John Pridmore is the author of the international bestseller “From Gangland to Promised Land”. In this Video John tells his story about how he became one of the most feared people in London and the dark world of Drugs and Intimidation. John shares with you something that happened to him.…
The celebrated art historian John Richardson has devoted his life to writing the definitive biography of Pablo Picasso. This film, John Richardson: The Art of Picasso 1927-1973, captures Richardson as he is writing the fourth and final volume of the biography. He shares his insights and observations…
A Modernist – a film about the life and times of legendary clothing retailer John Simons. Featuring exclusive interviews with musicians Kevin Rowland, Suggs and Paul Weller, broadcaster Robert Elms, art expert Ronnie Archer Morgan, advertising guru Sir John Hegarty and Sir Paul Smith as well…
John Singer Sargent is known as the greatest portrait artist of his era. What made his ‘swagger’ portraits remarkable was his power over his sitters, what they wore and how they were presented to the audience. Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style influencers,…
The son of a south London motorcycle dealer, John Surtees entered his first motorbike race at 15 and went on to become something of a racing prodigy. Riding for the famous Italian Motorcycle Team MV Agusta, Surtees won seven World Championships in the 350cc and 500cc classes between 1956 and 1960. With…
For nearly thirty years, from 1962 to 1991, John Szarkowski served as Director of the Department of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. As organizer of more than 100 exhibitions - including landmark shows of the work of Andre Kertesz, Walker Evans, Jacques-Henri Latrigue, Gary Winogrand,…
"Szarkowksi's thinking, whether Americans know it or not, has become our thinking about photography." - US News & World Report, 1990 During his nearly three-decade tenure as Director of the Department of Photography (1962-1991) at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, John Szarkowski…
"Szarkowksi's thinking, whether Americans know it or not, has become our thinking about photography." - US News & World Report,1990 During his nearly three-decade tenure as Director of the Department of Photography (1962-1991) at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, John Szarkowski…
Prior to accepting the position of Director of the Department of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art in 1962, John Szarkowski had already received two Guggenheim fellowships for his own photography, had been given exhibitions at the Walker Art Center, the George Eastman House, and the Art Institute…
When music is your whole life, and suddenly life gets interrupted. 80s icon John Waite is forced to confront himself.
Animated film exploring the problems of new family groupings following separation and divorce. Stepfamilies: this animated film looks at some of the problems that may arise when family changes happen. There are many people's feelings and needs to consider. Being a step-parent is more difficult…
Demonstration of Addenbrookes' method of scrubbing, gowning and open and closed gloving techniques. Emphasises the principles on which good practice is based.
