Neil MacGregor

Shakespeare’s Restless World by Neil MacGregor

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September 2013, no. 354
Ian Donaldson reviews 'Shakespeare’s Restless World' by Neil MacGregor

The humanities are currently experiencing what’s been called a ‘material turn’ that is in some ways comparable to the linguistic turn that animated the academy half a century ago. Then it was language that commanded attention, and appeared to constitute a primary ‘reality’; now the focus is on physical objects, and what they can tell us about the wor ...

A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor

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June 2011, no. 332

This fascinating, complex book relies for its success on the simplest of ideas and methodologies. Its publication was the necessary and inevitable follow-on from the hugely successful BBC Radio 4 series, when, over twenty weeks, British Museum (BM) director Neil MacGregor presented short, daily radio commentaries ...

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