Alexander Charles Beard CBE was the deputy director of the Tate from 2002 to 2013. In March 2013, he was appointed as the new chief executive of the Royal Opera House, London, succeeding Tony Hall, who relinquished the post on his appointment as Director-General of the BBC. Read More
'In a remote village in eastern Tibet lives Deshar, a self-confident young woman who has chosen to live as a Buddhist nun. When the nuns resist ordered re-education measures, the convent is closed by order of the Chinese police officer Deng. Deshar l ...