In this latest episode, the Unexpected duo, Professor James Daybell and Dr Sam Willis uncover the fascinating and remarkably unexpected history of OLD AGE! Which is all about being rude about old people and the gendering of the muff, via William Hogarth's 1746 etching 'A Taste of the High Life' and Piercy Roberts ‘Comfort for an Old Maid’. It's also all about intergenerational oral history projects between school pupils and residents in car homes, the history of isolation and loneliness; the photograph and William Turner's famous painting The Fighting Temeraire! Who knew!

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