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Hardeep Singh-Kohli's objects is a painting by Tony Scullion. This painting shows a solitary figure crouching down and listening to a radio. The title 'World Service' represents the power of the radio to act as a companion or tool for communication and understanding throughout the world.

It was bought by Hardeep Singh-Kohli from a Scottish gallery, Caledoniart, in London.

The 91Èȱ¬ World Service was established in 1932 as the British Empire Service. Its broadcasts were mostly aimed at English speakers working in the British Empire. In the first ever Royal Christmas message George V described them as the 'men and women, so cut off by the snows, the desert, or the sea, that only voices out of the air can reach them.' Since then the World Service has evolved to reach the farthest corners of the world. It now broadcasts in 32 languages and the English language service broadcasts 24 hours a day.

Since the popularisation of home radios in the 1920's the radio has become one of the primary means of transmitting news and information across the world.