Britain’s first grand portrait of a person of colour is saved for the nation

This bank holiday weekend, we're taking a step back from the news to bring you an update on a story we covered earlier in the year.

One of Britain's most important paintings of a non-white subject has now been saved for the nation following a public campaign to raise £50 million to buy it from its private owner. This is the story of the Portrait of Omai.

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Guest: Bendor Grosvenor, British art historian.  

Host: David Aaronovitch. 

Clips: Oxford University Press, TRT. 

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