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Malika Browne talks to James Birch about Francis Bacon's exhibition at the Union of Artists in Moscow in 1988, the first by a foreign artist in the USSR since 1917. Why did Francis Bacon agree to it? How hard was it to organise a Western art show in the USSR in 1988? Find out by listening!

Further reading:

Bacon in Moscow by James Birch, Cheerio 2022

With Gilbert and George in Moscow by Dan Farson, Bloomsbury 1991

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In this episode, guest Sir Simon Jenkins explains how a simple yet powerful exhibition of black and white photographs shamed and shocked the government and the public, and brought about a change in policy towards country houses.

Further Reading:

England's 1000 best Houses (2003) by Simon Jenkins

Life in the English Country House: A Social and Architectural History (1978) by Marc Girouard

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The Destruction of The Country House 1875-1975 by Roy Strong, Marcus Binney and John Harris

England's Lost Houses: From the Archives of Country Life (2002) Aurum Press by Giles Worsley

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