Episode 29 - By George, He's Done It!
Send a text Welcome to the new, hopefully improved A Nice Cup Of Histortea. We put up the polls and you, the loving public, answered the call. Thank you for your input, and for the fact that we now ha...
23 Huhti 201920min
Episode 28 - You No Longer Know Nothing
Send a text In honour of the start of the final season of Game of Thrones, we bring you a rundown of the history of Westeros starting from the invasion of the First Men all the way to the events that ...
16 Huhti 201941min
Episode 27 - If The Shoe Fits
Send a text This week we delve into the realm of fairytales, telling the story of Ashputtel and the origins of the Cinderella story. As always, here are our sources: https://allthatsinteresting.co...
8 Huhti 201937min
Episode 26 - A Rose By Any Other Colour... Means War
Send a text This week we take a brief tour of the Wars of the Roses, a series of battles that forever changed the landscape of British History and inspired George R.R. Martin to write A Song of Ice an...
26 Maalis 201947min
Episode 25 - Going Right To The Brinkmanship
Send a text This week we talk about that GCSE History favourite, the Cuban Missile Crisis. What happened in the lead up to it? What happened in those fateful 13 days? Could it happen again? As alway...
19 Maalis 201928min
Episode 24 - A Live Episode? We're Rising To The Occasion
Send a text This week we come to you not exactly live, but from a location we have visited in our sister blog, Castle Rising, Norfolk. We don't have any sources this week but our Instagram has some pi...
12 Maalis 201946min
Episode 23 - Over A Million In An Hour? We Khan't Believe It
Send a text This week we talk about the great warlord Genghis Khan. His life, his battles, his Michael Bolton montage teenage years... and always a ridiculous death. Here are our sources: https://e...
5 Maalis 201933min
Episode 22 - If You Aske Us, It's All A Bit Pil-Grim
Send a text This week we discuss the Pilgrimage of Grace, a northern uprising that occurred during the reign of Henry VIII (control yourself Emily). Was it a peaceful protest? Was it a violent confron...
26 Helmi 201937min
