The Berlin Wall mural and a new kind of zoo

Podcast: The History Hour · BBC World Service

Opublikowano: 2026-10-24

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes. American artist Keith Haring's bold 1986 mural on the Berlin Wall and British naturalist Gerald Durrell's 1950s mission to save species from extinction. We discuss other examples of art which aim to bring peace and unity around the world with Dr Lucy Weir, head of art history at the University of Edinburgh. Plus Malta's divorce referendum in 2011, Hungary's 1956 uprising, the first Refugee Olympic Team of 2016 and how Ten Canoes made cinema history in Australia in 2006. Contributors: Alexandra Hildebrandt - the chairwoman...