This unique and lively history show delves into some of the world's most important political, social and cultural events and the intriguing personalities behind them.
Presented by Dr Patrick Geoghegan of Trinity College Dublin, Talking History unravels the gritty, sometimes uncomfortable, side of our past, and what we can learn from it.
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Renaissance Cosmetics
In this episode of Talking History, Patrick Geoghegan discusses:
New insights into plots and conspiracies against the life of Queen Elizabeth I with Calum Cockburn, Curator of Medieval Manuscripts at the British Library
Cosmetics in the Renaissance World, with Professor Jill Burke, Chair of Renaissance Visual and Material Cultures at the University of Edinburgh, author of ‘How To Be A Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty and Female Creativity’, a historian of the body and its visual representation, focusing on Italy and Europe from 1400-1700
And the female artists who blazed a trail in the Royal Hibernian Academy in Ireland, with Dr Caroline Campbell, Director, National Gallery of Ireland.