Bonus Episode - Expert Witness: Dr Kathryn Harkup
The Poisoners' Cabinet · The Poisoners' Cabinet
May 25, 202032m 46sbonus
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Show Notes
For our latest BONUS episode, we are joined by author, chemist and science communicator Dr Kathryn Harkup to talk about science behind our favourite poisons, Agatha Christie's penchant for cyanide, and the deadly cosmetics that lurked in Victorian homes...
Kathryn is the author of one of our favourite books, A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie, as well as Making the Monster: The Science of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Her latest book, Death by Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts is out now.
Her books are available in all good bookshops (pls shop independent where you can!) and you can find out more from Kathryn at www.harkup.co.uk and on Twitter @RotwangsRobot
Kathryn is the author of one of our favourite books, A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie, as well as Making the Monster: The Science of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Her latest book, Death by Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts is out now.
Her books are available in all good bookshops (pls shop independent where you can!) and you can find out more from Kathryn at www.harkup.co.uk and on Twitter @RotwangsRobot
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