All about Stonehenge… and what that has to do with people called Beaker.

podcasts, British Museum Membercastiszi lawrenceOctober 26, 2018objects, british museumComment

Peach Baskets

A random number generator with a soap opera attached, what are the origins of Basketball and what makes a good sport? Dr Steve Cross is on a mission to make us nerds appreciate the squeak of converse on hardwood.

ZLISTDEADLIST, podcastsiszi lawrenceOctober 11, 2018podcast, sportComment

Ian Hislop and 18th Century Bottoms

Ian Hislop interview plus Iszi takes you round the exhibition!

podcasts, British Museum Membercastiszi lawrenceSeptember 24, 2018objects, british museumComment

The 19th Century Kim Kardashian

What has Pears Soap, a soprano, bell ringing orphans, a lesbian affair, ritual dowsing, litigation and a Monkey called Mr Titileehee have to do with the advancement of women's rights? Author, actor, comedian, hero Emma Kennedy will tell you.

ZLISTDEADLIST, podcastsiszi lawrenceSeptember 2, 2018podcastComment

Tough As Old Boots with Alice Fraser

Alice Fraser explains how 6 stolen boots, a snake and drawing lots result in a man being eaten? Welcome to the horrible tale of Alexander Pearce 1790-1824. Who would eat humans... even when he strictly didn't 'need' to.

ZLISTDEADLIST, podcastsiszi lawrenceAugust 2, 2018podcastComment

The Terror of the Taxi Cab! With Jo Caulfield

Jo Caulfield tells you about the infamous Mrs Prodgers - a litigious fighter for justice and lower taxi cab bills. Recorded live at The British Museum

ZLISTDEADLIST, podcastsiszi lawrenceJuly 12, 2018podcast, jo caulfieldComment

Nefertiti's face

Joyce Tyldesley on the face that made Hitler forget he was racist.

podcasts, British Museum Membercastiszi lawrenceJune 27, 2018objects, british museumComment

What Are You Like?

Mitch Benn on a man who not so much has been forgotten but rather DELIBERATELY written out of History…

ZLISTDEADLIST, podcastsiszi lawrenceJune 26, 2018mitch benn podcast british museu, mitch benn, podcastComment

Code Breakers

Irving Finkel and Florence Schecter on heroes of code breaking… ok, one translated ancient languages and the other helped crack the enigma code because of a typo. One man very good at translation was Jean-François Champollion and how he came to use the Rosetta Stone… a LOT of podcasts for your ears!

ZLISTDEADLIST, podcastsiszi lawrenceJune 13, 2018egyptComment

Making a living in Iron Age Britain

Living in the iron age… tiny cows, holiday homes and fingerprint pots - a great interview with Julia Farley

podcasts, British Museum Membercastiszi lawrenceMay 29, 2018design, gallery, objects, architecture, british museumComment

A year in the life of scientific research at the Museum

Dating objects, CT scanning and how big Data are changing the way we see the past!

podcasts, British Museum Membercastiszi lawrenceApril 24, 2018objects, british museum, scienceComment

The Mind Behind Einstein

The most outrageous thing is that you have never heard of Emmy Noether and without her Einstein wouldn't be a thing.

ZLISTDEADLIST, podcastsiszi lawrenceApril 5, 2018Comment

Cracking the Egyptian code

How was the Rosetta Stone translated and who did it?

podcasts, British Museum Membercastiszi lawrenceMarch 27, 2018british museum, egyptComment

Metal Pineapples

What woman links Sanskrit, The National Trust, Narnia and Catholicism?

ZLISTDEADLIST, podcastsiszi lawrenceMarch 15, 2018Comment

Victorian Poo

The WORST DEATH of all time. Plus nearly getting hit by a pig in a drain. What stops London collapsing? Here is a clue... eat some prunes.

ZLISTDEADLIST, podcastsiszi lawrenceMarch 4, 2018Comment

Transforming a Gallery

How does Museum Design work? How do you communicate History through objects?

podcasts, British Museum Membercastiszi lawrenceFebruary 28, 2018design, gallery, objects, architecture, british museumComment

A Real Life Sin Eater with Bob Mills

Sin Eaters with Bob Mills

ZLISTDEADLIST, podcastsiszi lawrenceFebruary 14, 2018 Comment

Deutero Paul - There's only two St Pauls!

A brief episode on Music Hall, St Paul and Winston Churchill's double.

ZLISTDEADLIST, podcastsiszi lawrenceFebruary 4, 2018Comment

Lessons For The Swinish Multitude

British Museum Curator Ben Alsop on Thomas Spence: a tiny man from Newcastle. One of 19 children, invented a new method of reading, recommended living like a cat... started fights and created an entirely new constitution... plus edited the best named magazine of all time: 'Pigs' Meat - Lessons for the swinish multitude'.

ZLISTDEADLIST, podcastsiszi lawrenceJanuary 17, 2018Comment