#47 - Crinoline Ladies
It began as an image of Victorian femininity, became a 1920s style icon, and perhaps ended as a 1970s toilet roll cover. Dr Kathryn Ferry looks at the curious history of the Crinoline Lady, exploring ...
16 Mar 202016min
# 46 - Teletext
James Ward introduces another curious talk about a subject that may seem boring, but is actually very interesting.... maybe.From Bamboozle, to being switched off, and now being salvaged for the digita...
9 Mar 202017min
#45 - Box Certificates
One day while breaking down a box in a corridor, Joyce Smith noticed a box certificate. Quickly followed by a second one. Now Joyce had 2 of them, and 2 of anything is the start of a collection.James ...
2 Mar 202019min
# 44 - Swearing: a personal cross-cultural comparative study of Hindi and English
If you hit your thumb with a hammer, what swear word would you immediately scream? Charvy Narain asked her friends and family this question, which lead to a personal journey from the 'buffalo's eye' t...
24 Feb 202014min
The Sounds Of Computer Games Loading
James Ward introduces another curious talk about a subject that may seem boring, but is actually very interesting.... maybe.The clunk and click of the datasette machine. The white noise of the tape lo...
17 Feb 202015min
#42 - The Lexicon Of Breakups
James Ward introduces another curious talk about a subject that may seem boring, but is actually very interesting.... maybe.In 2011, comedian Rosie Wilby was dumped by email. (Though she did feel bett...
10 Feb 202015min
#41 - Pencils
James Ward introduces another curious talk about a subject that may seem boring, but is actually very interesting.... maybe.Brian Mackenwells is passionate about pencils. In this Boring Talk he shares...
10 Feb 202027min
#40 - Thank You (again)
James Ward says thank you for listening to series two and chooses the best numbers from each of the talks.Presenter: James Ward Producer: Luke Doran
27 Feb 20191min
