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A Short Walk in a Fool's Paradise

on BBC Radio 3

A view of the artist Cecil Collins (1908-1989).
Cecil Collins 's images of the Fool, representing compassion and innocence, and the Angel, serving as guardian and messenger, were some of the most distinctive of our time.
Sir Stephen Spender , Alex Comfort and John Taverner contribute to a documentary appreciation by Bryan Robertson of an artist with a very contemporary vision. With the late artist, his wife Elisabeth, his biographer William Anderson ,
Canon Keith Walker , Sir Michael Culme-Seymour ,
Robin Baring , Judith Collins , John Lane , Professor Robin Orr and Patrick Reyntiens.

Contributors

Artist:
Cecil Collins
Artist:
Cecil Collins
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Sir Stephen Spender
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John Taverner
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Bryan Robertson
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William Anderson
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Canon Keith Walker
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Sir Michael Culme-Seymour
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Robin Baring
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Judith Collins
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John Lane
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Professor Robin Orr
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Patrick Reyntiens.

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