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Peter Brathwaite

Peter Brathwaite at the Higgins. Image: The Higgins Bedford

Art and culture: Artist Peter Brathwaite in conversation with Dr Lucy Peltz

A very special event is taking place at the Higgins this week, when Peter Brathwaite, artist, singer and writer talks to Dr Lucy Peltz, Head of Collection Displays (Tudor to Regency) and Senior Curator 18th Century Collections at the...
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Africa The Land of Hope and Promise for Negro Peoples of the World by Bisa Butler (2020) Recreated by Peter Brathwaite Image Sam Baldock. Image: Getty Publications

‘Rediscovering Black Portraiture’ at the Higgins Bedford this May

This month sees the launch of a new exhibition in Bedford which began as a diversionary lockdown project in 2020 and can now be seen at Kensington Palace, the Bodeian Library in Oxford and now...
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Black History Month: Bedford singer’s lockdown project takes to the streets of London

Starting in the first Covid lockdown, Bedford resident, opera singer and BBC broadcaster, Peter Brathwaite embarked on a Twitter project that would exceed even his wildest...
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Peter Brathwaite Royal Opera House

Peter Brathwaite: From usher at the Royal Opera House to centre stage

A Bedford-based opera singer who used to usher at the Royal Opera House as a student, has become one of the first people to perform on its...
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Peter Brathwaite

Quarantine creativity puts Bedford opera singer in the picture

Like many Bedford residents, opera singer, Peter Brathwaite has been using his time in lockdown to pursue a new hobby. Unlike most Bedford residents...
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