The rose and the thistle
Send a text Welcome to the latest episode! In a slightly shorter episode than usual, we travel to Belgium and discover the story of two lieutenants, Lt Ronald Poulton Palmer and Lt Frederick "Tanky" T...
19 Okt 202545min
Questions and answers - episode 1
Send a text Welcome to our first-ever questions and answers episode! In today's episode, we address questions posed by listeners and delve into a range of topics. If you have a question you'd like ans...
5 Okt 20251h 12min
The Pool of Peace
Send a text Welcome to this latest episode! Today we are in Belgium and walk the battlefield to the south of Ypres, beginning at Bedford House Cemetery and finishing at the Spanbroekmolen mine crater,...
21 Sep 20251h 1min
Trench Talk - Sussex to the Somme with Martin Barry
Send a text In this latest episode of Trench Talk, it's a pleasure to be joined by international cricketer, battlefield guide and WW1 fanatic Martin Barry. Martin works as a battlefield guide and volu...
31 Aug 20251h 6min
Hill 70 - a listener's request
Send a text Welcome to today's episode! For the first time, we have created a listener's request podcast; I was contacted by a listener who discovered his Grandfather had been killed at Hill 70 while ...
3 Aug 20251h 1min
Trench talk - Uniforms of the Great War with Taff Gillingham
Send a text Welcome to the first Trench Talk of the season, where Taff Gillingham joins me. Taff is a military historian and specialist historical advisor for the film, TV and theatre industries and ...
20 Jul 20251h 16min
Bois Grenier
Send a text Welcome to the first episode of Season 8! Today, we travel to the forgotten front and the village of Bois Grenier. The fields in this sleepy corner of agricultural France contain dozens of...
6 Jul 20251h 6min
Faithful unto death - the story of the Chinese Labour Corps
Send a text Welcome to the final episode of Season 7! In today's episode, we look at the little-studied role played by the Chinese Labour Corps during the Great War. Over 90,000 Chinese labourers serv...
1 Jun 202559min
