Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

John Tusa; John Birt, Baron Birt; Sir Michael Checkland ('The Race for the Director-Generalship of the BBC') NPG 6853

© David E Smith / National Portrait Gallery, London

by David Smith

Arts administrator and journalist. Born in Czechoslovakia, Tusa moved to England in 1939. After studying history at Trinity College, Cambridge he joined the BBC in 1960 as a trainee, later becoming a presenter of The World Tonight (1968) and Newsnight (1979). In 1986 he was appointed managing director of the BBC World Service. As managing director of the Barbican Arts Centre (1995-2007), Tusa organisation flourished under his leadership. His books include Art Matters: reflecting on culture (2000) and Engaged with the Arts: writings from the... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.