I’m not sure if two makes a series yet but despite holidays and work I’ve managed another Renaissance Utterances
podcast. The technology still posed challenges but it has definitely been a quicker process than the
first one was. The theme for this month, as promised, is coral, which has been wonderful to research. Luckily I knew exactly which pieces of art I was going to talk about, and I had already been to the
featured exhibition. All I had to do on holiday was write the script.
Which is why on Saturday, three weeks after returning from my Adriatic travels, I found myself in the peace of the
Warburg library up to my eyes in books. I was surrounded by volumes exploring the evil eye, gem lore, history of science and natural philosophy, and Italian coral fishing.
