Monday, September 24, 2007

Today's show: W. Heath Robinson and the work of The Cartoon Museum


Today's Panel Borders is at the earlier time of 4.30pm, but hey! we're back on Resonance FM, so listen to it on your radio for the full sensorial experience...

Alex Fitch interviews Anita O'Brien, curator at The Cartoon Museum in London about their current exhibition on W. Heath Robinson and the ongoing work of the gallery...

Please note: Heath Robinson’s Helpful Solutions ends on October 7th and the museum is closed on Mondays.


Tomorrow and next week there are talks in the museum as follows:

25 September 6.30 - 7.30 pm
The Englishness of Heath Robinson
Simon Heneage, co-curator of the exhibition and author of the catalogue Heath Robinson's Helpful Solutions, gives an illustrated talk on what makes William Heath Robinson one of the most English of all British cartoonists.

3 October 6.30 - 7.30 pm
Innovative space-making and architecture inspired by Heath Robinson's Inventive World.
CJ Lim, Professor of Architecture and Cultural Design at UCL's Bartles School of Architecture, and Heath Robinson enthusiast, talks about his love of the artist's work and how it inspires his own designs.

Links: Wikipedia pages on The Cartoon Museum and W. Heath Robinson
The Cartoon Museum website
The William Heath Robinson Trust website
The BBC's Comics Britannia website

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