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Simon Bertin looks at Mary Shelley’s 1818 edition of Frankenstein with Clare College fellow Patricia Fara and discovers a comparable creature that modern technology might realise in the form of […]

Simon Bertin previews the Raymond Briggs retrospective at Cambridge University Library and hears of an extraordinary artist who captivated a whole generation of children with curator Katie McCurrach; We investigate […]

Simon Bertin invites Classics Professor Paul Cartledge to talk on the Parthenon marbles and secret talks over returning them to Greece that may eventually impact on the Fitzwilliam Museum; exhibition […]

Simon Bertin visits poet Mina Gorji who talks on her work and her new anthology; Kinaesthetic artist Chris Dobrowolski talks on his often-large scale installations and on having imposter syndrome […]

Simon Bertin previews the Cambridge Shakespeare festival with Artistic Director Dr David Crilly; He encounters the gorgon Medusa in a good mood at Artist sculptor Mel Fraser’s studios in Wilburton; […]

Simon Bertin gets immersed in the Space Sounds project with multimedia artist Diana Scarborough and space weather scientist Dr Nigel Meredith of the British Antarctic Survey with composer Kim Cunio; […]

Simon Bertin grapples with Geometry in art and space with Cambridge University mathematical physics professor Maciej Dunajski; He interviews exciting women artists in an all female Exhibition at Extraordinary Objects […]

Simon Bertin encounters the Art of the Samurai at Cambridge University Library’s Samurai History and Legend Exhibition; award-winning author Patricia Fara talks about her book on electricity in the enlightenment […]

In this edition, Simon Bertin hears from Cambridge University scientific historian Patricia Fara about her new book on the life of Cambridge icon Sir Isaac Newton. Her husband, poet Clive […]

Simon Bertin delves into a remarkable photography exhibition by Robert McCabe on an archaeological dig in Mycenae; Artist Sudesh Prasad explores the relationship between art and the viewer at the […]