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Podcasts

Download mp3 audio files of talks and events at our museums and galleries.  Transcripts are also available with each podcast.

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2009

December

Returning to Australia talk

A talk by Curator of Oceanic Collections, Lynne Heidi Stumpe about the repatriation of human remains to Australia in 2009.

Categories:  Museum collections


November

Ancient Egyptian Adventure - The Secret of the Jewelled Heart

A reading of the story of Ancient Egyptian Adventure - The Secret of The Jewelled Heart by Dorothy Fanshawe-Smythe (Dotty) played by actor Emma Hirons. The story is written by Chris Ball and based on the show devised by Hope Street Limited and directed by Patrick Dineen. Created for the Find Your Talent programme.

Categories:  Ancient Egypt, Community and education, Performance


Stephen Shakeshaft's exhibition talk

Photographer Stephen Shakeshaft gives a talk about his exhibition of pictures of Liverpool people.

Categories:  Photography, Temporary exhibitions, Urban/social history


'Interview with artists The Singh Twins'

Acclaimed artists The Singh Twins talk about their painting in The Rise of Women Artists exhibition and the concept of being 'women artists'.

Categories:  Temporary exhibitions, Fine art, Contemporary art


October

'Don't laugh at a cat!'

Dr Carolyn Routledge takes a light-hearted look at some of the wisdom of the proverbs and witty sayings from ancient Egyptian society.

Categories:  Ancient Egypt


September

August

July

'All we want is make us free', the voyage of Amistad's children

Dr Benjamin Lawrance from the University of California, Davis talks about the voyage of Amistad's children through the worlds of the illegal slave trade.

Categories:  Slavery and human rights


June

'Sound and Vision' exhibition talk

Curator Pauline Rushton and photographer Francesco Mellina talk about the 'Sound and Vision' exhibition of photographs of Liverpool music and fashion, 1978-82

Categories:  Contemporary art, Photography, Temporary exhibitions


May

Gallery talk on 'Woman Ironing' by Degas.

Director of Art Galleries, Reyahn King, talks about 'Woman Ironing' by Degas.

Categories:  Fine art


March

February

January

Henry VIII, after Hans Holbein

Kate Johnson gives a gallery talk on the Walker Art Gallery's portrait of Henry VIII, after Hans Holbein

Categories:  Fine art