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Colgan, Ramirez, Frankopan

John Lloyd and Noel Fielding welcome author Jenny Colgan, historian Dr Janina Ramirez and writer Dr Peter Frankopan. From 2016.

This week, the Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Noel Fielding welcome:

* Dr Janina Ramirez, art historian, author and TV presenter. Janina is Course Director for the Undergraduate Certificate in History of Art at the University of Oxford.

* Peter Frankopan, Senior Research Fellow at Worcester College, Oxford, Director of the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research and author.

* Jenny Colgan, a novelist who writes romantic comedies, sci-fi and children's books.

The Museum's Guest Committee appreciate a medieval polymath nun who created her own language; a collection of food additives from the 1970s; and an infinite number of colours that exist only in the mind and all with the same name.

Researchers: Mike Turner and Anne Miller of QI

Producers: Richard Turner and James Harkin

A Â鶹Éç Studios production for Â鶹Éç Radio 4 first broadcast in August 2016.

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Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter John Lloyd
Presenter Noel Fielding
Interviewed Guest Janina Ramirez
Interviewed Guest Peter Frankopan
Interviewed Guest Jenny Colgan
Producer Richard Turner
Producer James Harkin

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