The 1966 World Cup - (or) feeding English delusions for 60 years and counting
For once we are releasing a timely episode as England are still (at time of release) in the 2026 world cup. Which is the perfect time to talk about how, 60 years ago, a team full of missing teeth, com...
5 Heinä 1h 18min
Marchamont Nedham - A man who was never write about the Civil War
This week (slightly delayed due to illness) we are discussing a man who found a way to profit from the upheaval of the English Civil War via the most partisan of journalism. Marchamont Nedham was a gi...
23 Kesä 1h 29min
A Century of British Cryptids - Getting in a Tizzie Whizie about Cryptozoology
This week we are welcoming the youngest member of the Heathcote clan, Milo to his first episode!And as a result we are covering a subject that is currently rather close to his heart. The pseudoscience...
7 Kesä 1h 37min
The Assassination of Thomas Thynne - Marriage negotiations can be murder
This week we are talking about how an imagined love triangle (which contained absolutely no love) resulted in the death of a sitting MP and nearly sparked both an international incident and mob-rule o...
31 Touko 1h 21min
Maurice Wilson - It is plane to see that climbing Everest is hard
This week we are heading to the Mills of Bradford to meet a Yorkshireman whose unshakable self-belief led to one of the most longwinded self-destructions in history. Having survived the horrors of WWI...
17 Touko 1h 12min
James Barry - It women can't be doctors, then why not stop being a woman?
To celebrate international Midwifery day, Pam is back in the hosting chair to tell us the story of a pioneering Doctor who didn't let their lack of balls stop them from becoming one of the top medics ...
5 Touko 1h 40min
The Hammersmith Ghost - (or) A ghostly Georgian Blunder(buss)
After a series of unfortunate events we are back with a spooky tale from the early 19th Century that resulted in multiple deaths. The Hammersmith Ghost was initially a local oddity, but as the winter ...
3 Touko 1h 6min
Jeanne de Clisson - (or) Middle aged female piracy is the best kind of piracy
This week we are heading across the channel to talk about how one of the many Anglo-French spats during the middle ages resulted in the creation of one of the most effective pirates who has ever saile...
12 Huhti 1h 18min
