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Episode: Art of Now: The World in Their Hands
Description: We hear from one of the world’s last remaining globemakers and reflect on the globe’s cultural and symbolic currency.While Google Earth may give us intricate detail of every inch of land, there’s nothing like clutching a globe to properly comprehend our place in the world. We’ve been fascinated by replicating our planet since ancient times; an art and science that’s developed as our understanding has evolved.In this programme, we step into the studio of Bellerby & Co Globemakers, one of the few companies remaining that are making globes by hand today...