our reporter ian barmer has been to see the exhibition.his artworks together in one place. he was a man who drew, constantly. and painted whenever he could around his many acting commitments. this is clearly a self—portrait. i think this was probably about 2010, or 2011, when john did this, but i always loved it. i used to, at night, i would be taking pilchard the dog for a walk down the track and john would still be in the barn and this would be standing on an easel with the light on it. it fooled me every time, i would think it was him. john hurt went to art school before he became an actor and even then he could never let it go. the exhibition has oil paintings, linocuts and drawings and a small selection of this many sketches. he was always drawing on napkins, scripts, i've got loads of them with little sketches on them. all sorts of things, you know. bus tickets, envelopes, the whole thing. it was something he had to do. it was part of his dna. i'm very pleased to meet you, mr merrick. one of his best—known film roles was the elephant

ian barmer, bbc news.pe walker performing in front of one of the city's most iconic sights. andy beatt reports. they call paris the city of lights. for one afternoon in the montmartre neighbourhood it was the city of heights. with the skyline as her backdrop, french tightrope walker tatiana—mosio bongonga started 35 metres above montmartre hill and inched her way towards one of the city's most famous sights, the sacre coeur basilica. she wasn't the only one hanging by a thread. down below, they looked on filled with wonder, admiration but also a little fear. this stunt done without a security cable. translation: it was very surprising and very dangerous. it really impressed me actually. i noticed that she was not secured. there was a lot of acrobatics. i had a really good time. even getting to the starting position would scare off the faint—hearted but this stunt has been a year in preparation, all to be carried out one step at a time. waiting for her at the end, members of the city's chamber orchestra, wh

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