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THURSDAY 8 MAY
Presented by Mark Lawson
LEONARDO at the PALACE
Leonardo da Vinci: The Divine And The Grotesque exhibition is the first to focus on the artist's life-long obsession with the human form. All 77 works in the exhibit come from the Royal Collection, which holds the world's finest group of Leonardo's drawings. Art critic William Feaver and UCH Neurophysiologist Dr Mark Lythgoe discuss.
Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition: The Divine and the Grotesque, opens Fri 9 May and runs until 9 Nov 2003, at the Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
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PERSEPOLIS
Mark Lawson speaks with Marjane Satrapi about her adult comicbook, Persepolis, a biography of her childhood in Iran, during the time of the fall of the Shaw and the rise of Islamic rule.
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, Jonathan Cape, ISBN:0224064401 available now
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JOCELYN HERBERT OBITUARY
Jocelyn Herbert who died on Tuesday aged 86 - was a distinguished theatre designer known for her work at the Royal Court Theatre, and on Ancient Greek drama, who had worked on some of the most important theatrical events in our recent history. Tony Harrison, poet and playwrite, sings her praises.
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BALZAC & THE LITTLE CHINESE SEAMSTRESS
French/Cantonese film about a boy who falls in love with the village tailor's granddaughter when he is sent to a Maoist rehabilitation camp. Novelist and critic Sebastian Faulks reviews.
Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise, released tomorrow at selected cinemas nationwide, Cert.12A
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COLUMN: UNUSUAL NARRATORS
Maureen Freely talks about the use of unusual narrators in books, using Making Love: A Conspiracy of the Heart as an example - an ingenious comic thriller told by a distressed library book that has fallen in love with its reader.
Making Love: A Conspiracy of the Heart by Marius Brill, Published 1 May 2003 by
Doubleday, ISBN: 0385605234
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RELATED LINKS
BBC Science: LEONARDO
Lambiek: MARJANE SATRAPI
Guardian Film: The Little Chinese Seamstress
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