Arts & Ideas

Revisit Shoes


Listen Later

From Roman sandals to trainers and stilettos. Shahidha Bari looks at the shoe trade, with guests including Thomas Turner, who has written about sneakers in his book The Sports Shoe, A History From Field To Fashion; Tansy Hoskins,who examines global commerce in her book Footwork: What Your Shoes Are Doing To The World; Rebecca Shawcross, Shoe Curator at Northampton Museum & Art Gallery; and Roman shoe expert Owen Humphreys from Museum of London Archaeology.

Sneakers Unboxed: Studio to Street runs at the Design Museum in London until October 24th

Northampton Museum and Art Gallery and its collection of over 15,000 shoes has re-opened this July following a £6million revamp.

Producer: Emma Wallace

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Arts & IdeasBy BBC Radio 4

  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3

4.3

286 ratings


More shows like Arts & Ideas

View all
Global News Podcast by BBC World Service

Global News Podcast

7,770 Listeners

The LRB Podcast by The London Review of Books

The LRB Podcast

303 Listeners

The Archers by BBC Radio 4

The Archers

1,098 Listeners

Newshour by BBC World Service

Newshour

1,068 Listeners

In Our Time by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time

5,465 Listeners

The Documentary Podcast by BBC World Service

The Documentary Podcast

1,826 Listeners

In Our Time: Culture by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time: Culture

612 Listeners

6 Minute English by BBC Radio

6 Minute English

1,811 Listeners

Learning English Conversations by BBC Radio

Learning English Conversations

1,049 Listeners

The Infinite Monkey Cage by BBC Radio 4

The Infinite Monkey Cage

2,073 Listeners

Great Lives by BBC Radio 4

Great Lives

481 Listeners

Backlisted by Backlisted

Backlisted

595 Listeners

London Review Bookshop Podcast by London Review Bookshop

London Review Bookshop Podcast

138 Listeners

Front Row by BBC Radio 4

Front Row

126 Listeners

Start the Week by BBC Radio 4

Start the Week

161 Listeners

Bookclub by BBC Radio 4

Bookclub

246 Listeners

The TLS Podcast by The TLS

The TLS Podcast

184 Listeners

The Week in Art by The Art Newspaper

The Week in Art

214 Listeners

You're Dead to Me by BBC Radio 4

You're Dead to Me

3,224 Listeners

The Bomb by BBC World Service

The Bomb

1,044 Listeners

A brush with... by The Art Newspaper

A brush with...

145 Listeners

This Cultural Life by BBC Radio 4

This Cultural Life

108 Listeners

Close Readings by London Review of Books

Close Readings

84 Listeners

Past Present Future by David Runciman

Past Present Future

338 Listeners