Coventry postcard no. 5
John Wyver writes: Ahead of tomorrow night's broadcast (9pm, BBCFour), here's the fifth post in a series about our new documentary Coventry Cathedral: Building for a New Britain. The first four are here, more
John Wyver writes: Ahead of tomorrow night's broadcast (9pm, BBCFour), here's the fifth post in a series about our new documentary Coventry Cathedral: Building for a New Britain. The first four are here, more
John Wyver writes: Since my third post in this series about our forthcoming film Coventry Cathedral: Building fo a New Britain (the first two are here and here) more
John Wyver writes: As the headline indicates, this is the third post in a series about our new film Coventry Cathedral: Building for a New Britain. Following an introduction and a discussion of the opening sequence, more
John Wyver writes: Having yesterday introduced our new film Coventry Cathedral: Building for a New Britain and promised a series of posts about the project, today I begin with a detailed discussion of just one section more
John Wyver writes: We're thrilled to say that our 75-minute archive-based documentary Coventry Cathedral: Building for a New Britain will be broadcast on Wednesday 9 June at 9pm on BBC Four. Part of the BBC's contribution more
John Wyver writes: Yesterday was #MuseumFromHome day, which was co-ordinated as part of the very welcome Culture in Quarantine initiative from BBC Arts. Developed alongside the Museums in Quarantine films, two of which I wrote about more
John Wyver writes: Frustrating as being isolated at home is in many ways, it is also fascinating for the opportunity to observe how cultural organisations are conjuring up all sorts of smart, innovative ways to respond to the crisis. As more
John Wyver writes: researching yesterday's post piqued my curiosity about the early BBC television arts strand The Artist's Eye, which ran from 1947 to 1949. Although the standard histories of arts television credit Monitor, which started in more
John Wyver writes: having looked at two early films from New York's Metropolitan Museum, here and here, and before I return to the topic of museums and media in the United States, I thought I would explore more
John Wyver writes: following on from yesterday's post I am continuing to look at the films that New York's Metropolitan Museum (exterior above, in 1928) has put online as a contribution to The Met 150, its anniversary celebration more