Episode 7: From Hangings to Housework
After a short mid-season break, Paul and Miranda return with a timely exploration of 17th-century diaries. This was the century in which the habit of keeping daily personal reflections became widespre...
31 Jan 202425min
Episode 6: An Irish Epic
After James II was deposed and replaced by the Protestant William and Mary in 1688, he began a military campaign in Ireland, from where he hoped to launch a bid to regain his crown. But the Jacobite a...
3 Jan 202429min
Episode 5: Cromwell and the Jews
Paul and Miranda reflect on one the most remarkable episodes of 17th-century history - Oliver Cromwell's decision to overturn the 360-year-old exclusion of Jews from England. Despite opposition from ...
13 Des 202324min
Episode 4: Never Mind the Tudors - It's Hampton Court Palace, 17th-century Style
Gareth Russell's latest book charts the 500-year history of Hampton Court Palace near London, best known for its place in the high melodrama of Henry VIII and his wives. Yet as Gareth reveals to Miran...
29 Nov 202342min
Episode 3: To Beard or Not to Beard
From Shakespeare's plays to courtly fashions after the Glorious Revolution, facial hair - or the lack of it - was a key cultural signifier in 17th-century Europe, and is now a topic attracting an impr...
7 Nov 202325min
Episode 1: James and the Giant Feasts
Miranda and Paul launch Season 2 with a myth-busting profile of King James VI and I, a fascinating and much-misunderstood monarch whose reign was packed with drama, intrigue and excess. Their guest is...
3 Okt 202345min
Coming Soon: Season 2 of 1666 and All That
They're back! Paul Lay and Miranda Malins return with a second season of the podcast that captures the drama and complexity of a pivotal age in British, European and global history. The 17th centur...
26 Sep 20232min
