Welcome back to the home of the oxymoron. Evil genius. He asked the newspaper to print his obituary early so he'd enjoy it. That's like hiding at your own funeral. Yeah, it's a big, great gig. I'm Russell Kane. Join me to weigh in on whether the biggest players in history are more evil or genius. Becoming that rich, I'd say that at some level of genius. It also helps that it's a long time ago, right?

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There are those who say that we've become less compassionate,

the way the NHS treats the old, unmanned drone bombs,

just two wildly different examples. But what if all this

talk of compassion is misguided, stopping the political class from doing what it needs to do

to improve things? A discussion of the compassion agenda later with David Blunkett amongst others,

plus Titian, Michelangelo, Raphael.

Can we add Federico Barocci to the list of Italian masters?

The National Gallery, unlike other museums I could name, is not given to hype,

and it believes so.

We review the exhibition soon, and... Imagine David Cameron, we review the exhibition soon.

And imagine David Cameron taking over the airwaves for hours at a time,

interrupting scheduled programmes.

Picture Ed Miliband saying that his Trinity are Christ, Bolivar and Marx.

Well, those are just two ticks of another politician,

the Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez,

devil to some, redeemer to others.

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