Curious City Podcast - Dark
In this episode of Curious City, fashion historian Mairi MacKenzie joins host David Scott to look at the impact Dark has had on Glasgow and its citizens over time.
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Mairi MacKenzie
This episode's guest
Fashion historian, writer and curator, Mairi MacKenzie is this episode's guest. Mairi is Research Fellow in Fashion and Textiles at Glasgow School of Art.
Mairi at Glasgow School of ArtCountess of Southampton
Curious City regular Rebecca Quinton meets Michael MacKinnon and reveals the implications of how black has been used in clothing throughout the ages.
Countess of Southampton on Collections NavigatorSleeping Patterns
Curious City regular Laura Bauld reveals to Alan Braidwood how darkness influenced sleep and how people they spent their time during the dark hours.
16th century bed on Collections NavigatorMatthijs Maris, Grief
Michael MacKinnon meets Pippa Stevenson-Sit who reveals the depths of the darkness in the painting by Matthijs Maris.
Matthijs Maris 'Grief' on Collections NavigatorThe Plague
Curious City regular, curator Ed Johnson, tells Michael MacKinnon the story of St Roch through this alabaster figure.
St Roch on Collections Navigator