Episode 1

Available for 261 days

Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Holly Walsh welcome: * Comedian and writer Jamie MacDonald * Art critic and author Jennifer Higgie * Artist Francis Hamel The Museum's Guest Committee donate a blue badge to talk about the ways the country is becoming more accessible, the first self portrait ever painted of an artist at work at the easel – painted by Catharina van Hemessen in 1548. Researchers: Mike Shepherd, Mike Turner, Emily Jupitus and Jack Chambers of QI. Producer: Anne Miller A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2021.