podcast

A History of the World in 100 Objects

by BBC Radio 4

Object 101

25.12.2020 • 00:37:51

Ten years on from the ground-breaking Radio 4 series, "A History of The World in 100 Objects", former director of the British Museum Neil MacGregor lo...

Solar-powered lamp and charger

22.10.2010 • 00:13:34

The very last episode in Neil MacGregor's history of humanity as told through the things that time has left behind. The director of the British Museum...

Credit card

21.10.2010 • 00:13:59

Neil MacGregor's history of the world as told through things. Throughout this week he is examining objects that speak of the great shifts in human org...

Throne of Weapons

20.10.2010 • 00:14:09

The history of humanity, as told through one hundred objects from the British Museum in London, is drawing to an end. Throughout this week, Neil Mac...

Hockney's In the Dull Village

19.10.2010 • 00:13:24

This week Neil MacGregor's history of the world is examining the forces that helped shape our way of life and ways of thinking today. He began with th...

Russian revolutionary plate

18.10.2010 • 00:14:05

Neil MacGregor's history of the world as told through things that time has left behind. Throughout this closing week he is examining some of the major...

Suffragette-defaced penny

15.10.2010 • 00:14:02

Neil MacGregor's world history told through objects from the British Museum in London. The objects he has chosen this week have reflected on mass prod...

Sudanese slit drum

14.10.2010 • 00:13:47

Neil MacGregor's history of the world as told through things. Throughout this week he is examining the great shifts in the global economy and in imper...

Hokusai's The Great Wave

13.10.2010 • 00:13:49

The history of humanity - as told through one hundred objects from the British Museum in London - is once again in Japan. This week Neil MacGregor, th...

Early Victorian tea set

12.10.2010 • 00:14:14

This week Neil MacGregor's history of the world is looking at how the global economy became cemented in the 19th century, a time of mass production an...