Sir Howard Hodgkin

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996

English - November 27, 1994 11:15 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 64 ratings
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the painter Sir Howard Hodgkin. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the hard road to recognition in this country - which he describes as being 'enemy territory' for painters. At 62, he has now achieved fame, fortune and to him a somewhat irksome knighthood. He'll be describing his problematic schoolboy years, his total commitment to art and what he considers to be the impact of his own work.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

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