‘As soon as humans make images, they make them about humans and they make them about animals and the relationship between them.’ My guest on this programme from the archive… Read More
Martin Kemp on the human animal in art and science
Category: history
Mary Beard on the Roman triumph
“I’m interested in saying, look, how can you challenge the Asterix-and-the-Romans kind of image that we tend to have of Rome? We are determined to turn a blind eye to… Read More
Chris Wickham on rethinking the Middle Ages
I recently met my guest on this programme – Chris Wickham – at All Souls College, Oxford where he is Emeritus Chichele Professor of Medieval History. We met to discuss… Read More