The Museum Of Curiosity

This week John Lloyd and curator Bridget Christie and joined by comic Shazia Mirza, musician Glyn Johns and novelist J.K. Rowling.

Last Christmas the Museum reunited four of its previous curators (Sally Phillips, Lee Mack, Jimmy Carr and pJo Brand) for its first Christmas special. This year John and Bridget return with a special extended edition featuring music producer Glyn Johns, comedian Shazia Mirza and novelist J.K. Rowling.

J.K. Rowling is the best-selling author behind the Harry Potter phenomenon. The books have won multiple awards, sold over 500 million copies and been translated into over 80 languages. She also founded children's charity Lumos, was made an OBE in 2001 and has a gold Blue Peter badge. She donates inspiration and proposes that it should be sold in the Museum's shop.

Glyn Johns is a music producer who has worked with The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Eagles, Bob Dylan, Joan Armatrading and Eric Clapton, to name but a few. He offers up a 3M M23 8 Track tape machine featuring a recording of Something by George Harrison, which Glyn himself taped.

Shazia Mirza is a multi-award-winning comedian who is currently touring her latest show Coconut which talks about her experiences fending for herself (and her fellow islanders) on Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls. She won Columnist Of The Year for her writing in The New Statesman. Shazia donates to the Museum a pair of real eyebrows, because she is worried that they are dying out.