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Producer of arts docs, screen performance; posts by John Wyver, Professor of the Arts on Screen, Univ of Westminster; expect broadcasting history, esp early TV, theatre, film, visual art Images: Magic Rays of Light / de Stael, Le Saladier (detail), ‘54

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Illuminations@illuminations.bsky.social · 2d ago

I wrote about Elizabeth Darling's richly interesting 'Palace of the Ether: Broadcasting House and the Architecture of the BBC', which is a handsome volume published by Lund Humphries. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/this-temple-...

'This Temple of the Arts and Muses', part 1 - Illuminations

John Wyver writes: ‘This Temple of the Arts and Muses’ is the opening phrase of the dedication, displayed in Latin and supposedly written by John Reith, at the entrance to Broadcasting House. Sited on...

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Illuminations@illuminations.bsky.social · 2d ago

'This Temple of the Arts and Muses', part 1 In which I enthuse about 'Palace of the Ether: Broadcasting House and the Architecture of the BBC' by Elizabeth Darling @archhistdarling.bsky.social, which has been very handsomely produced by Lund Humphries. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/this-temple-...

'This Temple of the Arts and Muses', part 1 - Illuminations

John Wyver writes: ‘This Temple of the Arts and Muses’ is the opening phrase of the dedication, displayed in Latin and supposedly written by John Reith, at the entrance to Broadcasting House. Sited on...

illuminationsmedia.co.uk

Illuminations@illuminations.bsky.social · 2d ago

I wrote about Elizabeth Darling's richly interesting 'Palace of the Ether: Broadcasting House and the Architecture of the BBC', which is a handsome volume published by Lund Humphries. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/this-temple-...

'This Temple of the Arts and Muses', part 1 - Illuminations

John Wyver writes: ‘This Temple of the Arts and Muses’ is the opening phrase of the dedication, displayed in Latin and supposedly written by John Reith, at the entrance to Broadcasting House. Sited on...

illuminationsmedia.co.uk

Illuminations@illuminations.bsky.social · 2d ago

'This Temple of the Arts and Muses', part 1 In which I enthuse about 'Palace of the Ether: Broadcasting House and the Architecture of the BBC' by Elizabeth Darling @archhistdarling.bsky.social, which has been very handsomely produced by Lund Humphries. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/this-temple-...

'This Temple of the Arts and Muses', part 1 - Illuminations

John Wyver writes: ‘This Temple of the Arts and Muses’ is the opening phrase of the dedication, displayed in Latin and supposedly written by John Reith, at the entrance to Broadcasting House. Sited on...

illuminationsmedia.co.uk

Illuminations@illuminations.bsky.social · 2d ago

Friday's blog post about the configuration of studio cameras in Studio A at Alexandra Palace has been enriched with an exchange of comments with John Williams, author of 'Pinsk to the Palace: Sir Isaac Shoenberg and the Birth of Television'. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/the-mystery-...

The mystery of Alexandra Palace Studio A - Illuminations

John Wyver writes: When the BBC television service at Alexandra Palace began operations officially on 2 November 1936, Studio A was fitted out with four Emitron electronic cameras supplied by the rece...

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Illuminations@illuminations.bsky.social · 3d ago

The Sunday dozen The Odyssey and much ado about Emily Wilson; The Battle of Algiers and a film about Shen Yun; Carlo Ginzburg and David Harvey; Rewiring the State, grief tech, Bob Dylan and more. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/the-sunday-d...

The Sunday dozen - Illuminations

John Wyver writes: My usual compendium of links to stuff that this week has caught my eye and engaged my brain. My header image is of Collage for Losing the Garden, 2026, oil on paper, from the glorio...

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Illuminations@illuminations.bsky.social · 5d ago

Why when BBC TV began in Nov '36 was Marconi-EMI's Studio A at Alexandra Palace equipped w 4 floor electronic cameras and 2 for telecine? J.B. Williams' 'Pinsk to the Palace: Sir Isaac Shoenberg + the Birth of Television' (2021) offers a partial answer. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/the-mystery-...

The mystery of Alexandra Palace Studio A - Illuminations

John Wyver writes: When the BBC television service at Alexandra Palace began operations officially on 2 November 1936, it was fitted out with four Emitron electronic cameras supplied by the recently-e...

illuminationsmedia.co.uk

Illuminations@illuminations.bsky.social · 5d ago

Why when BBC TV began in Nov '36 was Marconi-EMI's Studio A at Alexandra Palace equipped w 4 floor electronic cameras and 2 for telecine? J.B. Williams' 'Pinsk to the Palace: Sir Isaac Shoenberg + the Birth of Television' (2021) offers a partial answer. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/the-mystery-...

The mystery of Alexandra Palace Studio A - Illuminations

John Wyver writes: When the BBC television service at Alexandra Palace began operations officially on 2 November 1936, it was fitted out with four Emitron electronic cameras supplied by the recently-e...

illuminationsmedia.co.uk

Illuminations@illuminations.bsky.social · last wk.

A small Films fail BBC iPlayer Not the most important of posts, but a note about a recent change to the iPlayer lay-out of the Films offering, with implications I feel for the discovery of arthouse cinema on this site. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/a-small-film...

A small Films fail @BBCiPlayer - Illuminations

John Wyver writes: In the global scheme of things, the concern I want to highlight this morning is little more than a mote. But apart from the irritation it has provoked, it is a small but potentially...

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Illuminations@illuminations.bsky.social · last wk.

A small Films fail BBC iPlayer Not the most important of posts, but a note about a recent change to the iPlayer lay-out of the Films offering, with implications I feel for the discovery of arthouse cinema on this site. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/a-small-film...

A small Films fail @BBCiPlayer - Illuminations

John Wyver writes: In the global scheme of things, the concern I want to highlight this morning is little more than a mote. But apart from the irritation it has provoked, it is a small but potentially...

illuminationsmedia.co.uk

Illuminations@illuminations.bsky.social · 2w ago

Immensely grateful to Max Long for his thoughtful and generous review of Magic Rays of Light in Modern British History: 'engaging and thoroughly researched... a highly informative and richly detailed account' academic.oup.com/tcbh/article...

Magic Rays of Light: The Early Years of Television in Britain. John Wyver

When we think of the history of television, we tend to think of it as a quintessentially post-1945 phenomenon. Television before the war has traditionally

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Illuminations@illuminations.bsky.social · 2w ago

Immensely grateful to Max Long for his thoughtful and generous review of Magic Rays of Light in Modern British History: 'engaging and thoroughly researched... a highly informative and richly detailed account' academic.oup.com/tcbh/article...

Magic Rays of Light: The Early Years of Television in Britain. John Wyver

When we think of the history of television, we tend to think of it as a quintessentially post-1945 phenomenon. Television before the war has traditionally

academic.oup.com

Illuminations@illuminations.bsky.social · 2w ago

Thoughts on 3 adaptations of the wartime novella Le Silence de la mer -- filmed by Jean-Pierre Melville, unrealised by Jean-Luc Godard, and a never-recorded BBC TV production by Michael Barry, for the first night of the returning service on 7 June 1946. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/silences-of-...

Silences of the sea - Illuminations

John Wyver writes: To the ICA on Saturday last for another fascinating programme in Michael Witt’s Jean-Luc Godard: Unmade and Abandoned series. This has been a revelatory season, shown more or less m...

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Illuminations@illuminations.bsky.social · 2w ago

My post-conference reflections on The Cultures of Early Television a fortnight back, now with some useful additional thoughts in the Comments. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/conference-r...

Conference reflections - Illuminations

John Wyver writes: Just over a fortnight since The Cultures of Early Television wrapped, with much – although far from all – of the admin done, and with the distractions of a weekend in Paris and the ...

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Illuminations@illuminations.bsky.social · 2w ago

Thoughts on 3 adaptations of the wartime novella Le Silence de la mer -- filmed by Jean-Pierre Melville, unrealised by Jean-Luc Godard, and a never-recorded BBC TV production by Michael Barry, for the first night of the returning service on 7 June 1946. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/silences-of-...

Silences of the sea - Illuminations

John Wyver writes: To the ICA on Saturday last for another fascinating programme in Michael Witt’s Jean-Luc Godard: Unmade and Abandoned series. This has been a revelatory season, shown more or less m...

illuminationsmedia.co.uk

Illuminations@illuminations.bsky.social · 2w ago

Conference reflections Finally, some brief thoughts on The Cultures of Early Television conference a fortnight back. If you attended, do please consider adding your own reactions and suggestions for improvements. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/conference-r...

Conference reflections - Illuminations

John Wyver writes: Just over a fortnight since The Cultures of Early Television wrapped, with much – although far from all – of the admin done, and with the distractions of a weekend in Paris and the ...

illuminationsmedia.co.uk

Illuminations@illuminations.bsky.social · 2w ago

Conference reflections Finally, some brief thoughts on The Cultures of Early Television conference a fortnight back. If you attended, do please consider adding your own reactions and suggestions for improvements. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/conference-r...

Conference reflections - Illuminations

John Wyver writes: Just over a fortnight since The Cultures of Early Television wrapped, with much – although far from all – of the admin done, and with the distractions of a weekend in Paris and the ...

illuminationsmedia.co.uk

Illuminations@illuminations.bsky.social · 2w ago

And we're back -- a new Sunday dozen, marking the sad loss of a trio of friends, plus links to articles on Soviet cinema, Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, Maida Vale and Venice, screen tourism and physical media, Raymond Williams, the World Cup and more. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/the-sunday-d...

The Sunday dozen - Illuminations

John Wyver writes: Something of a catch-up today, and even so my posting is both late and melancholy. The past few weeks have been somewhat consumed by The Cultures of Early Television conference, and...

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Illuminations@illuminations.bsky.social · 3w ago

Empire, culture and football - wonderful from @jonathanliew.bsky.social ahead of tonight. "Too different and distant to be friends; too entwined and alike to be purely enemies; neither a clash of pure equals nor a simple parable of coloniser versus colonised." www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Love and hate collide: England v Argentina is not simply a grudge match | Jonathan Liew

Look beyond the flashpoints and flare-ups and perhaps this is the greatest and most romantic of footballing rivalries

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