The History of Hairdressing
In this episode, Dr Patrick Geoghegan explores the wondrous world of historical hairstyles with 'The Coiffured' exhibition curator and visual artist Amanda Jane Graham; looks at the world's first named author, Enheduanna, and the Women of Mesopotamia with Morgan Library exhibition curator Sidney Babcock; gets an insight into the People and Places of our past with the National Photographic Archive's Sara Smyth; and hears how to date your family photographs with Dr Katherine Howells, a Principal Records Specialist in the Visual Collections at the National Archives in the UK.
Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan
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.
- No. of episodes: 184
- Latest episode: 2024-11-17
- History
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