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IF YOU find yourself in need of some genuine gold leaf, a gesso panel, a pot of Alizarin crimson or a piece of pebbled vellum, then L. Cornelisse­n & Son, founded in the 1850s, is the place for you. In LITTLE SHOP OF COLOURS (RADIO 4 (FM), 11.30AM) Cathy FitzGerald visits the premises in London’s Bloomsbury, browses among the paint and pigments, and hears stories of the art and artists associated with this venerable shop.

ANDY MCCLUSKEY of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark talks to RADCLIFFE & MACONIE (BBC 6 MUSIC, 1PM) about the band’s latest album, which takes its title from the 19th-century Italian painting The Punishment Of Luxury.

ONE day in 1997, a vulnerable man known as H was sedated and informally

admitted to a local hospital; at the time, H was living with a couple who were his official carers. The couple worried that this confinemen­t would have a severe effect on H’s mental wellbeing. This drama

TEST CASE: BOURNEWOOD (RADIO 4 (FM), 2.15PM) tells the story of the court cases, the campaign and the landmark judgments that H’s case engendered.

IRISH singer-songwriter Hannah Peel (pictured) has embarked on an intriguing experiment, working with a traditiona­l colliery band, as we hear in LISTEN TO THE BAND (RADIO 2, 11.30PM).

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