Josh Widdicombe

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2,556 appearances 6 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 3 Aug

Josh Widdicombe’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Fin vs History · An Upskirt Caricaturist | Great Artists: Van Gogh · 3 Aug 2026 podcast

And it was all set by the Paris Salon, which was like, I guess, like the industry. matched

What? matched

The Paris Salon? matched

So like the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. matched

Exactly. matched

Yeah. matched

But they moved away when they were basically trying to make painting more emotional. matched

So you're not just capturing reality, you're capturing maybe a moment, maybe the way that light shimmers on a lake and that like slightly surreal moment, it goes into your eyes and it kind of all gets a bit hazy, try and capture that. matched

And it's more trying to capture memories, dreams, nostalgia. matched

So it kind of moves away from them. matched

And also at this point, this is like the 1870s. matched

Slightly earlier, isn't it? matched

1860s, 1870s. matched

This is just when photography is coming in, in France. matched

Right. matched

The first photo, I think, was in the 1850s. matched

Right. matched

Shit photo, by the way. matched

If you get the first photo up, it's rubbish. matched

So now that photo's coming in and you can sort of depict reality through photography, it means that art's role should be to eliminate. matched

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