#76 Icons (Part 2)

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Comedy, History, Education

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🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! This week we’re discussing 3 absolute icons: the iconic Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe, the incredibly talented JMW Turner and one of Victorian Britain’s most iconic sport stars, Arthur Gould. Elsewhere this week we are bemoaning the fate that has befallen the humble travel book, whilst also speculating on the fate of Horatio Nelson’s arm (which he famously lost on a disastrous lads holiday to Tenerife). If you’ve got something to contribute, why not ping us over an email to: [email protected] If you fancy a bunch of OWAT content you’ve never heard before, why not treat yourself and become an Oh What A Time: FULL TIMER? In exchange for your £4.99 per month to support the show, you'll get: - two bonus episodes every month! - ad-free listening - episodes a week ahead of everyone else - And first dibs on any live show tickets Subscriptions are available via AnotherSlice, Apple and Spotify. For all the links head to: ohwhatatime.com You can also follow us on: X (formerly Twitter) at @ohwhatatimepod And Instagram at @ohwhatatimepod Aaannnd if you like it, why not drop us a review in your podcast app of choice? Thank you to Dan Evans for the artwork (idrawforfood.co.uk). Chris, Elis and Tom x Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to part two.
0:02.4	Today we are talking about icons.
0:17.8	Today, my dear friends and colleagues, I'm going to talk to you about Joseph William Turner, or Joseph Mallod, William Turner, J.M.W. Turner, who is one of Britain's best-loved artists. Now, are you familiar with his work?
0:35.8	Not hugely. I know the name, obviously, but not an enormous officiant of his work.
0:40.8	Okay.
0:41.6	It's beautiful oil paintings, predominantly.
0:45.8	Credible use of light.
0:47.2	Are you saying this, or is this Darrell's research?
0:49.5	No, this is, this genuinely is my take on him.
0:53.2	But this is what he's known for.
0:54.3	He was known basically, one of his great skills was the use of light clouds opening.
0:58.8	Just sort of the, I will put pictures on our Instagram.
1:02.3	I'm looking at him now.
1:03.4	Loves a sunset.
1:04.5	Loves a sunset.
1:05.6	This is his thing.
1:07.2	Loves the moonlight across a stormy sea.
1:10.2	This is a lot of the feel, exactly, yes.
1:13.4	This is his vibe.
1:14.6	Yeah, it's the kind of shit I do as well.
1:15.7	Still a stuff you do, exactly, but with his, you can tell what it is.
1:21.5	Can I add to, I know this is just a mere few weeks away from me saying I could quite easily swim the channel.
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