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Romantic History: Waterloo to the British Musem

The LRB Podcast

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This is the fourth and final episode in a series of close readings looking at how history changed in the romantic period. This week we talk to former director of the british museum, neil mc gregor about the battle of waterloo. We will also go to wardor street in soho where antiquities were being 'knocked off or knocked up' by people seeking architectural salvage.

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