with smithson. alexander graham bell was not so foolish to be photographed with smithson's skull. anyway, there was a competition to build a monument to smithson. for a very brief moment at the beginning of the 20th century, we nearly elevated smithson to a founding father. this monument on the left would have been the size of the lincoln memorial. in the end, the smithsonian took the original sarcophagus from the cemetery in italy and installed it in what they called the crypt, which is today in the capital building so you can go visit him. he lies here mostly again forgotten, but his name in the form of the smithsonian is one of the most famous we have, obviously. this open nature of the bequest i mentioned earlier meant in a way that smithson's gift could become almost anything it needed to be. in the 170 plus years since the founding, this missoni and has grown in many, many direction -- the smithsonian has grown in many directions. i want to fly through more of the american treasure house objects, like thomas jefferson's desk that he wrote the declaration of independence on.

lecture,for tonight's exploring the world of james smithson, it is being presented by heather ewing.eather ewing is a graduate of yell university and the institute of art in london. she is currently a research associate of the smithsonian where she once worked as an architectural historian and is the author of anothe a number of books on the architecture and history of the institution. 018, she was the executive director for the center of italian modern art in new york and has worked as well for the john and mabel museum of art

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dave smithson is operations manager for the charity anxiety uk. hejoins us now from salford.gh levels of anxiety, and thatis with high levels of anxiety, and that is crippling with what we are facing at the moment. what is your advice to manage this? first, manage how much news you are taking in. we have a 24—7 news cycle and if you are constantly watching the news, that will only make you more anxious. maybe have a preset time where you will check what is happening. if we are going to have daily bulletins going forward from medical advisers, maybe that is the time to check the news and monitor what is happening, just once a day. is it important for there to be transparency on the latest developments so that there is at least some sense of knowing as much as you can about where we are going? absolutely. that is why we would advise that following the official briefings would be the best place to get that information and not looking at other sources, particularly social media, where sometimes things get distorted and it is not always accurate and up—to—date information. stick t

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