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Robert Neil MacGregor (born 16 June 1946) is a British art historian and former museum director. He was editor of the Burlington Magazine from 1981 to 1987, then Director of the National Gallery, London, from 1987 to 2002, Director of the British Museum from 2003 to 2015, [1] and founding director of the Humboldt Forum in Berlin until 2018.
The BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs invites guests to choose eight pieces of music which they would take with them to a hypothetical desert island.They are also invited to select a book of their choosing (in addition to the Bible or a comparable religious text for the guest, and the complete works of William Shakespeare), and one luxury item (provided it is inanimate and would not ...
The 2012 Cultural Olympiad was a programme of cultural events across the United Kingdom that accompanied the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics.It included 500 events nationwide throughout the UK, spread over four years and culminating in the London 2012 Festival.
The World Shakespeare Festival was a programme of events about William Shakespeare and his work. They took place mostly in London and Stratford-upon-Avon as part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad which accompanied the Olympic Games .
Sleep No More was the New York City production of an immersive theatre work created by the British theatre company Punchdrunk.It was based primarily on William Shakespeare's Macbeth, with additional inspiration taken from noir films (especially those of Alfred Hitchcock) and the 1697 Paisley witch trials. [1]
Neil MacGregor, art historian, director of the British Museum [34] Outram Marshall, clergyman, organising secretary of the Church Union [35] Peter Francis Middleton, pilot and grandfather of Catherine, Princess of Wales [36] Alasdair Milne, BBC Director General [37] Kate Mosse, novelist [38] Rageh Omaar, broadcast journalist [39]
"Come What May" is a song written by David Baerwald and Kevin Gilbert, [1] originally intended for the film William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet. [2] However, it debuted in, and is best known as the romantic love theme from, Baz Luhrmann 's 2001 film Moulin Rouge! , in which Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman sing it in their respective roles as ...
A book to accompany the series, A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor, was published by Allen Lane on 28 October 2010. [2] The entire series is also available for download along with an audio version of the book for purchase. The British Museum won the 2011 Art Fund Prize for its role in hosting the project.