21st July 2026
John Wyver writes: To the ICA on Saturday last for another fascinating programme in Michael Witt's Jean-Luc Godard: Unmade and Abandoned series. This has been a revelatory season, shown more or less monthly, of films by Godard
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20th July 2026
John Wyver writes: Just over a fortnight since The Cultures of Early Television wrapped, with much – although far from all – of the admin done, and with the distractions of a weekend in Paris and the World Cup now
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19th July 2026
John Wyver writes: Something of a catch-up today, and even so my posting is both late and melancholy. The past few weeks have been somewhat consumed by The Cultures of Early Television conference, and only now am I getting back
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29th June 2026
John Wyver writes: After months of preparation The Cultures of Early Television conference takes place at Portland Hall in London on Thursday and Friday this week. A University of Westminster conference, supported by The British Academy, this
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28th June 2026
John Wyver writes: For the second Sunday running I have simply been too busy to compile the Sunday dozen. Apologies. But the preparations for The Cultures of Early Television conference next Thursday and Friday at the University
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14th June 2026
John Wyver writes: Happy Birthday, America! I think. At least that's the title of a delightful small exhibition at London's Mayor Gallery, which includes the artwork in the header above. It's Billy Apple's 'The
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8th June 2026
John Wyver writes: I'm delighted to unveil the schedule for the The Cultures of Early Television, a University of Westminster conference that I am convening on 2 and 3 July at Portland Hall in London.
Organised with
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7th June 2026
John Wyver writes: Technical troubles meant that I missed posting last weekend - apologies. But I'm back today with another group of articles that have engaged and interested me, along with -- as a hommage to the changeable weather of
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24th May 2026
John Wyver writes: Just leaving Provence now, which is why there was no Sunday dozen last week. I loved the landscape, and was struck time and again by memories of the artworks of Paul Cezanne. So here is 'Montagne Sainte-Victoire',
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10th May 2026
John Wyver writes: I am in Provence, deep in the Luberon, which makes me appreciate all the more the wondrous Cezanne above, Hillside in Provence, about 1890-2, hanging in the National Gallery in London. Everywhere I look there are views
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