Shy and Jamie: Crossing borders, revisiting the past and comic book inspiration.

In this episode, guests Shy Zvouloun and Jamie Crawford talk about crossing borders, revisiting the past, comic book inspiration and more.

Shy is a law student at the University going into her third year. When Shy’s not completing coursework, she enjoys engaging with law beyond the classroom. She is a legal researcher at the Edinburgh International Justice Initiative, where she works as part of a fabulous team to provide pro-bono legal research assistance in the field of international criminal law.

Jamie is a writer, publisher and broadcaster. He chairs the board of Publishing Scotland and was appointed the first Scottish Ambassador for the Archive and Record Association’s ‘Explore Your Archives’ campaign in 2019. Jamie wrote and presented ‘Scotland from the Sky’, a BBC Scotland documentary series which explores the history of Scotland’s landscapes through aerial photography. It was nominated for the ‘Best Documentary Specialist Factual: History’ at the 2019 Royal Television Society Scotland Awards.

Each episode of Sharing things is a conversation between two members of our university community. It could be a student, a member of staff or a graduate, the only thing they have in common at the beginning is Edinburgh. We start with an object. A special, treasured or significant item that we have asked each guest to bring to the conversation. What happens next is sometimes funny, sometimes moving and always unexpected.

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All episodes of season two of Sharing things were recorded before the 23 March 2020 (COVID-19 lockdown in the UK).