9 February 2006
Thursday 9 February 2006 21:35-22:15 (Radio 3)
The harsh life and refined prose of explorer Wilfred Thesiger; architect Amanda Levete on the past - and future - of Gothic architecture.
Programme Details
The explorer Wilfred Thesiger was a complex figure. Big-game hunter and writer, old Etonian nomad, and twentieth century Victorian. As his authorised biography is published, Paul Allen is joined by its author, Alexander Maitland and the travel writer Sara Wheeler to assess the legacy of his writing, photography and adventures.
And - in Night Waves' continuing series on the Gothic, architect Amanda Levete considers the form's past - and future.
Join Paul Allen for Night Waves this evening at 21:35, here on BBC Radio 3.
Additional Information:
The Body Emblazoned: Dissection and the Human Body in Renaissance Culture by Jonathan Sawday is published by Routledge.
Wilfred Thesiger - The Life of the Great Explorer by Alexander Maitland is out next week, published by HarperCollins.
Sara Wheeler's Too Close to the Sun - The Life and Times of Dennis Finch Hatton is published in March by Jonathan Cape.
