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Alice Roberts for The Goddess Queen

Art & Culture, Literary

Alice Roberts for The Goddess Queen

2nd Sept 26, 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: The Citadel (York City Church)

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Professor Alice Roberts is an academic, author and broadcaster, specialising in human anatomy, physiology, evolution, archaeology and history.

In 2001, Alice made her television debut on Channel 4’s Time Team, and went on to write and present The Incredible Human Journey, Origins of Us and Ice Age Giants on BBC2. She is also the presenter of the popular TV series Digging for Britain. Alice has been a Professor of Public Engagement with Science at the University of Birmingham since 2012.

She has written several non-fiction books, including The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being, which was shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize in 2015 and the Sunday Times bestselling Ancestors, Buried, Crypt and Domination.

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