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What the Minister Saw

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

Factual: Politics

02/01/2011

BBC Radio 4 - What the Minister Saw

Art expert Philip Mould looks at what new government ministers have put on their walls.

Art expert Philip Mould looks at what new ministers have borrowed from the government art collection, and asks what it says about them.

Becoming a Minister has many perks, but one they can see every day is the art hanging in their office, often borrowed from the Government Art Collection. Art historian Philip Mould speaks to new ministers about what they chose and why they chose it, and he asks what it says about them.

Producer: Giles Edwards.

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