Neil MacGregor with Nihal Arthanayake

02/16/21 • 34 min

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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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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ali Smith with Nihal Arthanayake

Author and playwright Ali Smith chats to Nihal about her 2014 multi award-winning novel ‘How to be Both’, which has just been released as an audiobook.

In this episode, Ali reveals how she takes herself out of her comfort zone, why we should give books a chance when reading them and her love of silent film. #PenguinPodcast

'How to be Both' will be available to buy as an audiobook now - https://apple.co/2Z6TNaz

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‘Kay’s Anatomy’ is available to buy as an audiobook now - https://apple.co/3uP4n4q

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