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Since Tracy Chevalier’s 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' was published in 1999, it has sold more than 5 million copies, has been translated into 39 languages and was made into an Oscar-nominated film. On the 20th anniversary of this enduring modern classic, Dr Janina Ramirez joined Tracy Chevalier and the Victoria & Albert Museum to talk about Vermeer’s painting of the same name, and how it inspired her. View the slideshow referenced in this episode here. Producer: Dan Morelle ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Instagram: https://instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod  Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez  Facebook: https://facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/ArtDetective  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Art Detective Patreon Supporters patreon.com/ArtDetective Amanda Cooke Andrew Robeson Becky Head Bernard Fildes Catherine Rowley-Williams Chloe Guttridge Chris Chatterton Chris Douglass Colin Beeby Daniel Ramirez  David Parker Fi Cooper Janet Lee Joanne Benjamin Dzho Mckeown Joseph Maleczek Kanidra McGill Keiran Lancaster Kevin Cannell Kevin Valdes Parra Margaret Szedenits Margy Mayell  Mark Stack MCMatz Meg Jones Michele Olender Neil Holmes Nicola Capon Nina Ramirez Patricia McLean Paul Flatt Stephen Lawrence Tammy Miller Tanchira Arjinkit Vanessa Rowlands Wayne Quigg

Exclusive interview with Dr Alexa Frost the Head Archivist at Blenheim Palace. Artwork discussed in this episode: Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough by Sir Godfrey Kneller (Unknown date, but author died in 1723) Tell all your friends, you can now support us on PATREON! Presented by: Dr Janina Ramirez Producer: Dan Morelle -------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook Group (Patreon Backers Only): https://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtDetective/

WE'RE BAACK! Art Detective has landed with a brand new sparkling theme tune by award winning composer, Marc Canham and we're kicking off season 2 with an interview with Ophelia Field, author of The Favourite recorded at Blenheim Palace! Yes, we are spoiling you but we REALLY missed you! Tune in on Friday for Part 2 with an exclusive interview with the Head Archivist at Blenheim Palace. Artwork discussed in this episode: 1. Large family portrait by John Closterman (1660-1711) 2. Lady Churchill and Lady Fitzharris by Charles Jervas (1675-1739) Tell all your friends, you can now support us on PATREON! Presented by: Dr Janina Ramirez Producer: Dan Morelle -------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook Group (Patreon Backers Only): https://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtDetective/

Dr Janina Ramirez talks to David Olusoga about Civilisations, how the programme was made, and how art reacts to social change. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook Group (Patreon Backers Only): https://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtDetective/ Episode Credits Producer - Natt Tapley Audio - Pete Dennis

Kate Mosse is a historical novelist, known best for her trilogy of novels set in the Languedoc: Labyrinth, Sepulchre & Citadel. She has been fascinated by mediaeval churches since her childhood in Chichester, and here talks to Dr Janina Ramirez about Notre Dame du Tour in Toulouse. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook Group (Patreon Backers Only): https://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtDetective/  Episode Credits Producer - Natt Tapley Audio - Pete Dennis

Dr Janina Ramirez talks to Professor Sarah Churchwell about e.e.cummings, Charles DeMuth, Grant Wood, and how words can represent visual art. Charles DeMuth - I Saw The Figure 5 In Gold Grant Wood - Daughters of Revolution ---------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook Group (Patreon Backers Only): https://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtDetective/  Episode Credits Producer - Natt Tapley Audio - Pete Dennis

The team behind the Ladybird Books for Grown Ups, Joel Morris & Jason Hazeley, join Janina to discuss the art in the Ladybird books, nostalgic art, and Biblical plague. Episode Credits Producer - Natt Tapley Audio - Pete Dennis -------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook Group (Patreon Backers Only): https://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtDetective/ 

Dr Janina Ramirez talks to Frank McDonough about Guernica, Picasso and modern art in modern wars. -------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook Group (Patreon Backers Only): https://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtDetective/  Episode Credits: Producer - Natt Tapley Audio - Pete Dennis

Dr Janina Ramirez discusses plague with Rebecca Rideal. Rebecca is a writer, former television producer and historian, specialising in the Stuart dynasty and seventeenth-century England. She now focuses on consulting and has worked with a number of heritage sites, TV companies and independent researchers to bring the intricacies of the past to a wider audience. Episode Credits: Producer - Natt Tapley Audio - Pete Dennis -------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook Group (Patreon Backers Only): https://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtDetective/ 

Janina sits down with the incomparable Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Doctor Who, The League of Gentlemen, Game of Thrones) to talk about Groeg La Tour, Artemisia Gentileschi, murder, beheading, and who's the best at drawing blood. Episode Credits: Producer - Natt Tapley Audio - Pete Dennis -------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook Group (Patreon Backers Only): https://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtDetective/

Art Detective Dr Janina Ramirez meets Amber Butchart at the National Gallery to discuss the Arnolfini Portrait. Episode Credits: Producer - Natt Tapley Audio - Pete Dennis -------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook Group (Patreon Backers Only): https://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtDetective/

Dr Janina Ramirez visits an architectural treasure, Birkenhead Priory, the oldest standing building on Merseyside. For more exclusive interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis Picture credits: Adrian Little, James Deegan & Alison Bailey Smith

Art Detective Dr Janina Ramirez talks to the Singh twins about the their work and their new exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. Episode Credits Producer - Natt Tapley Audio - Pete Dennis -------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook Group (Patreon Backers Only): https://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtDetective/ 

Dr Janina Ramirez investigates the Harry Potter: A History of Magic exhibition at the British Library, which explores the historical context of the images used by J.K. Rowling in the Harry Potter novels. Episode Credits Producer - Natt Tapley -------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook Group (Patreon Backers Only): https://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtDetective/ 

In late 1914, the charismatic and brilliant explorer Ernest Shackleton led 27 men on a voyage to cross the Antarctic to reach the South Pole. But what should have been a successful expedition turned into a two-year nightmare of hardship and catastrophe when their vessel the Endurance was crushed in the Weddell Sea pack-ice and sunk. Stranded with no ship, no contact with the outside world and limited supplies, it would be up to the men to find their own way back to civilisation. This is the second episode of a special mini-series that dramatically retells the extraordinary story of the 1915 Endurance Expedition. Subscribe to Dan Snow's History Hit to get every episode of our Endurance22 season and follow Dan as he searches for the lost Endurance shipwreck in real-time. Presented by Dan Snow, written and produced by Mariana Des Forges. Shackleton's diary is read by Dan Aspel and produced by Thomas Ntinas. If you'd like to learn more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad-free podcasts and audiobooks at History Hit - subscribe today! To download the History Hit app please go to the Android or Apple store.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In late 1914, the charismatic and brilliant explorer Ernest Shackleton led 27 men on a voyage to cross the Antarctic to reach the South Pole. But what should have been a successful expedition turned into a two-year nightmare of hardship and catastrophe when their vessel the Endurance was crushed in the Weddell Sea pack-ice and sunk. Stranded with no ship, no contact with the outside world and limited supplies, it would be up to the men to find their own way back to civilisation. This is the first part of a special mini-series that dramatically retells the extraordinary story of the 1915 Endurance Expedition. Be sure to subscribe to get each part in your feed over the next few days. Presented by Dan Snow, written and produced by Mariana Des Forges. Shackleton's diary is read by Dan Aspel and produced by Thomas Ntinas. If you'd like to learn more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad-free podcasts and audiobooks at History Hit - subscribe today! To download the History Hit app please go to the Android or Apple store.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tristan of The Ancients podcasts has published his first book, Alexander’s Successors at War: The Perdiccas Years. Focussing in on 323 – 320 BC, the book tells the story of the tumultuous events that seized Alexander the Great’s empire immediately after this titanic figure breathed his last in June 323 BC. Today, we’re giving you a taster of what you can expect. Sit back and relax as Tristan reads out an abridged chapter from the book (including a swift introduction). He tells the story of a Spartan mercenary captain called Thibron, who set forth from Crete with c.6,000 battle-hardened mercenaries intend on forging his own Greco-Libyan empire in North Africa. Filled with several twists and turns the story is a symbol for the many fascinating events, and the larger than life cast, that dominates the immediate aftermath of Alexander’s death. Order Tristan’s book today here. Order from Amazon. If you'd like to learn more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad-free podcasts and audiobooks at History Hit - subscribe today! To download the History Hit app please go to the Android or Apple store.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The expedition has begun and Dan is here to answer your questions about all things Endurance22, the expedition to find Shackleton’s lost shipwreck! For the first time, Dan is the subject of his own podcast as he’s interviewed by History Hit’s producer Mariana Des Forges about all things Endurance. They talk about how he’s feeling about the perilous journey across the southern ocean, what listeners can expect over the coming weeks and he answers your questions.  He also speaks to Mensun Bound of the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust who is the lead marine archaeologist on the expedition about his greatest discoveries and what they’re expecting to find when they make it to Antarctica. If you'd like to learn more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad-free podcasts and audiobooks at History Hit - subscribe today! To download the History Hit app please go to the Android or Apple store.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Amid Moscow’s increasing build-up of troops along the Ukrainian border and the preparation of infrastructure for a possible invasion, tensions between Ukraine and Russia continue to mount. Dating back centuries, the history of the relationship between the two countries is one of complexity - but one that is important to understand to make sense of the current crisis. A. D. Miller is a former Moscow correspondent for the Economist, and the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of ‘Independence Square,’ a novel set in Kyiv during the Orange Revolution. In a conversation about the historical dispute behind Russia’s current threat to invade Ukraine, A. D. Miller and Dan discuss the key events in the twentieth century, including the turning point - the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the relevance of NATO. They also detail the consequences of the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the most recent of tensions. If you'd like to learn more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad-free podcasts and audiobooks at History Hit - subscribe today! To download the History Hit app please go to the Android or Apple store.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With Kenneth Branagh film, Belfast, hitting cinemas - we run down the historical background of the early years of the decades-long conflict in Northern Ireland. Dan is joined by Tim McInerney, co-host of The Irish Passport podcast, for this deep dive into the pivotal events of 1969 to the early 1970s. This episode will establish the century-long roots of sectarian tensions, paint a picture of the political atmosphere in Northern Ireland as the decade came to a close, and track the series of escalating conflicts that climaxed in the deployment of British Troops. If you'd like to learn more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad-free podcasts and audiobooks at History Hit - subscribe today! To download the History Hit app please go to the Android or Apple store.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.