2 OLD SCHOOL
I’ve been obsessed with Bakelite since my 20s. I have this radio and about 100 more in storage. At Leicester Polytechnic I studied textiles and there was tons of it around. I also collect snow globes when I travel – I got this Barack Obama one in a flea market in Los Angeles.
3 FOODIE
I’m proud to be one of the original judges on Great British Menu, which has been running since 2006. This is a plate that chef Daniel Clifford made for a Comic Relief episode.
Oliver cherishes a family photo (pictured) that he snapped at Connemara
We film long days, particularly in finals week where you’re eating fish one day, meat the next, puddings the day after. I’d burn it off by cycling to Kentish Town where the studio was, but now we’re in Stratford-upon-Avon so I drive.
Authenticity and Identity Explores Jewish Artwork in a Thorough Online Exhibition Curated by Georgetown professor Ori Z. Soltes, the exhibition reflects on culture, spirituality, and heritage.
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Thursday, April 22, 2021
One of the most iconic album sleeve designs of all time has been given a fresh twist to draw attention to the climate change emergency.
The original design of radio waves which adorned Joy Division s Unknown Pleasures is a hugely popular t-shirt amongst music fans, and now charity organisation Music Declares Emergency has asked its designer, Peter Saville, to modify it for a T-shirt for their No Music On A Dead Planet campaign.
The new design takes inspiration from the Salford band’s 1979 record cover, but flattens the waveform to powerfully represent, the eternal silence of a dead planet .