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Oct 2016
42m 30s

Professor Ken Arnold in conversation wit...

Professor Roger Kneebone
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As Head of Public Programmes at the Wellcome Collection, Ken Arnold established an international reputation for creating ground-breaking exhibitions which bridge medicine and art. Now the Creative Director of Copenhagen's Medical Museion, Ken's ideas continue to challenge, provoke and inspire.

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