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What a dinosaur! How you use the past when talking
Michael Rosen and Dr. Laura Wright talk to Dr Ross Wilson about how we talk about historical eras in order to define the way we live now, and how we've progressed. How historically accurate are these metaphors of the past and does accuracy really matter?
First broadcast on Word of Mouth, 19 April 2016.
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