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Feb 16, 2021 34 min

Neil MacGregor with Nihal Arthanayake

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British Art Historian and former Director of the British Museum Neil MacGregor chats to Nihal about the new audiobook of ‘A History of the World in 100 Objects’. Neil has chosen 4 of those objects plus an entirely new one (object 101!) including a Jade Axe and an Akan Drum. He chats to Nihal about how their meaning can change over time #PenguinPodcast ‘A History of the World in 100 objects’ is available to buy as an audiobook now - https://apple.co/3dfSbUb

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