Issue Week 26 - 2017 (2024)

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IN THIS ISSUEThis week in RTDoctor Who is one of the few programmes that is watched as a family in Law Towers. Everyone has his or her “own Doctor”. The two youngest have almost come to blows over the differing merits of David Tennant and Matt Smith. At which point I explain that neither could hold a candle to the best Doctor to grace a Tardis, Patrick Troughton. Last week it was put in perspective when my granddaughter sagely explained that she knew of no other Time Lord than Peter Capaldi. Sadly, that will soon no longer be the case, with an imminent regeneration.The latest series has been terrific and the two-part finale that starts on Saturday night should be the icing on the cake. See page 10 and read the farewell words of the…1 min

IN THIS ISSUEThis week in RTDoctor Who is one of the few programmes that is watched as a family in Law Towers. Everyone has his or her “own Doctor”. The two youngest have almost come to blows over the differing merits of David Tennant and Matt Smith. At which point I explain that neither could hold a candle to the best Doctor to grace a Tardis, Patrick Troughton. Last week it was put in perspective when my granddaughter sagely explained that she knew of no other Time Lord than Peter Capaldi. Sadly, that will soon no longer be the case, with an imminent regeneration. The latest series has been terrific and the two-part finale that starts on Saturday night should be the icing on the cake. See page 10 and read the farewell words of…1 min

IN THIS ISSUEGive us a waveHokusai: Old Man Crazy to PaintTuesday 9.00pmBBC4 When The Great Wave off Kanagawa was first created in around 1831 by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai, the original woodblock print was produced as many as 8,000 times, and cost the same as two helpings of noodles. Nearly 200 years later, it’s one of the most copied images on earth (being used to sell everything from the Cookie Monster to socks), although an original print recently made nearly $1 million at auction in New York. It may be out of copyright, but The Great Wave will never go out of fashion, according to Tim Clark, Head of the Japanese section at the British Museum, which is currently hosting a major Hokusai exhibition. “The tentacles of foam on the wave have an animal quality,…1 min

IN THIS ISSUEGive us a waveHokusai: Old Man Crazy to PaintTuesday 9.00pmBBC4When The Great Wave off Kanagawa was first created in around 1831 by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai, the original woodblock print was produced as many as 8,000 times, and cost the same as two helpings of noodles. Nearly 200 years later, it’s one of the most copied images on earth (being used to sell everything from the Cookie Monster to socks), although an original print recently made nearly $1 million at auction in New York. It may be out of copyright, but The Great Wave will never go out of fashion, according to Tim Clark, Head of the Japanese section at the British Museum, which is currently hosting a major Hokusai exhibition. “The tentacles of foam on the wave have an animal quality, and…1 min

Issue Week 26 - 2017 (2024)

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