N. P. James

Vermeer and the Transfixed Moment

• UNABRIDGED (32 mins)
• By N.P. James
• Narrated By James Milton

This essay takes as its focus two paintings by Johannes Vermeer (1632-75): The Milkmaid c.1661-62 and Woman Holding a Balance c.1662-65, and considers critical approaches to the artist by four historians, Edward A. Snow, Lawrence Gowing, John Michael Montias, and Martin Pops. Its aim is not solely to describe Vermeer's art, but by a process of comparative analysis to discern the various standpoints of his biographers, and to clarify their methodologies in research.

Hughie O'Donoghue: Sleeper: CV/Visual Arts Research

• UNABRIDGED (15 mins)
• By N. P. James
• Narrated By David Micklem

This is a recorded conversation with Manchester-born artist Hughie O'Donoghue, first published in Cv Journal of the Arts v2/3 September 1989. He discusses his ideas about painting and evaluates key works such as Sleeper and recent landscape The Irish Sea.

Health Care Professions: Rehabilitation, Medical Care, Research and Allied Services

• UNABRIDGED (26 mins)
• By N. P. James, J. Barber, S. James
• Narrated By Randelle Solomon

The growth of careers and career pathways within medicine and health care can be confusing, yet it reflects the evolution of modern medicine which relies upon a myriad of different specialists each able to contribute their own particular skills to the care and wellbeing of the patient or client. Careers within the NHS are many and varied, with opportunities to train not only as nurses and doctors but also as dieticians, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and speech and language therapists.

Paris TV: Routes and Diversions

• UNABRIDGED (19 mins)
• By N. P. James
• Narrated By Denise Kahn

This work talks about the visits to Paris in January 2003 and August 2005. Walks through the city absorb changing moods of its social occupation that suddenly transform from glittering vitality to silenced avenues, bearing witness to heightened security in its boundaries.

Courtauld Collection: Impressionist Painting: CV/Visual Arts Research

• UNABRIDGED (10 mins)
• By N. P. James
• Narrated By Denise Kahn

Interview with John Murdoch, director of the Courtauld Gallery, Somerset House, London, recorded in 1993, describes the formation of key Impressionist works by Sam Courtauld in the early twentieth century.

The Ring of Minos: At the Palace of Knossos

• UNABRIDGED (21 mins)
• By N. P. James
• Narrated By Denise Kahn
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Damien Hirst: The Biopsy Paintings and Other Works

• UNABRIDGED (29 mins)
• By N.P. James
• Narrated By James Milton

Published as a Cv audiobook, Cv/VAR series 94 reviews "'Beyond Belief", a major exhibition at White Cube of the prominent British artist Damien Hirst (born 1965, Bristol UK, upbringing in Leeds Yorkshire). The author experiences the Biopsy and Fact paintings, votive pieces, and installations including the imposing "Saint Sebastian, Exquisite Pain" and views "For the Love of God", the iconic GBP50 million diamond skull.

London Review: Around the Galleries

• UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 49 mins)
• By N. P. James
• Narrated By Denise Kahn

Over 100 reviews cover the London art scene from 1994 to 2011. Exhibitions in the city's private and public galleries are explored in detailed and informative texts. The reviews were first published in a variety of weekly arts magazines and sites and now appear in a professionally narrated audiobook.

Centre Du Verre: Musee Des Arts Decoratifs Paris

• UNABRIDGED (10 mins)
• By N. P. James, Jan-Luc Olivie
• Narrated By Yael Eylat-Tanaka

Interview recorded with Jan-Luc Olivie, keeper of the collection of glass at Centre du Verre, Musee des Arts Decoratifs Paris in December 1989. Explores the artefacts of Art Nouvau and Bohemian glass by renowned makers, Galle, Brocard, Drahonovsky.

Albion Journal: Dreams of the City

• UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 27 mins)
• By N.P. James
• Narrated By Ellery Truesdell

Episodes and encounters in social and internal scenes build a document of fiction entwined with the real. Daily life is transformed by message of promise and desolation.