{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/628a5f3e8109c10016a76c51/628a5f438109c10016a76ccd?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Bonus Episode - Expert Witness: Dr Kathryn Harkup","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/628a5f3e8109c10016a76c51/628a5f438109c10016a76ccd.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>For our latest BONUS episode, we are joined by author, chemist and science communicator Dr Kathryn Harkup to talk about science behind our favourite poisons, Agatha Christie&apos;s penchant for cyanide, and the deadly cosmetics that lurked in Victorian homes...<br/><br/>Kathryn is the author of one of our favourite books, <em>A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie, </em>as well as <em>Making the Monster: The Science of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein</em>. Her latest book, <em>Death by Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts</em> is out now.<br/><br/>Her books are available in all good bookshops (pls shop independent where you can!) and you can find out more from Kathryn at www.harkup.co.uk and on Twitter @RotwangsRobot<br/><br/></p>","author_name":"The Poisoners' Cabinet"}