Did you know Horned lizards squirt blood from their eyes as a defense mechanism? That a snail breathes through its foot, and before the advent of cups and bowls, people in ancient England used hollowed-out human skulls to hold their food and drink? Or that pine trees can grow inside the body? This week on the Nelly Boum Show, we are delving into HORROR with some truly horrifying guests....
Speakers
-Artist and design Sarah Sparkes on how to make a ghosts
-Filmmaker Amine Hattou on depicting Post-Colonial Algeria through film
-Researcher at Earthsight Tara Ganesh on Ikea’s houses of horror and the horrors of logging.
-Jonathan Willis the Co-Founder and Director of immersive experience “House of Frankenstein”
-Filmmaker Stephanie Ayanian on generation, identity and horror American/Armenian
-PhD researcher Gino Brignoli UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment talks about Zombie Ants
-The Addams Family - performed by Alexander Cromer, Freya Stannard at the Natural History Museum, Chloé Macary-Carney, Sitraka Rakotoniaina and Nelly Ben Hayoun.