Gresham College
Incest and Folk-Dancing: Two things to be avoided - Professor Steve Jones
How closely are we related to each other, and how recently do we all share an ancestor? The answer to those questions is: closer and more recently than you might think. Professor Jones discusses patterns of relatedness in ancient and...
Curated Video
An introduction to Singing and dancing
Throughout the Middle Ages, singing games were popular among groups of young adults, and often performed as courtship dances. By the turn of the 19th century, however, these songs had been rejected as ‘childish play’ for grownups, and...
Curated Video
Retrospective of later works of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai
LEADIN:A new exhibition looking at the later works of Katsushika Hokusai opens in London.The Japanese artist is considered one of the most important artists in the world, and he continued producing work until his death at the age of...
Curated Video
Rare art works up for auction
LEAD IN:A huge sale of Middle Eastern art is underway in London.Auction house Sotheby's is holding a series of sales covering a thousand years of the region's culture, including rare chess sets, jewellery and...
Curated Video
Rare art works up for auction
LEAD IN:A huge sale of Middle Eastern art is underway in London.Auction house Sotheby's is holding a series of sales covering a thousand years of the region's culture, including rare chess sets, jewellery and...
Curated Video
MidEast artefacts up for auction on display
LEAD IN:A huge array of Middle Eastern art is up for sale in London.Auction house Sotheby's is holding a series of sales which covers a thousand years of the region's culture, including rare chess sets and an example from an 11th century...
Lindybeige
Forests in the olden days
Forests and woodland in the ancient and medieval worlds didn't look the way they show in the movies. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Lindybeige More archaeology videos here:...
12tone
The Scales That Built Jazz
Try 2 months of Skillshare for free! http://skl.sh/12tone4 Modern jazz is one of the most popular styles among academic musicians, with whole fields of research dedicated to studying its use of advanced harmony, chromaticism, and other...