Coffee Time Cultural Talks

Series 2 Episode 3 Pegwell Bay

Series 2 Episode 2 Early Pigments "The Essex Bison?)

Series 2 Episode 1 "Milan Man"

In this first episode of our new series about art and science, we discuss and laugh about Leonardo da Vinci's 'Vitruvian Man' (pen and ink drawing currently in Venice).

12. 'The Moaning Lisa'

In this final episode of the first series, we debate Leonardo Da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa (probably Lisa Gheradini) of c. 1503-6 in The Louvre. Jamie hates it and Tania loves it!

11) Pisarro was he father Christmas

In this special Christmas Eve edition Jamie gets his way. We look at 'The Little Bridge at Pontoise' 1875 (rather than a snowy scene) by Camille Pissarro, in the Mannheim Art Museum, Germany. #mannheimgallery #pissaro #historyofart

10. Nudey Blues.

10. Nudey Blues. The twinklings examine Matisse's radical 'Blue Nude' (subtitled 'Memory of Biskra') of 1907 in Baltimore Museum of Art.

Size 12 Boots (Teaser Intro Clip)

Short intro clip introducing the duo!

9. 'Vermeer - two ears and eleven children'.

The comic duo discuss Johannes Vermeer's magnetic but elusive work known as 'The Girl with the Pearl Earring' of c.1665 in The Mauritshuis.

8) 'Tugglington'.

In this eighth episode the squabbling siblings discuss JMW Turner's famous 'The Fighting Temeraire' of 1838 in The National Gallery, London.

7. 'How do you pronounce Van Goff'?

In this almost 30 minute episode, the pair discuss Van Gogh's 'The Yellow House' of 1888 in The Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

7) 'How do you pronounce Van Goff

7. 'How do you pronounce Van Goff'? The terrible two discuss Vincent Van Gogh's 'The Yellow House' of 1888 in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

5/6. 'Arnold Fini, Portinari or Arnolfini?'

5/6. 'Arnold Fini, Portinari or Arnolfini?' The painterly pair attempt to demystify the 'Arnolfini Double Portrait' of 1434 in the National Gallery, London (excuse confusion over the name).

4) Cezanne Mont Sainte-Victoire

4. 'Was Cezanne well endowed?' The snob and the fool chat about Cezanne's Mont Sainte-Victoire of 1902-04 in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

3) Picasso E=mc2?

3. 'E=MC2?'. The daring duo unpack Picasso's 'Portrait of Kahnweiler' of 1910 in it's relation to Einstein and Cubism.

2) Holbien`s " The Ambassadors" Is that a smudge I see before me.

'Is this a smudge I see before me?' The awesome twosome attempt to understand Hans Holbein's famous 'The Ambassadors' of 1533 in the National Gallery, London.

1) Michelangelo and Broken Toes!

1. 'Lepers should have helped Michelangelo'. In this first episode, Tania and sidekick Jamie discuss Michelangelo's statue of David in Florence with humour and irreverence .