252. Victorian Narcos: Selling Drugs To The Queen (Ep 6)
Who was Commissioner Lin and how did he crack down on foreign opium in China? Why was Charles Elliot so hopeless that he landed Queen Victoria with a bill owing millions to drug dealers? What was the ...
5 Mai 202550min
251. Victorian Narcos: Flooding China With Indian Opium (Ep 5)
Who were Jardine and Matheson? What was life like for workers growing opium in India? How does George Orwell relate to the East India Company opium trade? William and Anita explore how William Jardi...
30 Apr 202555min
250. Victorian Narcos: Banished From Beijing (Ep 4)
How did the Macartney Mission fail so spectacularly? Where does the word ‘kowtow’ come from? Why were the diplomats banished from the Forbidden City? Listen as William and Anita continue the story ...
28 Apr 202534min
249. Victorian Narcos: Doomed Envoy to China (Ep 3)
Who led the first British envoy to China? What did Europeans think of China in the 1700s? Why did the diplomats bring a huge planetarium as a gift for the Chinese emperor? William and Anita continue...
23 Apr 202537min
247. Victorian Narcos: Tea Starts A Drug War (Ep 1)
How did the British taste for tea start a war over the right to sell drugs to China? When did tea become fashionable in Britain? How did the Dutch bring tea to India? William and Anita explore how t...
16 Apr 202537min
246. Ireland Transformed: From Banning Condoms to Exporting Viagra
How did Ireland go from a farming economy to the home of Big Tech and Big Pharma in Europe in a few decades? Why were women imprisoned in “Magdalene Laundries” in Ireland until 1996? How did Irish soc...
14 Apr 202554min
245. Inside The Good Friday Agreement with Alastair Campbell
What ended The Troubles? Why was 1998 the right moment for a peace treaty? Which issues caused the most heated debate? What was the food like in the negotiating room? Exactly 27 years on since the Goo...
9 Apr 202554min
