SERIES
From Pens to Ploughshares
Series on the Arts and Crafts Movement, which aimed to achieve a more balanced and democratic combination of creative work and leisure, making beautiful objects to supply basic human needs
First Broadcast20 Oct 2008
Latest Broadcast6 Feb 2009
Episodes5
Categories
Arts, Culture & the MediaDocumentariesHistory
Episodes
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EPISODE
The Essay
Edmund de Waal considers two European emigre potters, Hans Coper and Lucie Rie.
Oct 2008
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Alan Crawford on Godfrey Blount and Maude King, who said the countryside was 'God-given'.
Oct 2008
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The Essay
Art historian Tanya Harrod on how the Arts and Crafts Movement moved over to Africa.
Oct 2008
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The Essay
Fiona MacCarthy discusses the Arts and Crafts Movement's belief in making things by hand.
Oct 2008
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The Essay
Fiona MacCarthy on the life of Edward Carpenter, who chose a life of self-sufficiency.
Oct 2008