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NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#49 - Avengers: Endgame (2019) & Contagion (2011)Written & Presented by Jem DuducuProducer: Dan MorelleSubscribe to the podcast and follow us on Twitter-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instagram: https://instagram.com/NEONpodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/NEONpodcast NEON Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/NEON-Podcast-617697421894792/History Gems Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/History-Gems-405343956153479/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Go ad free AND get early access to full episodes, support us on Patreon: patreon.com/NEONpodcast
2020-03-2700 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art Detective#71 - Turner and the Thames: Five Paintings - Featuring Sir David Attenborough--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instagram: https://instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirezTwitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook: https://facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirezFacebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/ArtDetective --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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2020-03-0600 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art Detective#70 - The Shock of the Nude - Dame Professor Mary Beard--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instagram: https://instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirezTwitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook: https://facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirezFacebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/ArtDetective --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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2020-02-1000 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#48 - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)Written & Presented by Jem DuducuProducer: Dan MorelleSubscribe to the podcast and follow us on Twitter-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instagram: https://instagram.com/NEONpodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/NEONpodcast NEON Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/NEON-Podcast-617697421894792/History Gems Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/History-Gems-405343956153479/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Go ad free AND get early access to full episodes, support us on Patreon: patreon.com/NEONpodcast
2019-12-1500 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art Detective#69 - Lost and Found: Raiders of the Lost PastThis episode was recorded in September 2019 at Gloucester History Festival.Producer: Dan Morelle--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instagram: https://instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirezTwitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook: https://facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirezFacebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/ArtDetective --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Art Detective Patreon Supporterspatreon.com/ArtDetectiveAdam Ellis...
2019-10-3000 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#47 - Saving Private RyanWritten & Presented by Jem DuducuProducer: Dan MorelleSubscribe to the podcast and follow us on Twitter-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instagram: https://instagram.com/NEONpodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/NEONpodcast NEON Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/NEON-Podcast-617697421894792/History Gems Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/History-Gems-405343956153479/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NEON Patreon SupportersCurly HooliganDavid RobertsonGreg...
2019-09-0200 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art Detective#68 - Drunk Art Detective - Dr Adam RutherfordThis episode was originally released in April 2019 to our lovely Patreon backers. Support Art Detective on Patreon now for loads of exclusive content and ad free shows.Producer: Dan Morelle--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instagram: https://instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirezTwitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook: https://facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirezFacebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/ArtDetective --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Art Detective Patreon Supporters
2019-06-2800 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#46 - NEON at the Movies: 300 with Tom HollandWritten & Presented by Jem DuducuSpecial Guest: Tom HollandProducer: Dan MorelleTom Holland is a writer and popular historian who has published best-selling books on topics including classical and medieval history and the origins of Islam.Subscribe to the podcast and follow us on Twitter-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instagram: https://instagram.com/NEONpodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/NEONpodcast NEON Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/NEON-Podcast-617697421894792/History...
2019-06-1400 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art Detective#67 - Rebecca Gonzales-Lauck - Olmec ArtThe Olmecs were the earliest known major civilization in Mesoamerica following a progressive development in Soconusco. They lived in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, in the present-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco.Producer: Dan Morelle--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instagram: https://instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirezTwitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook: https://facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirezFacebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/ArtDetective --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2019-06-1000 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#45 - Castlevania: How a video game was inspired by 15th century Ottoman historyWritten & Presented by Jem DuducuProducer: Dan MorelleMusic: Kinuyo Yamashita and Satoe Terashima - Battle of the Holy Subscribe to the podcast and follow us on Twitter-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instagram: https://instagram.com/NEONpodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/NEONpodcast NEON Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/NEON-Podcast-617697421894792/History Gems Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/History-Gems-405343956153479/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NEON Patreon Supporters
2019-06-0800 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#17 - Love Island: A genius show that combines our need for a companion with a much darker side of humanityThis episode originally aired in 2018.How can an unscripted reality show, largely filled with vacuous individuals teach us history? For this one NEON goes way back and talks about the biological reason for finding a mate as opposed to the way strawberries or starfish can do it on their own. Finding a mate defines most of the natural world and a lot of human history too and Love Island shows us this. Add to that the dark under belly of human emotion enjoying mocking those less fortunate and you find out a lot about...
2019-06-0200 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#44 - Braveheart: Is it history or is it legend? (Part 2)Written & Presented by Jem DuducuProducer: Dan MorelleMusic: The Herbaliser - The Sensual WomanSubscribe to the podcast and follow us on Twitter-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instagram: https://instagram.com/NEONpodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/NEONpodcast NEON Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/NEON-Podcast-617697421894792/History Gems Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/History-Gems-405343956153479/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NEON Patreon Supporters...
2019-05-2400 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#43 - Braveheart: Is it history or is it legend? (Part 1)COMPETITION TIME: Win a pair of Apple AirPods. Enter now: neonpodcast.com/winWritten & Presented by Jem DuducuProducer: Dan MorelleMusic: The Herbaliser - The Sensual WomanSubscribe to the podcast and follow us on Twitter-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instagram: https://instagram.com/NEONpodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/NEONpodcast NEON Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/NEON-Podcast-617697421894792/History Gems Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/History-Gems-405343956153479/
2019-05-2200 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art Detective#66 - Professor Dame Mary Beard - Praxiteles' Aphrodite of KnidosDame Mary Beard, DBE, FSA, FBA is Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of multiple books, including Confronting the Classics, and most recently, the manifesto, Women & Power. Dame Mary is a respected blogger and television personality. She is Classics editor of the Times Literary Supplement and a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books.Producer: Dan Morelle--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instagram: https://instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirezTwitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod...
2019-05-1900 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#42 - Devil's Advocate & Lucifer: What are the origins of evil? Is there an underlying meaning to the names we give to it? (Part 2)The TV show Lucifer is back on Netflix. One of the few hit movies Keanu Reeves has done that doesn’t involve gunplay is the devils advocate. So it’s the perfect time to talk about the devil. In this episode of Neon we take these 2 pop culture views of satan and explore this most ancient of evils. It takes us to areas that will genuinely surprise.Written & Presented by Jem DuducuProducer: Dan MorelleMusic: The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The DevilSubs...
2019-05-1900 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#41 - Devil's Advocate & Lucifer: What are the origins of evil? Is there an underlying meaning to the names we give to it? (Part 1)The TV show Lucifer is back on Netflix. One of the few hit movies Keanu Reeves has done that doesn’t involve gunplay is the devils advocate. So it’s the perfect time to talk about the devil. In this episode of Neon we take these 2 pop culture views of satan and explore this most ancient of evils. It takes us to areas that will genuinely surprise.Written & Presented by Jem DuducuProducer: Dan MorelleMusic: Jidenna - Long Live The ChiefSubscribe to the...
2019-05-1700 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#40 - American Gods: Ancient Slavic Curses, Hinduism, and Vikings (Part 2)American gods is a supernatural drama set in contemporary America, and yet its characters date back thousands of years from across the globe. Allow Neon to take you on a journey from the dark forests of central Europe to the Savannah grasslands of Africa.Written & Presented by Jem DuducuProducer: Dan MorelleMusic: Brian Reitzell - Main Title ThemeSubscribe to the podcast and follow us on Twitter-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instagram: https://instagram.com...
2019-05-1500 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art Detective#65 - Neil Gaiman on The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke by Richard DaddThis episode originally aired in 2017.Neil Gaiman is an author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book. He has won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie medals. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work, The Graveyard Book. In 2013, The Ocean at the End of the Lane was...
2019-05-1400 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#39 - American Gods: Ancient Slavic Curses, Hinduism, and Vikings (Part 1)American gods is a supernatural drama set in contemporary America, and yet its characters date back thousands of years from across the globe. Allow Neon to take you on a journey from the dark forests of central Europe to the Savannah grasslands of Africa.Written & Presented by Jem DuducuProducer: Dan MorelleMusic: Romare - Work SongSubscribe to the podcast and follow us on Twitter-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instagram: https://instagram.com/NEONpodcast
2019-05-1300 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#38 - Game of Thrones: Examples From History That Jon Snow Could Learn From (Part 2)With the army of the dead baring down on Winterfell Jon Snow finds it’s hard to get the houses to fight for a common goal. Realistic? Yes, there have been many occasions in history where factions squabble as the real danger is on the horizon. This episode of Neon looks at real examples of the challenges Jon Snow faces.Written & Presented by Jem DuducuProducer: Dan MorelleSubscribe to the podcast on iTunes and follow us on Twitter...
2019-05-1000 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#37 - Game of Thrones: Examples From History That Jon Snow Could Learn From (Part 1)With the army of the dead baring down on Winterfell Jon Snow finds it’s hard to get the houses to fight for a common goal. Realistic? Yes, there have been many occasions in history where factions squabble as the real danger is on the horizon. This episode of Neon looks at real examples of the challenges Jon Snow faces.Written & Presented by Jem DuducuProducer: Dan MorelleMusic: Chemical Brothers - Lost In The K HoleSubscribe to the podcast on iTunes&nb...
2019-05-0800 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#36 - Avengers Endgame: How You Think About Thor Every Week#36 - Avengers Endgame: How You Think About Thor Every WeekToday Thor is a superhero but a thousand years ago he was worshipped. Thor takes us into the meaning of our calendar and how legends evolve. Allow Neon to guide you through more than a millennia of history, culture and religion.Written & Presented by Jem DuducuProducer: Dan MorelleMusic: Incredible Bongo Band - ApacheSubscribe to the podcast on iTunes and follow us on Twitter
2019-04-2700 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#35 - Bonnie & Clyde: How pop culture distorts history and lasts longer than the events they describeProducer: Dan MorelleMusic: Tom Rogerson, Brian Eno - Motion in FieldSubscribe to the podcast on iTunes and follow us on Twitter-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instagram: https://instagram.com/NEONpodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/NEONpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/JemDuducu NEON Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/NEON-Podcast-617697421894792/History Gems Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/History-Gems-405343956153479/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2019-04-1900 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#34 - The Movie Poster: One man’s remarkable career and when posters were used in historyIn space no one can hear you scream - oh wait, that was last week wasn't it? Right! This time around Jem explores the real history behind movie posters and an artist whose work your probably love but whose name you probably don't even know.Producer: Dan MorelleMusic: Portishead - CowboysSubscribe to the podcast on iTunes and follow us on Twitter-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instagram: https://instagram.com/NEONpodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/NEONpodcast
2019-04-0300 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art Detective#64 Staffordshire Hoard HelmetWith Pieta Greaves and Dr Jenni Butterworth. The Staffordshire Hoard is the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver ever discovered. Heavily damaged before it was buried, the 7th century treasure contains more than 4,000 precious fragments, approximately a third of which are now known to come from a single, very high-status helmet. From 2014 to 2017, the helmet was studied as part of the major research project on the treasure funded by Historic England and the museums which care for the collection. This extensive research enabled experts to identify the fragments which belonged to the...
2019-04-0200 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#33 - Alien: The dawn of cinema, real parasites that will give you nightmares, and Nazi uniformsIn space no one can hear you scream. In this episode Jem discusses the history of cinema, human phobias and fears and how disgusting creatures have been reproducing for millions of years!Producer: Dan MorelleMusic: DJ Shadow, Nils Frahm - ScarsSubscribe to the podcast on iTunes and follow us on Twitter-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instagram: https://instagram.com/NEONpodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/NEONpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/JemDuducu ...
2019-03-2100 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#32 - Echoes: The history of writing and printing starting in Egypt and ending with Jem’s new bookJem discusses how humans have stored and consumed information over the millennia.Order Jem's new book, Echoes here.Producer: Dan Morelle-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instagram: https://instagram.com/NEONpodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/NEONpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/JemDuducu NEON Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/NEON-Podcast-617697421894792/History Gems Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/History-Gems-405343956153479/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NEON Patreon Supporters
2019-03-1100 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art Detective#63 Tracy Chevalier, Girl with a Pearl EarringSince Tracy Chevalier’s 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' was published in 1999, it has sold more than 5 million copies, has been translated into 39 languages and was made into an Oscar-nominated film. On the 20th anniversary of this enduring modern classic, Dr Janina Ramirez joined Tracy Chevalier and the Victoria & Albert Museum to talk about Vermeer’s painting of the same name, and how it inspired her.View the slideshow referenced in this episode here.Producer: Dan Morelle-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Inst...
2019-03-1000 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveDr Alexa Frost, Archivist at Blenheim PalaceExclusive interview with Dr Alexa Frost the Head Archivist at Blenheim Palace.Artwork discussed in this episode: Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough by Sir Godfrey Kneller (Unknown date, but author died in 1723)Tell all your friends, you can now support us on PATREON! Presented by: Dr Janina RamirezProducer: Dan Morelle--------Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetectiveInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/Twitter: https://twitter.com...
2019-03-0100 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#31 - They Shall Not Grow Old: A revolutionary documentaryWritten & Presented by Jem DuducuProduced by Dan MorelleMusic: DangerDoom - Sofa King Be awesome, support us on PatreonSubscribe to the podcast on iTunes and follow us on Twitter
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2019-02-2600 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveOphelia Field - The FavouriteWE'RE BAACK! Art Detective has landed with a brand new sparkling theme tune by award winning composer, Marc Canham and we're kicking off season 2 with an interview with Ophelia Field, author of The Favourite recorded at Blenheim Palace! Yes, we are spoiling you but we REALLY missed you! Tune in on Friday for Part 2 with an exclusive interview with the Head Archivist at Blenheim Palace.Artwork discussed in this episode:1. Large family portrait by John Closterman (1660-1711)2. Lady Churchill and Lady Fitzharris by Charles Jervas (1675-1739)
2019-02-2500 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#30 - Marvel vs DC: The origin of the species, Lee & Kirby, and how neo-nazis invent toysWritten & Presented by Jem DuducuProduced by Dan MorelleMusic: Halsey - Don't PlayBe awesome, support us on PatreonSubscribe to the podcast on iTunes and follow us on Twitter
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2019-02-1700 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#29 - Oscars Special: The history of colour, Britain’s greatest general and code breakingWritten & Presented by Jem DuducuProduced by Dan MorelleMusic: Run the Jewels - A Report to the Shareholders/Kill Your MastersBe awesome, support us on PatreonSubscribe to the podcast on iTunes and follow us on Twitter
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2019-02-1100 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#28 - Wolf of Wall Street: Debunking all the myths you know about salesWritten & Presented by Jem DuducuProduced by Dan MorelleMusic: Alpinestars - Burning UpBe awesome, support us on PatreonSubscribe to the podcast on iTunes and follow us on Twitter
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2019-01-2100 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#27 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: British censorship laws and the West’s fear of martial art’s weaponsWritten & Presented by Jem DuducuProduced by Dan MorelleMusic: Aesop Rock - RingsBe awesome, support us on PatreonSubscribe to the podcast on iTunes and follow us on Twitter
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2019-01-0700 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#26 - Red Dead Redemption 2: A careful reconstruction of the American frontier and a new way to tell an epic storyWritten & Presented by Jem DuducuProduced by Dan MorelleMusic: Leftfield - Phat PlanetBe awesome, support us on PatreonSubscribe to the podcast on iTunes and follow us on Twitter
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2018-12-2200 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#25 - MinisodeSee us at HistFest for a screening of 300! http://neonpodcast.com/300
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2018-12-0700 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#24 - 2001: A Space Odyssey: A study of hominid behaviour and making film history in the process2001 A Space Odyssey asked the big questions and took the cinema goer on a million year journey of the fate of humanity. NEON responds to this challenge, rolls it’s sleeves up and shows how accurately this sci-fi movie portrays ancient hominid behaviour as well as influencing pop culture and even NASA to this day.Written & Presented by Jem DuducuProduced by Dan MorelleMusic: Deodato - Also Sprach ZarathustraBe awesome, support us on PatreonSubscribe to the po...
2018-11-0400 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#23 - AKIRA: Taking us from Battle of the Planets to the Pacific campaign of WW2Akira introduced the world to the best of Japanese Anime 30 years ago. NEON goes beyond the fabulous animation and reveals how this cyberpunk dystopia explores fundamental fears in Japanese society as well as it being a natural evolution of 2,000 years of Japanese culture.Written & Presented by Jem DuducuProduced by Dan MorelleMusic: Kaneda's Theme - Tsutomu ŌhashiBe awesome, support us on PatreonSubscribe to the podcast on iTunes and follow us on Twitter
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2018-10-2700 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#22 - The A-Team: How America treats its war veteransFresh back from our holiday to the future. Like Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, we're playing power chords of history - riffing on the historic parallels between the uber popular video game, Fortnite. We're also walking with a bit of a swagger after being chosen by the London Evening Standard as one of the BEST EDUCATION PODCASTS OF 2018!! Do us a favour, tell all your friends about your favourite new podcast. Leave us a 5 star review on iTunes and pop over to Twitter and say HELLO! Just like our old friend Dr Seuss told us when we visited him...
2018-10-2000 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#21 - The A-Team: How America treats its war veteransThe A Team was one of the most beloved series of the 1980s (and a fairly average 2010 movie). It made a star of Mr. T and reminded the world of George Peppard, creating an unlikely behind the scenes rivalry. However the question has always been what kind of army unit would ever have this group and rank of people ...including a pilot? NEON rolls it’s sleeves up and does it’s job, stripping away the 80s glitter to reveal the real history. The discussion turns from 80s frivolity to the Vietnam War, and...
2018-08-2400 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#20 - Assassin’s Creed: What exactly is an assassin and what have the crusades got to do with the Mongol hordes?The video game is over 10 years old now but it started a hugely successful series that is still massively popular today. This episode looks at the game that kicked everything off. The game itself is set during the 3rd crusade it allows NEON to look at these religiously motivated campaigns. Jem explores what they were and what they weren’t and that why everything after 9/11 has been tainted by that event leading to all kinds of misconceptions about the crusades. This episode features the real assassins, rampaging Mongols, violent pagans and the Pope comparing the attempted assassination of...
2018-08-0100 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#19 - The Handmaid’s Tale & The Running Man: Unlikely bedfellows that highlight dystopias and the Ottoman HaremAgain you get two for the price of one in an episode. Arnie’s 80’s action fest and the modern thoughtful TV series about women’s rights are eerie echoes of each other. While there can be little doubt as to which is more morally complex, better shot and acted, that may not mean that it is pulling from history as effectively. Because these are dark stories, the history is equally brutal, from Nazi breeding programmes to the rise of fascist regimes this is a horrifying but fascinating episode. NEON walks a tight rope with this one, trying to entert...
2018-07-1700 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveCivilisations with David OlusogaDr Janina Ramirez talks to David Olusoga about Civilisations, how the programme was made, and how art reacts to social change.Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetectiveInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePodTwitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirezFacebook Group (Patreon Backers Only): https://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtDetective/Episode CreditsProducer - Natt TapleyAudio - Pete Dennis
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2018-07-1000 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveNotre Dame du Taur with Kate MosseKate Mosse is a historical novelist, known best for her trilogy of novels set in the Languedoc: Labyrinth, Sepulchre & Citadel. She has been fascinated by mediaeval churches since her childhood in Chichester, and here talks to Dr Janina Ramirez about Notre Dame du Tour in Toulouse. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetectiveInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePodTwitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirezFacebook Group (Patreon Backers Only): https://www.facebook...
2018-07-0100 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#18 - The World Cup: A demonstration of soft power and diplomacy through sport through the agesFootball nearly came home, but “the boys did us proud”. When the World Cup coms around, other forms of entertainment run and hide. The sense of togetherness, the millions spent on advertising, the prestige of hosting the games. All of this is part of the concept of “soft power”. NEON delves deep looking at past historical examples of how money and marriages can sometimes get you more than an army ever could. As well as the current battle for hearts and minds carried out by the two giants of soft power in the world today, America and China.
2018-06-2800 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#17 - Love Island: A genius show that combines our need for a companion with a much darker side of humanityHow can an unscripted reality show, largely filled with vacuous individuals teach us history? For this one NEON goes way back and talks about the biological reason for finding a mate as opposed to the way strawberries or starfish can do it on their own. Finding a mate defines most of the natural world and a lot of human history too and Love Island shows us this. Add to that the dark under belly of human emotion enjoying mocking those less fortunate and you find out a lot about how the show works and about your own psychology in...
2018-06-2400 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveSarah Churchwell - The relationship between text and visual artDr Janina Ramirez talks to Professor Sarah Churchwell about e.e.cummings, Charles DeMuth, Grant Wood, and how words can represent visual art. Charles DeMuth - I Saw The Figure 5 In GoldGrant Wood - Daughters of Revolution----------Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetectiveInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePodTwitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirezFacebook Group (Patreon Backers...
2018-06-1800 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#16 - Battlefield 1: Exploring the less well known campaigns of the Great WarBattlefield 1 is a first-person shooter video game developed by EA DICE and published by Electronic Arts. Despite its name, Battlefield 1 is the fifteenth instalment in the Battlefield series, and the first main entry in the series since Battlefield 4. It was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on October 21, 2016.Written & Presented by Jem DuducuProduced by Dan MorelleMusic: Cavern - Liquid LiquidSubscribe to the podcast on iTunes and follow us on Twitter.
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2018-06-1400 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveThe Art of the Ladybird Books - Joel Morris & Jason HazeleyThe team behind the Ladybird Books for Grown Ups, Joel Morris & Jason Hazeley, join Janina to discuss the art in the Ladybird books, nostalgic art, and Biblical plague.Episode CreditsProducer - Natt TapleyAudio - Pete Dennis--------Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetectiveInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePodTwitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirezFacebook...
2018-06-1000 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#15 - Westworld: Historical detail of the Wild West brought to life by future technologyWestworld is an American science fiction western television series created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. Produced by HBO, it is based on the 1973 film of the same name (written and directed by Michael Crichton) and to a lesser extent its 1976 sequel, Futureworld. The story takes place in Westworld, a fictional, technologically advanced Wild-West-themed amusement park populated by android "hosts". The park caters to high-paying "guests" who may indulge their wildest fantasies within the park without fear of retaliation from the hosts, who are prevented by their programming from harming humans.Written & Presented...
2018-06-0900 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#14 - Vikings: How historical drama can end up being less accurate than fantasyThe History Channel’s biggest home grown hit Vikings is now on its 5th series. It started as a historical drama but by season 3 it was clearly trying to be Game of Thrones with longships. NEON takes this to task, if you have a degree in medieval history you can tell when they change the tone, but could the average viewer. Is this kind of disregard for real events dangerous? Are some of the real events left on the cutting room floor even more entertaining than fiction? Have a listen to find out.Written &am...
2018-06-0400 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveGuernica - Frank McDonoughDr Janina Ramirez talks to Frank McDonough about Guernica, Picasso and modern art in modern wars. --------Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetectiveInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePodTwitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirezFacebook Group (Patreon Backers Only): https://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtDetective/ Episode Credits:Producer - Natt TapleyAudio - Pete Dennis
2018-06-0300 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectivePlague with Rebecca RidealDr Janina Ramirez discusses plague with Rebecca Rideal. Rebecca is a writer, former television producer and historian, specialising in the Stuart dynasty and seventeenth-century England. She now focuses on consulting and has worked with a number of heritage sites, TV companies and independent researchers to bring the intricacies of the past to a wider audience.Episode Credits:Producer - Natt TapleyAudio - Pete Dennis--------Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetectiveInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/
2018-05-2800 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#13 - Batman: Gotham by Gaslight: Combining Steam Punk, Jack the Ripper and Victorian engineeringHow can a podcast about the real history behind pop culture resist a Victorian era Batman? This one gets as dark as the dark knight. We have Jack the Ripper, H.H. home’s murder hotel and an animated movie not suitable for kids. There’s even a story of a filed concept in early forensic science that will leave you scratching your head how anybody could think it was likely to work. On the more fun side we find out about Chicago’s rivalry with Paris and how America accidentally invented a common theme park ride in an attemp...
2018-05-2500 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveGeorges La Tour & Artemisia Gentileschi - Mark GatissJanina sits down with the incomparable Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Doctor Who, The League of Gentlemen, Game of Thrones) to talk about Groeg La Tour, Artemisia Gentileschi, murder, beheading, and who's the best at drawing blood.Episode Credits:Producer - Natt TapleyAudio - Pete Dennis--------Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetectiveInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePodTwitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook: https://www...
2018-05-2000 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#12 - The Greatest Showman & Hamilton the Musical: 2 historical musicals with 2 very different approaches to historyThis time around NEON gives you two for the price of one. Two musicals about real people from history, but can you get real history from a musical? If so, which one does it better? The Greatest Showman was a surprise smash hit and Hamilton is the awards laden mega hit from Broadway. If you are looking for historical accuracy in a movie where everyone spontaneously bursts into song and dance, that’s not reality but the story it is telling may well be sneaking in real history to learn from. And finally who would you trust with real hi...
2018-05-1800 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#11 - Hip Hop & History: How NWA and Public Enemy carry on the spirit of Chaucer and DickensIs hip-hop the most socially aware form of modern music? Will Public Enemy or Ice-T in 100 years’ time be thought of a black America’s Chaucer or Dickens? Jem reminisces about being a white middle class boy growing up in suburban London listening to some of the most “dangerous” music coming out of America, and loving it. This NEON episode is a love letter to the best from a maligned genre and also makes an important point, that at its best hip-hop tells stories as dark and as honest as any of great literature from the past.
2018-05-1500 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#10 - Predator: An analogy for Vietnam and the Spanish American WarThis is one of the greatest action films of all time. It has Arnie at his prime. It has Stan Winston at his most creative and it has John McTiernan making the mistake of going to a seasonal rainforest where the leaves were falling off. It’s action cinema at its purest, and yet as scary as the Predator is, what the film is really about is one of America’s fears, jungle warfare and America’s obsession in the 20th century of fighting in them. NEON not only talks about the most manly hand shake in history, but also t...
2018-05-1100 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#9 - Minisode: Far Cry 5Far Cry 5 is an action-adventure first-person shooter game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and Ubisoft Toronto and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It is the eleventh entry and the fifth main title in the Far Cry series. The game takes place in the fictional Hope County, Montana, where charismatic preacher Joseph Seed and his cult Project at Eden's Gate holds a dictatorial rule over the area. The story follows an unnamed junior deputy sheriff, who becomes trapped in Hope County and works alongside factions of a resistance to liberate the county from Eden's Gate.
2018-05-0800 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#8 - Star Wars: Combining Nazi propaganda and Samurai to make film historyIt’s 1977 and a tiny blockade runner is chased by the scariest triangle in film history. The movie is not just part of cinema history, it leans on the history of cinema. NEON takes you from a galaxy far far away, to feudal Japan and the films of Akira Kurosawa. This episode also looks at how much World War II shaped the look and feel of this sci-fi film. It also has an interesting story of how we nearly ended up with a very different and far worse version of the film.Written & Pr...
2018-05-0400 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#7 - God of War: How a cutting edge video game brings to life ancient European cultureSony had allowed Kratos some well-deserved rest from his series of games until 2018 when a new one came out for the PS4. But this time they went from the legends of Greece, to the tales from Norse mythology. NEON looks at the evolution of the games as well as the evolution of the legends they are inspired by. Jem also points out the fact that a video game character was able to switch from one mythology to another tells us something else, the similarity of beliefs and storytelling from around the world.Written &...
2018-04-2700 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#6 - Game of Thrones: What fantasy fiction can teach us about real power struggles in medieval EuropeGeorge RR Martin's epic tale of a Song of Fire and Ice has been turned into the hottest TV show (in every sense of that phrase) of the last decade. Jem loves it and thinks it’s not only a great story, an epic TV show but also hiding real history amongst the dragons and the bedrooms. Its fantasy, but it can teach us important lessons about real history, and not just the Wars of the Roses. Come with NEON on a journey to the world of Scottish medieval politics, European dynastic clashes and of course the Wall, what is...
2018-04-2300 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular CultureMinisode: Ready Player OneSteeped in 80's pop culture, try tearing us away from giving NEON's take on Steven Spielberg's latest blockbuster!Written & Presented by Jem DuducuProduced by Dan MorelleMusic: Jump - Van HalenBe awesome, support us on PatreonSubscribe to the podcast on iTunes and follow us on Twitter.
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2018-04-0900 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#5 - Troy Fall of a City: How the oldest story in Europe has become the mother of history and fiction in the westThe oldest story from the West is unsurprisingly one of the most famous. Who hasn’t heard of the Trojan Wars, the Trojan horse and how Helen’s face launched a thousand ships? The BBC spent millions on the series Troy: Fall of a City, only to receive mixed reviews. NEON applauds its ambition and then looks at the myth versus the potential historical reality. There is an argument for historical accuracy, resignation that drama sometimes comes first and a debate about could it be that everything you know about that horse is wrong? And how long could a sieg...
2018-04-0800 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#4 - Raiders of the Lost Ark: Revealing secrets of the Luftwaffe, the Bible and U-BoatsPossibly the most perfect action movie of all time, a classic that even the sequels couldn’t better. NEON is not about to challenge the supremacy of such an iconic movie, but it does start some interesting conversations. Firstly is the Ark actually “lost”? The Ethiopians don’t think so, want to know why? NEON explains all. Then there’s the fight around the weird German airplane, NEON reveals that the aircraft in question may not be all that fictional. Add to that bonus information about another classic movie Das Boot and you have another must listen to episode.
2018-03-3000 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#3 - Kingdom Come Deliverance: What a simulation can tell us about the medieval worldIs it possible to create a medieval life simulator? If it is, does anybody want one? Warhorse studios decided to find out with their highly complex and inventive game this year. The comparison to Skyrim is inevitable and yet both games stand on their own as champions of the publisher’ vision. It also is a chance to look the game versus the reality of medieval life. NEON starts asking you morale questions not only about your actions in real life but how you may play video games in a way that isn’t quite cheating, but probably isn’t what t...
2018-03-2200 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#2 - Star Wars - The Last Jedi: What Snoke could have learned from other historical imperial body guardsOne of the biggest hits, from the biggest movie franchise on the planet, and yet the Last Jedi is also very divisive. This doesn’t deter NEON as the deep dive reveals parallels with another sci-fi franchise Warhammer 40,000 and of course real history. Napoleon gets a look as do Ancient Rome. Perhaps the best scene in the movie involves Snoke and his Praetorian Guard and NEON compares the action of this fictional body guard to the real Roman one, who comes out of the comparison better? Add to that some dark facts about the Nazis and you have a tr...
2018-03-1600 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveThe Arnolfini Portrait - Amber ButchartArt Detective Dr Janina Ramirez meets Amber Butchart at the National Gallery to discuss the Arnolfini Portrait.Episode Credits:Producer - Natt TapleyAudio - Pete Dennis--------Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetectiveInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePodTwitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirezFacebook Group (Patreon Backers Only): https://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtDetective/
2018-03-1300 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#1 - Black Panther: How a Marvel movie is influenced by the richest man in history and an Egyptian godOne of the biggest movie hits of 2018 is about an African superhero. NEON starts with Wakanda and then shows parallels that stretch all the way back to the Middle Ages. It’s a great movie that full of fun and action, but also with an important message underlying all the bright colours and CGI. But NEON digs deeper, comparing the fictional country to a real, and fabulously wealthy, African Empire. Then showing how General Okoye had similar dilemmas to a knight living in the 12th and 13th centuries called William Marshal.Written & Presented by...
2018-03-0900 min
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture#0 - NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture - TrailerIn 1977 a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune, excavating popular culture and extracting the DNA of history and producing a podcast like you’ve never heard. If need a podcast, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire … the N-Team.Written & Presented by Jem Duducu Produced by Dan Morell...
2018-03-0500 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveBIrkenhead PrioryDr Janina Ramirez visits an architectural treasure, Birkenhead Priory, the oldest standing building on Merseyside. For more exclusive interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete DennisPicture credits: Adrian Little, James Deegan & Alison Bailey Smith
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2018-02-2700 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveThe Singh Twins at the Walker Gallery, LiverpoolArt Detective Dr Janina Ramirez talks to the Singh twins about the their work and their new exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. Episode CreditsProducer - Natt TapleyAudio - Pete Dennis--------Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetectiveInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePodTwitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirezFacebook Group (Patreon Backers Only...
2018-02-0600 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveThe History of MagicDr Janina Ramirez investigates the Harry Potter: A History of Magic exhibition at the British Library, which explores the historical context of the images used by J.K. Rowling in the Harry Potter novels.Episode CreditsProducer - Natt Tapley--------Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetectiveInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePodTwitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirezFacebook Group...
2018-02-0200 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveImagining The Divine with Jas ElsnerDr Janina Ramirez goes behind the scenes at the Ashmolean's incredible new exhibition: Imagining The Divine, to talk to Jas Elsner. For more exclusive interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Click here to join today for free.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis
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2018-01-1600 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveThe Watts GalleryDr Janina Ramirez visits the Watts Gallery to discuss the work of G.F.Watts, and the rest of their incredible collection. For more exclusive history documentaries and interviews subscribe to HistoryHit.TV: http://historyh.it/adpodProducer: Dan MorelleAudio: Pete Dennis
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2017-12-1500 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveTrees with Christiana PayneJanina and Christiana Payne talk about the importance of trees in British art.Producer: Dan MorelleAudio: Pete Dennis
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2017-12-0900 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveTony RobinsonRecorded live at Gloucester History Festival.
From playing turnip-loving Baldrick in Blackadder to Time Team and The Worst Jobs in History, Tony Robinson’s love of history has been at the heart of his career. Listen as he talks about his frank and funny memoir and lifts the lid on his life-long passion for history.
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2017-11-0800 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveNeil Gaiman on The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke by Richard DaddNeil Gaiman is an author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book. He has won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie medals. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work, The Graveyard Book. In 2013, The Ocean at the End of the Lane was voted Book of the Year in the British National Book Awards.
2017-10-3100 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveIndia and Me - Anita RaniRecorded live at the Gloucester History Festival. Anita Rani, Countryfile and Watchdog presenter, One Show reporter and star of Strictly Come Dancing, made a moving "Who Do You Think You Are?" exploring her Indian heritage. Anita talks to Gloucester History Festival president Dr Janina Ramirez about India’s partition - marking its 70th anniversary - and how her own family was powerfully affected by the seismic events of 1947.
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2017-10-2500 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectivePhilip PullmanPhilip Pullman CBE, FRSL is an English novelist. He is the author of several best-selling books, most notably the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials and the fictionalised biography of Jesus, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ. In 2008, The Times named Pullman one of the "50 greatest British writers since 1945". In a 2004 poll for the BBC, Pullman was named the eleventh most influential person in British culture.
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2017-10-0200 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveFrank Cottrell-BoyceFrank Cottrell-Boyce is an English screenwriter, novelist and occasional actor, known for his children's fiction and for his collaborations with film director Danny Boyle.
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2017-10-0100 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveAbbey Life UncoveredJanina takes a break from the usual one on one interview to share a talk she recently gave at the Gloucester History Festival where she serves as President. To celebrate the 900th anniversary of Cirencester’s Abbey of St Mary's Janina asks what was life really like at a Medieval Abbey? How did the monks live? What did they eat? How did they help the townsfolk? Janina lifts the lid on monastic life to show a reality rather different from what we often think.
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2017-09-2200 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveEmma Hamilton by George Romney, with Kate WilliamsKate Williams @KateWilliamsme is Professor of History at the University of Reading, is an author, historian and television presenter.
George Romney (26 December 1734 – 15 November 1802) was an English portrait painter. He was the most fashionable artist of his day, painting many leading society figures – including his artistic muse, Emma Hamilton, mistress of Lord Nelson.
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2017-09-1400 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveVictoria & Abdul - Shrabani BasuShrabani Basu is a journalist and historian. She is the author of For King and Another Country: Indian Soldiers on the Western Front 1914-18, Victoria & Abdul: The Story of the Queen’s Closest Confidant, Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan and Curry: The Story of Britain’s Favourite Dish. She is also the founder and chair of the Noor Inayat Khan Memorial Trust.
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2017-08-1600 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveTalking Art & Science with Professor Alice Roberts - Live at Latitude Festival 2017
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2017-08-0900 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveThe Treasures of St. CuthbertThe Treasures of St Cuthbert have been a focus for prayer and veneration by Christians for centuries. They include his original coffin and his gold and garnet pectoral cross, as well as the portable altar and comb which were placed in his coffin when he was buried. Later, precious silk textiles were also placed in his coffin. Together, these treasures represent some of the most significant surviving Anglo-Saxon artefacts in the UK.
The Treasures of St Cuthbert are on permanent display in the Great Kitchen as part of Open Treasure, a world-class exhibition experience at the heart of Durham...
2017-08-0200 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveEnlightened Princesses - Joanna Marschner
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2017-07-2600 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveThe Fight Between Carnival and Lent by Pieter Bruegel the Elder - with Johnathan HealyThe Fight Between Carnival and Lent is an oil-on-panel work painted by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1559. This painting depicts a common festival of the period, as celebrated in the Southern Netherlands. It presents the contrast between two sides of contemporary life, as can be seen by the appearance of the inn on the left side - for enjoyment, and the church on the right side - for religious observance.
The busy scene depicts well-behaved children near the church and a beer drinking scene near the inn. At the centre is a well, showing the coming together of...
2017-07-1900 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveCodex Aureus - Kate WilesThe Stockholm Codex Aureus is a Gospel book written in the mid-eighth century in Southumbria, probably in Canterbury, whose decoration combines Insular and Italian elements. Southumbria produced a number of important illuminated manuscripts during the eighth and early ninth centuries, including the Vespasian Psalter, the Stockholm Codex Aureus, three Mercian prayer books, the Tiberius Bede and the Royal Bible.
Kate Wiles is a Medievalist, linguist, and Senior Editor History Today.
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2017-07-1200 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveLa Belle Iseul by William Morris, with Dr Emma WellsWilliam Morris was an English textile designer, poet, novelist, translator, and socialist activist. Associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement, he was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production. His literary contributions helped to establish the modern fantasy genre, while he played a significant role in propagating the early socialist movement in Britain.
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2017-06-2800 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveThe Artist's Family by Hans Holbein the Younger, with Jeanne NuechterleinHans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497) – between 7 October and 29 November 1543) was a German and Swiss artist and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style. He is best known as one of the greatest portraitists of the 16th century. He also produced religious art, satire and Reformation propaganda, and made a significant contribution to the history of book design. He is called "the Younger" to distinguish him from his father, Hans Holbein the Elder, an accomplished painter of the Late Gothic school.
Dr Jeanne Nuechterlein has taught at York since October 2000. Her work centres on northern European art, primarily Germany and...
2017-06-2400 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveThe Creation of Adam by Michelangelo - with Patrick DoorlyThe Creation of Adam is a fresco painting by Michelangelo, which forms part of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, painted c. 1508–1512. It illustrates the Biblical creation narrative from the Book of Genesis in which God breathes life into Adam, the first man. The fresco is part of a complex iconographic scheme and is chronologically the fourth in the series of panels depicting episodes from Genesis.
Patrick Doorly is an art historian specialising in Renaissance Italy. He divides his time between writing and teaching art history in the Department for Continuing Education, Oxford University. The Truth about Art: Reclaiming quality traces th...
2017-06-1400 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveValois Tapestries and Catherine de Medici - with Stephanie MerrittThe Valois Tapestries are a series of eight tapestries depicting festivities or 'magnificences' at the Court of France in the second half of the 16th century. The tapestries were worked in the Spanish Netherlands, probably in Brussels or Antwerp, shortly after 1580.
Stephanie Merrit @thestephmerritt is an English critic and feature writer who has contributed to various publications including The Times, The Daily Telegraph, the New Statesman, New Humanist and Die Welt. She was Deputy Literary Editor of The Observer from 1998 to 2005 and currently writes for The Observer and The Guardian, in addition to writing novels.
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2017-06-0700 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveBayeux Tapestry - with Greg JennerGreg Jenner is the historical consultant to Horrible Histories and is the author of A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life.
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2017-05-3100 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveBayeux Tapestry - with Joe Whitlock BlundellThe Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres (230 ft) long and 50 centimetres (20 in) tall, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England concerning William, Duke of Normandy, and Harold, Earl of Wessex, later King of England, and culminating in the Battle of Hastings.
Joe Whitlock Blundell has been Design and Production Director of The Folio Society for over 20 years, responsible for all aspects of the books’ appearance: typographic design, art direction, choice of materials, and manufacturing quality. In this capacity he has seen well over 1,000 different titles into print. He is also a photographer wi...
2017-05-2400 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveThe Kiss - Gustav KlimtThe Kiss was painted by the Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt between 1907 and 1908, the highpoint of his "Golden Period", when he painted a number of works in a similar gilded style. A perfect square, the canvas depicts a couple embracing, their bodies entwined in elaborate robes decorated in a style influenced by both linear constructs of the contemporary Art Nouveau style and the organic forms of the earlier Arts and Crafts movement. The work is composed of oil paint with applied layers of gold leaf, an aspect that gives its strikingly modern, yet evocative appearance. The painting is now in...
2017-05-1700 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveDouris Psykter - Michael ScottMichael Scott @drmichaelcscott is an Associate Professor in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick, author of several books on ancient Greek and Roman society, and has written and presented a range of documentaries for National Geographic, History Channel, ITV and the BBC.
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2017-05-1000 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveMiss Ashwanden in Cookham by Stanley Spencer - with Robin InceSir Stanley Spencer (30 June 1891 – 14 December 1959) was an English painter.[Shortly after leaving the Slade School of Art, Spencer became well known for his paintings depicting Biblical scenes occurring as if in Cookham, the small village beside the River Thames where he was born and spent much of his life. Spencer referred to Cookham as "a village in Heaven" and in his biblical scenes, fellow-villagers are shown as their Gospel counterparts. Spencer was skilled at organising multi-figure compositions such as in his large paintings for the Sandham Memorial Chapel and the Shipbuilding on the Clyde series, the former being a World Wa...
2017-05-0300 min
Dr Janina Ramirez - Art DetectiveBonus Minisode: The Nightwatch by RembrandtWatch Janina's new 3-part series, An Art Lovers Guide starting on BBC Four from 1st May at 9pm. Watch on iPlayer here. With sumptuous palaces, exquisite artworks and stunning architecture, every great city offers a dizzying multitude of artistic highlights. In the series, Dr Janina Ramirez and Alastair Sooke take us on three cultural city breaks, hunting for off-the-beaten-track artistic treats - and finding new ways of enjoying some very famous sights.
The Night Watch, is a 1642 painting by Rembrandt van Rijn. It is in the collection of the Amsterdam Museum but is prominently displayed in the Rijksmuseum as...
2017-05-0100 min