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The Sky at Night – Is Cosmology in Crisis ? episode 2 2019

Science / 2 minutes of reading / February 11, 2019 / By HDclump

The Sky at Night – Is Cosmology in Crisis ? episode 2 2019: ever since we discovered that distant galaxies are racing away from us, there has been a heated debate over just how fast the Universe is expanding. At the beginning of the 21st century, we thought we knew the answer. But now, two very different viewpoints have emerged. And they are dividing the scientific community. The Sky at Night meets leading astronomers and cosmologists on both sides of the debate. Which team has the right answer? Or could both teams be right? If so, we may […]

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Great Artists episode 9 – Whistler

Art / 2 minutes of reading / February 10, 2019 / By HDclump

Whistler Whistler was the first great international American artist, hugely well travelled, a painter and printmaker who bridged the gap between Impressionist Paris and symbolist London. He was an intelligent and original artist who radically proclaimed that art rather than documenting the visual world around us – should be experienced for its own sake. His Arrangement in Grey and Black, a portrait of Whistler’s mother, is one of the great portraits in the history of art, not least for its elusive title. Whilst his Nocturne Black and Gold, was thought so radical that Whistler had to go to

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Great War Horses

History / 3 minutes of reading / February 10, 2019 / By HDclump

Great War Horses: the horses that provided the backbone of the Australian Light Horse regiments in World War I were popularly known as Walers. Bred for Australia’s tough Outback conditions, Walers were well-equipped for the harsh climate and terrain of the Middle East, where the ANZAC forces faced the armies of the Ottoman Empire. Great War Horses is a powerful, moving account of the men and horses of the Australian Light Horse and the pivotal role they played in World War I at the Battle of Romani (1916), the celebrated Light Horse charge at the Battle of Beersheba

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Wonders of Life episode 5 – Home

Science / 2 minutes of reading / February 7, 2019 / By HDclump

Wonders of Life episode 5: as far as we know, there is only one place in the universe on which life has taken hold – earth – but for how much longer will this distinction remain? Astronomers are on the brink of finding other worlds the same size as earth and the same distance from their star. Professor Brian Cox considers what it is about our world that has made it a home and asks what ingredients are necessary to turn a tiny spec of rock in space into a living, vibrant planet. To find out, Brian has

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Great Artists episode 8 – Delacroix

Art / 2 minutes of reading / February 7, 2019 / By HDclump

Delacroix Delacroix is France’s greatest romantic painter – an artist who challenged to rigid classicism of the previous generation, injecting a degree of fluidity and unpredictability to his art. He established a taste for the exotic in European art, influenced by his travels in North Africa, as in his famous Women of Algiers in their Apartment. He is often considered to be the last great history painter of European art, producing the iconic Liberty Leading the People, a work which encapsulates the revolutionary turmoil of his day. Great Artists This major 26-part series takes a fresh look at

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Tom Kerridge’s Fresh Start episode 6 – We’ve Got This

Tom Kerridge's Fresh Start / 3 minutes of reading / February 6, 2019 / By HDclump

Tom Kerridge’s Fresh Start episode 6: The eight families who are following Tom Kerridge’s Fresh Start plan have risen to every challenge he has set them, transforming mealtimes at home. Now, as the experiment draws to a close, they’re coming together to celebrate their achievements – and to take on Tom’s final challenge: cooking generous dishes for groups of friends and family. Tom kicks things off by cooking beef biryani for his own extended family. With a one-pot wonder like this, the most important thing is to pack in tons of flavour. Tom roasts the mince for the

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Great Artists episode 7 – Constable

Art / 2 minutes of reading / February 6, 2019 / By HDclump

Constable There have been few more powerful painters of landscape than John Constable. He brought a scale, ambition and impact to a subject long considered amongst the lowest forms of art. Constable is often celebrated as a nostalgic painter of a lost England but look a little harder, though, and you discover an intense and radical vision at work which changed the course of British art. As well as looking Constable’s most famous works, such as The Haywain and Flatford Mill, Tim Marlow explores lesser known works such as the expressive sketch for The Leaping Horse Great Artists

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Great Artists episode 7 – Jacques-Louis David

Art / 2 minutes of reading / February 5, 2019 / By HDclump

Jacques-Louis David Jacques-Louis David was a revolutionary artist in every sense. He was also fully committed supporter of the French Revolution and Napoleon using his art as a powerful instrument of political propaganda. As the originator of a hard-edged form of neo-classicism, he gave contemporary life something of the grandeur of ancient Rome or Greece. But his involvement in politics at one point almost cost him his life, and in the end forced him into exile. Works featured in this programme include The Oath of the Horatii and The Death of Marat. Great Artists This major 26-part series

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Great Artists episode 6 – Goya

Art / 2 minutes of reading / February 4, 2019 / By HDclump

Goya Goya has often been described as the last of the great old masters and the first of the new. He painted sublime portraits of the Spanish royal court and celebratory pictures of the good life in Spain. But he also produced some of the most harrowing images of human cruelty ever created, an unflinching vision that set him apart from almost any other painter in history. Tim Marlow explores works such as the Naked Maja, the Disasters of War and Saturn Eating his Children. Great Artists – Goya This major 26-part series takes a fresh look at

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Cuba – A Paradise on the Brink

Nature / 2 minutes of reading / February 3, 2019 / By HDclump

Cuba is at a crossroad. On one side: 50 years of isolation from the modern world has preserved an ecological paradise. The other: Profits. The two-part series plunges us right into a race against time. Leading the pack is Cuban scientist dedicated to creating nature reserves before the sweeping changes on the horizon make it too late. Marveling at the unspoiled beauty of this long-isolated Nature Isle we learn the urgent need to protect the future of an ecological jewel. Will the almighty dollar destroy this eco wonderland? Cuba – The Green Island part 1 On one

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Great Artists episode 5 – Stubbs

Art / 2 minutes of reading / February 3, 2019 / By HDclump

Stubbs George Stubbs is the greatest painter of horses who ever lived, but so much more than that – a man who literally dissected his subject before he felt able to paint it. But Stubbs was no dispassionate observer instead he brought a weight of feeling to his work that sometimes makes the spine tingle. Stubbs’ great triumph is Whistlejacket, a portrait of a horse without a background that concentrates the eye on the beautifully observed body of the greatest racehorse of the day. Tim Marlow also looks at Stubbs’ lesser known masterpieces, such as his striking depiction

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Gardening Australia episode 1 2019

Gardening Australia 2019 / 2 minutes of reading / February 1, 2019 / By HDclump

In Gardening Australia episode 1 2019: Jane goes farming on Lord Howe Island, Millie discovers the secret lives of sunflowers. Tino Carnevale offers solutions for sloping gardens, and Josh Byrne plants semi-tropical edibles on his sunny deck area. Gardening Australia has always provided practical, trustworthy and credible gardening advice to inspire and entertain. Join Costa Georgiadis and the team as they traverse the country unearthing the best gardens. Gardening Australia episode 1 2019 Food Scrap Friday Costa visits a school garden where the whole community gets on board with composting their food scraps – and the

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