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From the moment of your birth, to when it finally catches up with you, the clock is always with us. Ever wondered... about time?

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Natural?
Inspiration comes from many places, but in terms of greatest influence, nothing can compete with the world about us. Diarmuid Gavin asks how does nature inspire the work of great artists?

Revealing?
What do the faces artists choose to present to us reval? Matthew Collings considers what self-portraits really tell us.

Inspiring?
Jenny Agutter travels to the Duchy and meets some of its residents in a bid to discover why Cornwall inspires so many artists.

Faddish?
The mall has a tradition of pinching ideas from the gallery, but Caryl Franklin discovers that it's not just a short-term infatuation as she investigates high art on the high street - just a passing fad?

Cheating?
Art historians are convinced that he used a camera obscura in the production of some of his work - was he a cheating Vermeer?

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