
Absolute Units
The Museum of English Rural Life podcast. We're exploring the fascinating, surprising, and moving backstories of our collections, to tell the story of the English countryside.
Podcasting since 2025 • 6 episodes
Absolute Units
Latest Episodes
New episodes update: Big sheep, big dreams
Episode 4 marked the end of our pilot series, produced by a group of extremely talented students from the University of Reading. Now, we're at the wheel planning future episodes. The tractor wheel of our mind and our dreams.In the meanti...
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The Pest is History (with Dr Alice Mauchline)
How has our understanding of ecology in farming changed in time? What makes a pest a pest? And is an aphid chimney as metal as it sounds?Join Dr Alice Mauchline (University of Reading) to learn about changes in modern farm management. We...
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45:32

I Just Want a Cup of Tea in Reading (with Dr Shweta Ghosh)
What do documentary makers and museum have in common? How do we choose which stories to tell, and how to tell them? Join Dr Shweta Ghosh, Lecturer in Screen Practices and Industries at the University of Reading, as we discuss storyt...
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48:24

I Want My Hog to Look Spectacular (with Dr Hannah Lyons)
Why did people in the past make paintings of impossibly big animals? What does art teach us about the history of the countryside? And how do we work with artists today to explore the past, present and future of rural England?Here to unpa...
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