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2 unusual facts about Alan Birkinshaw


Alan Birkinshaw

In 1986, Birkinshaw went to India where he directed an award winning film on the life of Jawaharlal Nehru, entitled But I Have Promises To Keep, which had been commissioned by Rajiv Gandhi and was made for the Government of India via Doordarshan, the national television network of India.

One of Birkinshaw's more recent creations is a relief in pure white marble over 30 metres in length, telling the story of Alexander the Great's Triumphal Journey into Babylon, based on the work of the same name by the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen.



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