Podcast: Inside forensic science – with Dame Sue Black & Katherine Mathieson

In this Christmas special we go behind the scenes of our 2022 CHRISTMAS LECTURES, presented by Professor Dame Sue Black.

Friday 16 Dec 2022 4:00pm Listen time: 28:21

In this Christmas-special we go behind-the-scenes of our 2022 CHRISTMAS LECTURES, presented by Professor Dame Sue Black. Katherine Mathieson, Director of the Ri, managed to steal Sue away from rehearsals for a quick chat about her CHRISTMAS LECTURES memories, science communication and what we can expect to learn about forensic science.

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