Cambridge Arts Roundup
Simon Bertin presents the programme that explores the city’s arts scene.
- Update frequency
- every 61 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 30
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Cambridge Arts Roundup 17/08/2025
In Cambridge Arts Roundup, Simon Bertin joins Cambridge University’s Dr Marina Velez Vago on a visit to the Archaeology and Anthropology Museum; the qualities of Ghost stories written by women […]
00:43:02 |
Wed 20 Aug 2025
Cambridge Arts Roundup: Ian Wolter; Artificial Intelligence and Art; Curious Cures
Simon Bertin encounters sculptor Ian Wolter at his new exhibition Perfection: Exploring Perfection in the Human Condition at the Wightman gallery; the philosophical issues of artificial intelligence …
01:27:04 |
Tue 06 May 2025
Cambridge Arts Roundup 23/02/2025
Simon Bertin drops in to Clare College to find out about a tapestry that centres on the career of scientist and suffragette Hertha Ayrton; we wrestle with the current political […]
00:48:44 |
Sun 23 Feb 2025
Cambridge Arts Roundup: Katrina Porteous & Euwitt Nayanhongo
Simon Bertin visits Katrina Porteous at Magdalene College who’s new book Rhizodont is shortlisted for the T.S Eliot prize; and we hear the spiritual aspects of sculptural work from Zimbabwe […]
00:55:42 |
Thu 26 Dec 2024
Cambridge Arts Roundup: Glenn Ligon
Simon Bertin goes on a tour of the Fitzwilliam Museum and talks to artist Glenn Ligon on his thought-provoking show All over the Place. We sample some new poem recitals […]
00:50:16 |
Wed 06 Nov 2024
Cambridge Arts Roundup: Paris 1924 at the Fitzwilliam
Simon Bertin visits the curators of the Paris 1924 Sport, Art and the Body exhibition celebrating the 1924 Olympics at the Fitzwilliam museum. He also encounters medieval historian Katie Hawks […]
00:50:02 |
Sun 08 Sep 2024
Cambridge Arts Roundup 20/07/2024
Simon Bertin visits Dr Alex Carter at Fitzwilliam College to hear about the philosophy of creativity and humour and the problems it raises; we encounter artist, musician, and short filmmaker […]
00:55:24 |
Sat 27 Jul 2024
Cambridge Arts Roundup: Blake’s Universe
Simon Bertin visits the Blake’s Universe exhibition at the Fitzwilliam museum and interviews co-curator Professor David Bindman on reframing Blake; We take a look at Murder By the Book A […]
00:57:14 |
Sun 12 May 2024
Real Families: Stories of Change
Simon Bertin visits the new Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition that asks us to consider what makes a family today, and the impact our families have on us, through the eyes of […]
00:19:29 |
Sun 22 Oct 2023
Cambridge Arts Roundup 20/08/2023
Simon Bertin looks at Mary Shelley’s 1818 edition of Frankenstein with Clare College fellow Patricia Fara and discovers a comparable creature that modern technology might realise in the form of […]
00:49:38 |
Sun 20 Aug 2023
Cambridge Arts Roundup: Raymond Briggs Retrospective
Simon Bertin previews the Raymond Briggs retrospective at Cambridge University Library and hears of an extraordinary artist who captivated a whole generation of children with curator Katie McCurrach;…
00:45:06 |
Sun 07 May 2023
Cambridge Arts Roundup: The Parthenon Marbles and the Fitzwilliam
Simon Bertin invites Classics Professor Paul Cartledge to talk on the Parthenon marbles and secret talks over returning them to Greece that may eventually impact on the Fitzwilliam Museum; exhibition…
00:55:12 |
Sun 09 Apr 2023
Cambridge Arts Roundup: Mina Gorji
Simon Bertin visits poet Mina Gorji who talks on her work and her new anthology; Kinaesthetic artist Chris Dobrowolski talks on his often-large scale installations and on having imposter syndrome […]
01:17:27 |
Sun 18 Sep 2022
Cambridge Arts Roundup 10/07/2022
Simon Bertin previews the Cambridge Shakespeare festival with Artistic Director Dr David Crilly; He encounters the gorgon Medusa in a good mood at Artist sculptor Mel Fraser’s studios in Wilburton; […
00:54:21 |
Fri 15 Jul 2022
Cambridge Arts Roundup 29/05/2022
Simon Bertin gets immersed in the Space Sounds project with multimedia artist Diana Scarborough and space weather scientist Dr Nigel Meredith of the British Antarctic Survey with composer Kim Cunio; …
00:57:42 |
Fri 15 Jul 2022
Cambridge Arts Roundup 17/04/2022
Simon Bertin grapples with Geometry in art and space with Cambridge University mathematical physics professor Maciej Dunajski; He interviews exciting women artists in an all female Exhibition at Extr…
00:46:36 |
Sun 17 Apr 2022
Cambridge Arts Roundup 20/03/2022
Simon Bertin encounters the Art of the Samurai at Cambridge University Library’s Samurai History and Legend Exhibition; award-winning author Patricia Fara talks about her book on electricity in the e…
00:51:43 |
Sun 20 Mar 2022
Cambridge Arts Roundup 16/01/2022
In this edition, Simon Bertin hears from Cambridge University scientific historian Patricia Fara about her new book on the life of Cambridge icon Sir Isaac Newton. Her husband, poet Clive […]
00:52:28 |
Sun 16 Jan 2022
Cambridge Arts Roundup 17/10/2021
Simon Bertin delves into a remarkable photography exhibition by Robert McCabe on an archaeological dig in Mycenae; Artist Sudesh Prasad explores the relationship between art and the viewer at the […]
00:41:27 |
Mon 18 Oct 2021
Cambridge Arts Roundup 22/08/2021
Simon Bertin discovers the remarkable artwork of Gurpran Rau using the encaustic method from the ancient world at Artspace 57 with curator Anna Dempster in an exhibition entitled Under the […]
00:51:53 |
Thu 02 Sep 2021
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