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	Podcast:		Sentimental Garbage
	Episode:		Costume Dramas with Dr Emma Southon
	Category:		Arts
	Duration:		01:03:32
	Publish Date:		2022-06-16 04:00:05
	Description:		Costume dramas are the most dominant way that ordinary people engage with history, so why are we so frequently snobby about them? Dr Emma Southon gives a historian's perspective about the usefulness of costume drama, as well as the pure pleasure of just looking at nice fabrics. We talk Shakespeare in Love, Marie Antoinette, The Lion in Winter, I Claudius, Vanity Fair and even make a pretty good case for A Knight's Tale over Gladiator. Dr Emma Southon is the co-host of History is Sexy and the author of A Fatal Thing Happened on The Way to the Forum, and Agrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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