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BBC 2 November 2009 **This is a really cool automatic slideshow of images of these amazing women. WWII is one of my interests, particularly aerial bombing missions. I love history. Click the link at the top of the photo to go to the BBC article where you can start the slideshow. Details for listening to the BBC Radio 4 programme are below. Night Witches  Russia's three all-female air regiments flew more than 30,000 missions along the Eastern Front in WWII. At home they were known as 'Stalin's Falcons', but terrified German troops called them the 'Night Witches'. Here - with the help of archive images - Radio 4's Lucy Ash tells their story, and discovers that their extraordinary exploits have inspired others decades later. Images courtesy RIA Novosti, Getty Images, Anna Yegorova, Garth Ennis and Russ Braun. Night Witches will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 2002 on Monday 2 November 2009. It will then be available for seven days on >>the BBC iPlayer. Slideshow production by Paul Kerley | ||||||||||
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Times 2 Nov 09  The scene from Spellbound, made of paper tape on clear plastic - (Mark Khaisman/BNPS) The monochrome world of Hitchcock’s Spellbound has been revisited in a new artistic medium — layers of brown parcel tape stuck on to a 4ft-high sheet of clear plastic through which light is shone. The scene, taken from the director’s 1945 drama starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck, was created by Mark Khaisman, who sells his works for up to $10,000 (£6,000). Mr Khaisman, 51, from Philadelphia, previously worked with stained glass before switching to parcel tape. “The work is made from layer upon layer of translucent packing tape, applied to clear Plexiglas and placed in front of a light box to give shadow and depth,” said Mr Khaisman. “My art is a conversation with light.” | ||||||||||
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