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“I don’t like the South of England”
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March 2, 2026
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1:26Now Playing"I don't like the South of England. No guts in it. Horrible place."
L.S. Lowry is indelibly identified with Manchester and the industrial north of England. We can hear the artist's strident views on other parts of that country in these extraordinary and long-lost taped interviews that Lowry gave in his final years to young fan Angela Barratt.
Author Jeanette Winterson, born in Manchester and brought up in Accrington, reflects on what Lowry's paintings tell us about the 'Manchester spirit'. The real voices of Lowry and Barratt are lip-synced by Ian McKellen and Annabel Smith in this fascinating insight into the thoughts and motivations of the secretive painter, revealing his life story in unheard interviews.
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LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes: An insight into the secretive 'matchstick men' painter as he guides us through his revealing life story in unheard interviews from the end of his life, lip-synced by Ian McKellen.
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