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[applause] >> who have we got from yorkshire? yes, please. >> as time continues we need more and more things in life. for example, mortgage. if you want a mortgage you want to have a house or flat where you can live unless you can pay for it directly. how realistic is that? we need more and more as we grow up. we need more and more things. we progress in life, but the fact of the matter is, with an equal minimum wage when you're 16 compared to if you were 20, when you mild have a child and might pay your first mortgage, how is it fair to limit them to that price because they have more things to pay for? less thing to spend on luxury items. [applause] >> what about delegates from the northeast. the northeast. right. okay. go. we'll hear from you. >> this is 20 years ago the national minimum wage was unrealistic, this seems unrealistic at this time put i believe welcome achieve this. i am a 21-year-old. [applause] >> now, who have we got from the east midlands? the east midlands. >> my name is alex. i know all of you want equal min
[applause] >> who have we got from yorkshire? yes, please. >> as time continues we need more and more things in life. for example, mortgage. if you want a mortgage you want to have a house or flat where you can live unless you can pay for it directly. how realistic is that? we need more and more as we grow up. we need more and more things. we progress in life, but the fact of the matter is, with an equal minimum wage when you're 16 compared to if you were 20, when you mild have a...
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[applause] >> who have we got from yorkshire? yes, please. >> as time continues we need more and more things in life. for example, mortgage. if you want a mortgage you want to have a house or flat where you can live unless you can pay for it directly. how realistic is that? we need more and more as we grow up. we need more and more things. we progress in life, but the fact of the matter is, with an equal minimum wage when you're 16 compared to if you were 20, when you mild have a child and might pay your first mortgage, how is it fair to limit them to that price because they have more things to pay for? less thing to spend on luxury items. [applause] >> what about delegates from the northeast. the northeast. right. okay. go. we'll hear from you. >> this is 20 years ago the national minimum wage was unrealistic, this seems unrealistic at this time put i believe welcome achieve this. i am a 21-year-old. [applause] >> now, who have we got from the east midlands? the east midlands. >> my name is alex. i know all of you want equal min
[applause] >> who have we got from yorkshire? yes, please. >> as time continues we need more and more things in life. for example, mortgage. if you want a mortgage you want to have a house or flat where you can live unless you can pay for it directly. how realistic is that? we need more and more as we grow up. we need more and more things. we progress in life, but the fact of the matter is, with an equal minimum wage when you're 16 compared to if you were 20, when you mild have a...
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with their pudding. >> that yorkshire pudding.of alarmed i think when he saw it. >> jimmy: oh, no. >> it was last christmas eve, sort of look me dead in the eye, you didn't tell me you'd be naked that long. >> jimmy: that's weird. you think maybe that is dad's responsibility but on the other hand am i going to call my brother and give him this news? >> no, exactly, exactly. no. >> jimmy: uncle ken was upset? >> uncle ken was slightly upset. >> jimmy: is uncle ken still watching the show? >> he's still watching the show. >> jimmy: but like this. >> just tell him to go make a cup of tea. >> jimmy: does he have anything to worry about next season? >> there may be. if uncle ken is watching. there might be -- >> jimmy: you know what was really disturbing on the show is when you had to eat the horse heart. >> yes. >> jimmy: what was that you were eating? >> it was kind of like a gummy bear. like a big gummy bear covered in fake blood that sort of tasted like bleach but it was really, really sticky. the fake blood was really, really stic
with their pudding. >> that yorkshire pudding.of alarmed i think when he saw it. >> jimmy: oh, no. >> it was last christmas eve, sort of look me dead in the eye, you didn't tell me you'd be naked that long. >> jimmy: that's weird. you think maybe that is dad's responsibility but on the other hand am i going to call my brother and give him this news? >> no, exactly, exactly. no. >> jimmy: uncle ken was upset? >> uncle ken was slightly upset. >>...
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to yorkshire? we don't have to have passports.h, think of it, robert, sea air, crab salads, lobster. what do you say? we've nothing much on. well, i have. sorry, i have this article to write. - oh. - there's a deadline. we journalists work to them. - and i don't want my article to be in late. - oh, i understand, robert. i've got to do some research into that dodgy roofing company. i can't believe this. i've found somebody from my family. i thought they'd all passed on. ( laughs ) kate fielding. oh, she did turn a good skipping rope. ♪ salt, mustard vinegar, pepper ♪ ♪ pepper, salt ♪ ♪ mustard, vinegar pepper, salt ♪ ♪ mustard, vinegar, pepper ♪ hetty: oh, it looks just like lancashire, really. ( cell phone rings ) - oh, mrs. wainthropp, in my pocket. - what? - it's my mobile phone. - oh, goodness. - can you answer it? - oh, i don't know. we're not supposed to use them when we're driving. - what do you do? - oh, blue button. - blue button. - yeah. hello? janet. no, we're driving to a village near whitby. yes, he's with me. tell her
to yorkshire? we don't have to have passports.h, think of it, robert, sea air, crab salads, lobster. what do you say? we've nothing much on. well, i have. sorry, i have this article to write. - oh. - there's a deadline. we journalists work to them. - and i don't want my article to be in late. - oh, i understand, robert. i've got to do some research into that dodgy roofing company. i can't believe this. i've found somebody from my family. i thought they'd all passed on. ( laughs ) kate fielding....
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[applause] >> who have we got from yorkshire? yes, please. >> as time continues we need more and more things in life. for example, mortgage. if you want a mortgage you want to have a house or flathere you can live unless you can pay for it directly. how realistic is that? we need more and more as we grow up. we need me and more things. we progress in life, but the fact of the matter is, with an equal minimum wage when you're 16 compared to if you were 20, when you mild have a child and mit pay your first mortgage, how is it fair to limit them to that price because they have more things to pay for? less thing to spend on luxury items. [applause] >> what about delegates from the northeast. the northeast. right. okay. go. we'll hear from you. >> this is 20 years ago the national minimum wage was unrealistic, this seems unrealistic at this time put i believe welcome achieve this. i am a 21-year-old. [applause] >> now, who have we got from the east midlands? the east midlands. >> my name is alex. i know all of you want equal minimum w
[applause] >> who have we got from yorkshire? yes, please. >> as time continues we need more and more things in life. for example, mortgage. if you want a mortgage you want to have a house or flathere you can live unless you can pay for it directly. how realistic is that? we need more and more as we grow up. we need me and more things. we progress in life, but the fact of the matter is, with an equal minimum wage when you're 16 compared to if you were 20, when you mild have a child...
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his career began in 1921 when he left yorkshire with a scholarship to study at the royal college of art in london, a bastion of academic formalism. but he found his real inspiration on the other side of london at the british museum. he visited twice a week for years, drawing objects from the museum's vast ethnographic collection, and drawing inspiration from them that would hava lifelong impact on his work. (henry morre) primitive art makes a straightforward statement. its primary concern is with the elemental and its simplicity comes from a direct and strong feeling, which is very different from being simple for the sake of being simple, which only leads to emptiness. (narrator) moore's student work wasn't always well-received. one royal college professor declared: "this student is feeding on garbage." the student was unapologetic and went to paris in 1922 to experience modern painting and sculpture firsthand. he was thunderstruck by the monumentality of the figures in czanne's bathers. "the figures," he said, "appeared to be sliced out of mountain rock." two years later moore graduate
his career began in 1921 when he left yorkshire with a scholarship to study at the royal college of art in london, a bastion of academic formalism. but he found his real inspiration on the other side of london at the british museum. he visited twice a week for years, drawing objects from the museum's vast ethnographic collection, and drawing inspiration from them that would hava lifelong impact on his work. (henry morre) primitive art makes a straightforward statement. its primary concern is...
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we are also of course investing in enterprise zones, across yorkshire, and yorkshire businesses will benefit from the enhanced capital allowance. >> mr. speaker, seven government -- [inaudible] have proved to be -- housing starts about, homelessness is a. mortgage market where people can get mortgages and rents that a record high in the private sector. has a chance or not accept his position cut 4 billion-pound investment was directly responsible for a 60% collapse in affordable house building, and we now accept personal responsibility for the chancellor of the exchequer presiding over the biggest housing crisis in a generation? >> chancellor? >> house building, house building was at an all time low under the labour government. i said i think the lowest was in 1920s and the 1930s. that was what had happened. of course things like problems in the mortgage market were greeted by the banking crisis, by the financial crisis, the banking crisis happened by the way when he was city minister over the. the funding for lending scheme is bringing mortgage costs down first by scheme help with s
we are also of course investing in enterprise zones, across yorkshire, and yorkshire businesses will benefit from the enhanced capital allowance. >> mr. speaker, seven government -- [inaudible] have proved to be -- housing starts about, homelessness is a. mortgage market where people can get mortgages and rents that a record high in the private sector. has a chance or not accept his position cut 4 billion-pound investment was directly responsible for a 60% collapse in affordable house...
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yorkshire roast beef you can't moan about that fish and chips what's wrong with what's wrong with that you know you know i like to see really that the new testament on my christmas pudding phenomenon how do you do stuff yourself as a christmas dinner and then you stuff yourselves some more you leave a bit of a tomato. at its worst you leave a little coin in it that's great you mustn't small of the coin but with all the brandy and all the brandy you poor going christmas put well you know how that goes but look at these people some people in thailand cook with peru so if you think english food is really that bad then i beg to differ i'm moving on guys two thousand and twelve hot mike moment here we know jesse jackson jesse jackson is a reference he's a man of the cloth he's supposed to be friends with barack obama but when he was doing an interview program a new show one morning to talk about barack obama the reverend jesse jackson was caught with a hot mike saying to the man next to him i want to cut off obama's nuts for talking down to black people in fact we can listen to that sound b
yorkshire roast beef you can't moan about that fish and chips what's wrong with what's wrong with that you know you know i like to see really that the new testament on my christmas pudding phenomenon how do you do stuff yourself as a christmas dinner and then you stuff yourselves some more you leave a bit of a tomato. at its worst you leave a little coin in it that's great you mustn't small of the coin but with all the brandy and all the brandy you poor going christmas put well you know how...
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friend the transport secretary will set up plans in the new year plans to take high speed go to yorkshire. i can confirm a billion pound loan and a guarantee to -- [inaudible] and support a new development on a similar scale to to olympic park. we're confirming funding and reforms to assist the construction of up to 120,000 new homes and delivering on flood defend schemes in more cities. on top of broadband expansion for our countryside and larger cities, we're funding broadband in 123 smaller -- 12 smaller cities, cambridge, darby, oxford, portsmouth, york, newport, aberdeen, and derry, londonderry. in addition to a third of a billion pounds announced this autumn for british science, we are today announcing 600 million pounds more for the u.k. scientific research infrastructure, and since improving our education system is the best investment in a competitive economy, i am today committing 270 million pounds to fund improvements in further education colleges and one billion pounds to expand good schools and build 100 new free schools and academies. [cheers and applause] mr. speaker, scotl
friend the transport secretary will set up plans in the new year plans to take high speed go to yorkshire. i can confirm a billion pound loan and a guarantee to -- [inaudible] and support a new development on a similar scale to to olympic park. we're confirming funding and reforms to assist the construction of up to 120,000 new homes and delivering on flood defend schemes in more cities. on top of broadband expansion for our countryside and larger cities, we're funding broadband in 123 smaller...
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was favored with patronage from landed gentry like walter fawkes, who invited him to stay at his yorkshireate. one morning at breakfast fawkes asked him to make a drawing that would convey the huge size of a man-of-war. fawkes' grand niece recorded how it was done. (reader) "he began by pouring wet paint onto the paper till it was saturated, he tore, he scratched, he scrubbed at it in a kind of frenzy and the whole thing was chaos-- but gradually and as if by magic the lovely ship, with all its exquisite minutia, came into being and by lunchtime the drawing was taken down in triumph." (narrator) with europe at peace, turner was free to travel abroad-- sketching what he saw in notebooks and taking them back to london to use as a basis for his paintings. in 1819 he finally reached italy, the goal of artists throughout europe eager to learn from its history and beauty. it was turner's long held dream to visit the country he knew from claude's paintings. he depicted an idealized italian landscape and called it childe harold's pilgrimage, after lord byron's poem. in an attempt to lift the paint
was favored with patronage from landed gentry like walter fawkes, who invited him to stay at his yorkshireate. one morning at breakfast fawkes asked him to make a drawing that would convey the huge size of a man-of-war. fawkes' grand niece recorded how it was done. (reader) "he began by pouring wet paint onto the paper till it was saturated, he tore, he scratched, he scrubbed at it in a kind of frenzy and the whole thing was chaos-- but gradually and as if by magic the lovely ship, with...
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she is so sweet she sneezes yorkshire pudding. i am here with imogen lloyd webber, always with three names. her latest is called "the twitter diaries" and if jokes were shellfish he would give us all crabs. he is sherrod small. >> pleasure to be here gregory. >> i didn't ask. >> and then in the ukraine he is scared a sports bra. it is my respules sigh sidekick bill schulz. if fierce commentary was bubble wrap i would put my fragile package inside him. and gavin mcguinness. and she quite energetic, but writing pathetic. good to see you, pinch. >> today in dining jolly right for the market thanks to the affects of global warming. you see pigs hunt truffles, greg. >> i had no idea. >> and they have curly tails. >> i wouldn't call frank rich a pig. >> how dare you? >> how dare you? >> he lost weight. good for him on this holiday season. >>> should they stay defiant or be more pliant? i speak of the republican party. i speak of a new poll. for the first time the majority of americans say the gop or gop for short is too extreme saying t
she is so sweet she sneezes yorkshire pudding. i am here with imogen lloyd webber, always with three names. her latest is called "the twitter diaries" and if jokes were shellfish he would give us all crabs. he is sherrod small. >> pleasure to be here gregory. >> i didn't ask. >> and then in the ukraine he is scared a sports bra. it is my respules sigh sidekick bill schulz. if fierce commentary was bubble wrap i would put my fragile package inside him. and gavin...
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>> well, he's from yorkshire. >> jimmy: oh, they're the worst. was kind of alarmed when he saw it. his last christmas, he looked me in the eye and was like emilia, you didn't tell me that you'd be naked for that long. >> jimmy: i guess in a way, you'd think maybe that was dad's responsibility, but then on the other hand, it's like am i really going to call my brother and give him this news? >> no, exactly. >> jimmy: so uncle ken was upset? >> uncle ken was slightly upset. >> jimmy: is he still watching the show? >> he is, i think so. >> jimmy: but kind of like this? >> yeah. it's when you tell him to go make a cup of tea. >> jimmy: does uncle ken have anything to worry about next season? >> there may be. there may be. if uncle ken is watching, there might be. i'll call him in advance. >> jimmy: what was really disturbing on the show is when you had to eat the horse heart. >> yes. >> jimmy: what was that you were eating? >> it was kind of like a gummy bear. like a big gummy bear. sort of covered in fake blood that sort of tasted like leech. but it
>> well, he's from yorkshire. >> jimmy: oh, they're the worst. was kind of alarmed when he saw it. his last christmas, he looked me in the eye and was like emilia, you didn't tell me that you'd be naked for that long. >> jimmy: i guess in a way, you'd think maybe that was dad's responsibility, but then on the other hand, it's like am i really going to call my brother and give him this news? >> no, exactly. >> jimmy: so uncle ken was upset? >> uncle ken was...
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he took lola, a four-year-old yorkshire terrier everywhere, including to his dialysis appointments. his neighbor tracy took up the cause to find lola and got an e-mail yesterday. >> a woman said i found a dog running around lake merit in oakland and i could tell it was probably lost. i brought it home and i think it's your dog. >> thank you everybody so much! >> and it was, indeed, lola. the woman who found the dog called us first, and we gave her the neighbor tracy's e-mail. so quite the reunion there. we are so happy for him. lisa argen, our meteorologist, is here. this is a morning to really concentrate on the weather. >> jaresly. the wind is really blowing out there. we have a wind advisory through noontime and a flood watch. here's a look at the golden gate bridge. we are still anticipating the very heavy rain sinking down from the north. so it's on its way the next three to five hours. we will see a rough go of it around the bay. i'll detail that coming up. >> also ahead, the warriors, well, they are trying to stay in first place. i'm not sure who is playing there. it's defini
he took lola, a four-year-old yorkshire terrier everywhere, including to his dialysis appointments. his neighbor tracy took up the cause to find lola and got an e-mail yesterday. >> a woman said i found a dog running around lake merit in oakland and i could tell it was probably lost. i brought it home and i think it's your dog. >> thank you everybody so much! >> and it was, indeed, lola. the woman who found the dog called us first, and we gave her the neighbor tracy's e-mail....
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he took lola, a four-year-old yorkshire terrier everywhere, including to his dialysis appointments. his neighbor tracy took up the cause to find lola and got an e-mail yesterday. >> a woman said i found a dog about four days running around lake merit in oakland and i could tell it was probably lost. i brought it home and i think it's your dog. >> thank you everybody so much! >> and it was, indeed, lola. the woman who found the dog called us first, and we gave her the neighbor tracy's e-mail. ago. >> we are following two breaking news stories. a big rig accident on the richmond-san rafael bridge and a fatal accident on interstate 280 in san francisco. the latest coming up. and the announcement expected tomorrow from the u.s. supreme court that could have gay and lesbian couples across california what are you doing there? i making crescent bacon cheddar pinwheels. wow, i'm impressed! [ ding ] dad, the cable's out! you got that right? [ kiss ] thank you ♪ [ male announcer ] pillsbury crescents. let the making begin. here's a better idea. pillsbury grands! flaky layers biscuits in just
he took lola, a four-year-old yorkshire terrier everywhere, including to his dialysis appointments. his neighbor tracy took up the cause to find lola and got an e-mail yesterday. >> a woman said i found a dog about four days running around lake merit in oakland and i could tell it was probably lost. i brought it home and i think it's your dog. >> thank you everybody so much! >> and it was, indeed, lola. the woman who found the dog called us first, and we gave her the neighbor...
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the british assigned him to the yorkshire rifles battalion that was protecting the british petroleum pipeline that went across palestine up to the ports of the med, and the locals kept blowing up the pipeline, protesting british policies for jewish immigration to the holy lambed. and the british were determined to put an end to it. and the british commander was a heavy drinker and brass-colored whiskers, and he instructed diane to go to the local arab chieftain with an ultimatum. he said, tell that bastard that if there's any further sabotage of these pipelines, i'll blow up his house. and if there continue to be sabotage, i'll blow up every house in his village. well, when that didn't put an end to it, diane suggested there might be a more subtle way to deal with, to win arab cooperation, and the british officer wheeled on him and said i didn't come here to teach british soldiers how to crawl in your bloody country, i came here to teach the bloody arabs how the british operate. many years later when the israeli army began blowing up palestinian houses as a means to punish and put do
the british assigned him to the yorkshire rifles battalion that was protecting the british petroleum pipeline that went across palestine up to the ports of the med, and the locals kept blowing up the pipeline, protesting british policies for jewish immigration to the holy lambed. and the british were determined to put an end to it. and the british commander was a heavy drinker and brass-colored whiskers, and he instructed diane to go to the local arab chieftain with an ultimatum. he said, tell...
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in 2014 the race will start in the northeast english county of yorkshire.hey made at nounment this morning. just a few months ago bradley wiggins became the first british rider to win the tour. further details of the course will be presented milk no. >>> a new survey shows men are feeling happier about the holiday shopping season than women. 31% of the women say they will spend less for the 2012 holidays than last year. only 19% of men plan to spend less but there is good news for retailers, 75% of both men and women asked, plan to spend more. maybe the others have started shopping yet or set a budge. >>> four separate computer coding schools have launched in san francisco during the last year. the business times reports that the crash courses prepare people in just nine to 12 weeks to take high paying jobs. the sector has said it has coding jobs going unfilled because there aren't enough people with the skills needed. three of the schools have graduated 150 workers who are now earning average salaries of $80,000 a year. >> defense secretary just announced
in 2014 the race will start in the northeast english county of yorkshire.hey made at nounment this morning. just a few months ago bradley wiggins became the first british rider to win the tour. further details of the course will be presented milk no. >>> a new survey shows men are feeling happier about the holiday shopping season than women. 31% of the women say they will spend less for the 2012 holidays than last year. only 19% of men plan to spend less but there is good news for...
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we hear from andrew and angela, i call in order to read a message from the prime minister, from yorkshirenaudible] to listen to your -- [inaudible] and translate your views to the hard work of government. your meeting today will be young people ato -- the opportunity to debate issues that -- [inaudible] it's a big thing. i wish you the latest -- [inaudible] i look forward to hearing your debates. thank you. [applause] >> thank you for reading that. that is a delight to have the prime minister's support. i now call to say some words to us, the leader of the house of commons. mr. andrew. [applause] >> thank you, mr. speaker. [applause] thank you, mr. speaker. members of the you'll parking lotment, i'm debated to -- that righted to welcome you for the fourth annual sitting. the sitting have become an accomplished part of the parking parliament calendar. -- they have become so well established. and leader of the house, i am the representative of the government to this house of commons. and of the house of commons to the government. but today i am pleased to be able to be here to representativ
we hear from andrew and angela, i call in order to read a message from the prime minister, from yorkshirenaudible] to listen to your -- [inaudible] and translate your views to the hard work of government. your meeting today will be young people ato -- the opportunity to debate issues that -- [inaudible] it's a big thing. i wish you the latest -- [inaudible] i look forward to hearing your debates. thank you. [applause] >> thank you for reading that. that is a delight to have the prime...
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including building colleges, one of which is for this city college in a town called morley and west yorkshire. [shouting] i'm not sure what the local mp would make at the decision that that's not the best piece of the money but he can look himself in the mirror and ask the question. he can't answer these basic questions. let me have been making this final point. he tries to claim -- he tries to claim that all the problems in britain -- all the problems in britain began in may 2010 and they're all the fault of this government. literally, only the people claim that. there is not a single person in the labor party. this sunday single person in any business organization. this sunday single person in the international bodies who believes that and the reason he has to maintain this completely incredible position is because if he admitted the previous government was responsible for the problems in our country, he would have to admit that he was responsible for these problems. [shouting] so out of necessity, not choice, the labor party leader has a shutter chance for police were associated with the e
including building colleges, one of which is for this city college in a town called morley and west yorkshire. [shouting] i'm not sure what the local mp would make at the decision that that's not the best piece of the money but he can look himself in the mirror and ask the question. he can't answer these basic questions. let me have been making this final point. he tries to claim -- he tries to claim that all the problems in britain -- all the problems in britain began in may 2010 and they're...
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his career began in 1921 when he left yorkshire with a scholarship to study at the royal college of art in london, a bastion of academic formalism. but he found his real inspiration on the other side of london at the british museum. he visited twice a week for years, drawing objects from the museum's vast ethnographic collection, and drawing inspiration from them that would have a lifelong impact on his work. (henry morre) primitive art makes a straightforward statement. its primary concern is with the elemental and its simplicity comes from a direct and strong feeling, which is very different from being simple for the sake of being simple, which only leads to emptiness. (narrator) moore's student work wasn't always well-received. one royal college professor declared: "this student is feeding on garbage." the student was unapologetic and went to paris in 1922 to experience modern painting and sculpture firsthand. he was thunderstruck by the monumentality of the figures in czanne's bathers. "the figures," he said, "appeared to be sliced out of mountain rock." two years later moore gradua
his career began in 1921 when he left yorkshire with a scholarship to study at the royal college of art in london, a bastion of academic formalism. but he found his real inspiration on the other side of london at the british museum. he visited twice a week for years, drawing objects from the museum's vast ethnographic collection, and drawing inspiration from them that would have a lifelong impact on his work. (henry morre) primitive art makes a straightforward statement. its primary concern is...