1666 – A Year of Plague, Fire and War Told Through Art ft. Rebecca Rideal – Episode 63

Author and curator Margaret Timmers offers a brief history of art in the modern Olympics, from art events to poster designs.

Art historian and presenter Kate Bryan shares some of the artist's love stories from her book 'The Art of Love'.

Map Librarian Nick Millea discuss the history of map-making and the artists who have explored maps as a subject.

Head Curator at the London Transport Museum Matt Brosnan takes us on a journey through the history of London Transport poster designs.

Artist and food historian Tasha Marks discusses the history and symbolism of food in art.

Historian Rebecca Rideal talks through artworks and illustrations to show explain how fires, plague and war made 1666 one of the most dramatic years in British history.

Psychoanalyst Vanessa Sinclair explains how Freud and psychoanalysis inspired the art of the Surrealists.

Michele Bogart discusses the relationship between artists and ad design since the late nineteenth century.

We speak to Director of Chisenhale Gallery Zoé Whitley about her work co-curating the 'Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power' exhibition and art in the context of Black Lives Matter.

We speak to David Bownes to learn about the history of British railway poster artists and how poster designs developed over the twentieth century.