_Foods_that_Make_Billions_The_Age_of_Plenty/">The Age of Plenty</a><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">For his first London solo exhibit, Mark Bradford takes inspiration from a phenomenon which has travelled to all major developed cities: urban flypostering, graffiti, remnants of advertising spaces as well as the democratic reclamation of street space. Ironically, Hoxton has grown up as an area largely due to the creative influences of subversive and promotional unofficial posters as well as the presence of graffiti. So whilst it used to be common to seeing ripped posters, the council has stamped this ‘illegal’ activity altogether and stamped the final breath out of the once trendy and exciting neighbourhood.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Mark Bradford has been one of a series of artists shown at White Cube, Hoxton, that deal with globalisation in one form or another. Franz Ackermann, several months ago, did it more explicitly, by defining himself as being directly influenced by mass consumerism and the powerfully distracting and often painfully conflicting messages of contemporary life. Whilst Bradford also seems to be influences by mass media, advertising and decaying artefacts these leave behind, we have to take it on trust that the materials such as poster paper from the streets and broadsheet are imbued with a history of their own.</div><div class="MsoNormal">However, unlike Ackermann who for argument’s sake experiences the world in all its digital and confusing glory and then tries to recreate for the viewer a visual expression from scratch that captures the feeling of contemporary living. Bradford does the complete opposite – the use of broadsheet newspages and poster paper as materials is just that they are materials, no different from paint. Whilst perhaps this is a hint at their disposable nature, all content is obliterated from the acid-free pages and Bradford projects onto it an abstract artistic vision.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">In ‘Field of Miracles’, Bradford succeeds in condensing the often ugly and yet beautiful effects created by torn layers of poster paper that resemble the abstract beauty of the banal waste product of mass media and advertising.. Appearing to be somewhere between the grains of natural rock layers and concrete slabs of an artificial world, Bradford shows us the most unnatural settings can still resemble the beauty and randomness of nature. The works themselves are part crafted and part chance as the layers of paper are torn into patterns.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">However, the quality of his other canvasses disappoints. Rather than conveying the dislocation and disjunction we are told he has tried to do, his use of the same rounded ‘Mark Bradford’ fonts is formulaic and often speaks with the same visual voice. A graphic designer might have understood better that fonts are far from simply decorative – they have the power to scream, shout and whisper lovingly to us. The disunion between posters on a single street is what creates the feelings of tension, disunion and dislocation.</div>Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091397026273727017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434815647500321314.post-48838668290411429872010-10-19T21:46:00.001+01:002010-12-01T17:49:07.597+00:00Renaissance Revolution with Matthew CollingsThis is a must-see for any aspiring painter or anyone willing to take a plunge into art history. Matthew Collings presents his best-yet exploration of the techniques and practices of a trio of giants in Renaissance art: Michael Angelo, Leonardo and the flamboyant Raphael. From the start, something is not as we expect it. The soundtrack, style of narration and deep plunges into the surprising details of paintings are all thoroughly contemporary and even revolutionary for a documentary format. All elements make this one of the most engaging encounters with the details of Renaissance painting for me. <br />
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watch it on bbc iplayer..... http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00vj4sf/hd/Renaissance_Revolution_Raphael_The_Madonna_of_the_Meadow/Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091397026273727017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434815647500321314.post-67942746627970169222010-09-03T11:56:00.000+01:002010-09-03T11:56:19.063+01:00Stephen Fry: Secret Life of the Manic DepressiveStephen Fry (best known for QI/Quite Interesting quiz series) presents this two part journey to explore the effects of manic depression, whilst re-telling his own story of being diagnosed with the condition 10 years ago. He interviews others affected with manic depression or bipolar disorder and travels to the US, where children as young as 4 years old are being prescribed heavy medication. It is certainly an fascinating look into the brilliant, manic and genius highs as well as the dulling, slow crippling lows of people affected. It is interesting to note that many would not choose to go without manic depression, because the manic stage is so incredible.<br />
Unfortunately, everyone who has seen it with me is now convinced that they are too slightly manic depressive - so beware! <br />
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Here is supposedly the whole first part on Youku:<a href="http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTUzODU1MDg0.html"> watch PART 1of2</a><br />
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Also here's another link to the programme on Veoh: <a href="http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/lifestyle_lifestyle/watch/v886025aS7FC2dd">watch </a><br />
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Below are some short clips from the series.<br />
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1. The Intelligence Revolution <br />
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2. The Biotech Revolution<br />
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3. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b008bsy9/Visions_of_the_Future_The_Quantum_Revolution/">The Quantum Revolution (There is presently a repeat on BBCiplayer of one of the episodes)</a><br />
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"In this century, we are going to make the historic transition from the ‘Age of Discovery’ to the ‘Age of Mastery’, a period in which we will move from being passive observers of nature to its active choreographers” Dr Michio Kaku (documentary writer & presenter)Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091397026273727017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434815647500321314.post-67473405434452941872010-08-27T16:59:00.001+01:002010-08-27T17:00:18.096+01:00History of NOW - The Story of the Noughties!This three part documentary was shown on BBC in January 2010 and explores trends of the last ten years. Perhaps I found this quite poignant because it's the first decade I remember clearly from start to finish, or because it is the decade of overhype, being the first of the new millenium. If you don't mind ignoring some pretty annoying flashy graphics and like the voice of the Jess from Peep Show...<br />
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Either way, if you are interested in trend-spotting this has some general and amusing observations which we may have failed to digest, this is worth seeing. Differences in culture, globalisation, the rise of China, perception of youth and countless other ways our lives are different from what they were before. Naturally, being made by BBC it is focused on a particularly British perspective. First episode is generally the most interesting with these things!<br />
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1. Growing Young <br />
2. All Together Now<br />
3. Hello World<br />
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Here is a clip on '<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p005y6yb">How China put Britain’s Burglars out of Business</a>'<br />
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Another clip on '<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p005y6z8">How the Cold War Gave us Cheap Flights</a>'<br />
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Best place to find the whole thing might be on torrentz or theboxTamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091397026273727017noreply@blogger.com