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Episode 36: Shew-Stones, Vegetable Lambs, and the Mirror that Inspired a Fairytale

Episode 36: Shew-Stones, Vegetable Lambs, and the Mirror that Inspired a Fairytale

Update: 2021-04-15

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In this week's episode, curators Melissa and Poppy step through the looking glass and enter the world of museum mirrors. Listen in to find out about John Dee's magical 'shew-stone', and to learn what inspired the Brothers Grimm to come up with most famous fairytale question in the land...

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Episode 36: Shew-Stones, Vegetable Lambs, and the Mirror that Inspired a Fairytale

Episode 36: Shew-Stones, Vegetable Lambs, and the Mirror that Inspired a Fairytale

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