It's all fun and games - Ep 34

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The board is set as Matilda chats with Dr Alice Blackwell from National Museums Scotland all about the beautiful and iconic Lewis chess pieces. They’re one of the most recognisable objects at the museum, but how much do we actually know about them? Who made them and played with them? How similar was medieval chess to our modern version? And what does a modern whiskey distillery have to do with early medieval research? Listen in to find out - check mate!

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• Lewis Chessman NMS page

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• Hilton of Cadboll Stone

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• Early Medieval Scotland Book

• Scotland’s Early Silver exhibition

• Society for Medieval Archaeology

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