Neil MacGregor: A Time Team History Through Objects
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Tim Taylor meets Neil MacGregor, bestselling author and presenter of the wonderful 'A History of the World in 100 Objects', as featured on BBC Radio 4. Neil is no stranger to stunning artefacts, as former Director of both the British Museum and the National Gallery. Tim and Neil take a look at a series of intriguing historic objects, including some discovered by Time Team, as well as personal favourites from the British Museum's collection.
These objects speak of the very fundamentals of humanity: our need for play and faith, our sense of identity, our aspirations of beauty, our struggle for survival, and the unfortunate inevitability of war.
During his tenure at the British Museum, Neil oversaw new displays of the Sutton Hoo treasure, as featured in the recent Netflix film, 'The Dig', starring Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan. Neil tells Tim what it was like to work with these incredible objects and their lasting appeal.
Neil MacGregor image credit: Lesekreis
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That was a great interview. Thanks to both Neil and Tim for a superb hour's viewing.
Listening to Neil MacGregor is always such a pleasure and a privilege. I live in hope that I will absorb some of his knowledge as his insights and words of wisdom wash over me. More events similar to this on RUclips would make me very, very, happy.
"I'd like to take them back to Mull." Couldn't agree more Neil, that was one of my favorite digs. Mull is literately covered with archaeology that is little known or totally unknown. Can't help but wonder what else Beth and Hilda may have come across since then.
Mr MacGregor's R4 series, A History of the World thru 100 Objects should be required listening
The one good thing Covid-19 brought out was TimeTeam again. Archaeology is more out there, people wanting to know more about it and what it is about. Thank you for bringing Time Team back.🌹
I bought 'A History of the World in 100 Objects' a couple of weeks back and it is an enthralling read. Great to read the chapters and then do some internet research on the finds. Superbly written and I recommend it to anyone who has an interest in archeology and history.
The book is also on BBC sounds. And his mellifluous voice is a delight.
That was an inspiring interview! It was heartening to hear Neil MacGregor interpreting objects from both a local and an international perspective. I have been fascinated by history and prehistory since childhood; mainly British history, because I was brought up on the island we call Britain and that is the past I know the most about. So since lockdown I have been binge watching RUclips channels dealing with archaeology, history, the development of language and suchlike, often with a British slant. Whilst these have (for the most part) been fascinating to watch, as time has gone on I have noticed a disturbing trend in the comments that often accompany these programmes. It seems to me that many of these channels are beginning to attract the very worst kind of British "patriot" - often racist, frequently aggressive and all too often weighing in with whinges about imposed "diversity" and other oppressive measures perpetrated by some imagined "woke" élite, dedicated to eradicating all that is best about the Bulldog Breed. I realised this was not just paranoia on my part when reading the comments on the latest posting by Simon Roper, which involved an Afro-American describing AAVE (Afro-American Vernacular English) and how it differs from standard English. Simon, incidentally, is an English archaeology student with an abiding interest in linguistics and in particular the development of Anglo-Saxon into the modern English as she is spoke today. Somehow, this programme must have come to the attention of a far-right British (English, predominantly) group of fanatics, whose followers have swamped the comments section with toe-curlingly offensive remarks, most of which are as depressing as they are stupid.
I raise this slightly off-topic point because I think the vast majority of us poor innocent TT afficionados need to be aware of this rather alarming trend. In contrast to which, as I said before, Neil MacGregor (and Tim, of course) comes as a breath of fresh air.
I'm working at the moment and had this interview on but not much work happened!!! Loved listening to this interview..
Wow! That first shot of Tim gave me a shock. For a millisecond I thought I was looking at a younger, smoother Mick Aston. Weird feeling...
I do like museums but the whole story and discovery of the object is so exciting that’s what you do with us
I need to spend a good week at The British Museum. I follow it virtually but not quite the same lol. On my wish / bucket list. Thank you for this interview.
Two wonderful programmes in one, bliss!
So interesting. Thank you for a most informative hour.
Such a treat! Yes, what is it about the object uncovered that stops us in our tracks and sets our imagination going? I wish you would start a reading list for us. I want to know more.
Time team very informative and entertaining with every bodies humor and excitement
Loved The Dig. Informative and very well done. Highly recommended watch.
I remember watching the Tour of the British Museum when they re-opened it after all the restoration of the place and had the awesome Viking items on display, most for the first time, it was breath taking and he was there:-)
thanks Tim and Neil
I absolutely loved this.....
Thank you this was/is very interesting.
Neil is such a wonderful person...
Wonderful interview!!!!!
Great show!
love it
Not Native Smericans were hunter gatherers. There were agricultural settlements that produced excellent art
Hurrah!
Its a curious thing that the many people who know the most of these objects come from backgrounds where working with their hands is thought of as "working class" and beneath them and their children, yet are rightfully obsessed with objects made by people of that same working class. On the other hand the people, in our world, who are currently in the working class, and do work with their hands seem to have no curiosity of the greatness their ancestors were able to generate such grand objects.
Its all down to education, the educators dont seem to spark any sort of interest in histoty because its frowned upon
@@mrdbaker2ubaker182 Everyones first educator must be the parents - if they accept lumpen drudgery as the norm, they offspring are at best factory fodder - schools can only do so much. I have lived in supposed 3rd world counries where the kids thirst for knowledeg is palpable, here in the West, the parents whine that is all down to the schools. Dont breed if you cannot prepare your kids
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Possibly the oldest continuously inhabited dwellings in the world, and certainly among the very few oldest continuous, are Taos pueblo and Acoma (sky city) pueblos. So to imply that Native Americans were just wandering around the plains is rather misleading.
were giants real and was giant trees real they are all over the earth