ARTS WEDNESDAY 11 JANUARY 2012

Happy New Year to you all! I’m back from my travels in India and looking forward to presenting Arts Wednesday again.

We continue with Sydney By Design, this series talking about Sydney As It Could Be with Ed Lippmann. This week I’ll play Part 5, featuring Government Architect Peter Mould.

For the rest of the show it’s all India. I’ll be doing my own version of armchair traveller, with tales of wonderful people and places. The images I’ve selected are, firstly, the dining table for 101 guests used by the 6th Nizam of Hyderabad and still in the splendid Falaknuma Palace, now a hotel. The second is of the campsite, Chhatra Sagar and its lake setting at Nimaj in Rajasthan. I recorded a short interview with one of the owners and I’ll play that for you.

Needless to say I came back with CDs of Indian music and that’s what we’ll be hearing.

As always, I am looking forward to your company!