Barbara Brend on the 'Khamsa' of Nizami & the 'Khamsa' of Amir Khusrau
Barbara Brend on two of the world’s great illuminated manuscripts known as the ‘Khamsas’ or ‘Five Poems’.
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Barbara Brend on two of the world’s great illuminated manuscripts known as the ‘Khamsas’ or ‘Five Poems’.
Join Professor Charles Melville on a magic carpet ride into the exquisite world of Persian manuscripts.
Listen as actor Helen Morse reads an excerpt from Goethe’s West-eastern Divan, translated from the German by Edward Dowden.
Make a cuppa and sip on the pictorial delights of Jane Tanner’s endearing children’s book Love from Grandma.
Visit Anna’s Melbourne studio and discover how she made the illustrations for her book Let’s play house.
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