It wasn't Stephen vs Matilda in the Anarchy!
19 years of Civil War, known as the Anarchy, was between first cousins King Stephen and Empress Matilda, but Sharon Bennett Connolly persuasively argues that it could be more accurately be thought of ...
29 Apr 202528min
Anglo Saxon Society
Hi and welcome my interview with historian and author Max Adams about his new book ‘The ‘Mercian Chronicles’ (In the USA, ‘The Birth of the Anglo Saxons’) out now in hardback. Buy Max's book, shipped ...
26 Apr 202519min
Halle Rubenhold | Story of a Murder
Hi and welcome my interview with historian and author Hallie Rubenhold about her new book 'Story of a Murder. The Wives, The Mistress and Dr Crippen' out now in hardback, and her approach to the ethic...
26 Apr 202515min
Tudor and Anglo Saxon Treasures
Gloucester Cathedral, St Peter’s Abbey before the dissolution in 1540, was founded in 1541. The ‘Deed of Endowment’, one of three documents created for the occasion features in this video complete wit...
15 Apr 202547min
Tudor and Anglo Saxon Treasures at Gloucester Cathedral Archives
Hello fellow history lover!Instead of my live this week I am publishing a brand new ‘on-location’ interview. This, the first one in this ongoing series, was recorded inside the Library of Gloucester C...
15 Apr 202547min
Henry VIII's Divorce and the 1527 Sack of Rome - Part 3
In this, the final of 3 episodes, recorded live, we are discussing the factors going on in Rome which effected Henry VIII's ultimately failed attempt to secure a divorce from his first wife Katherine ...
31 Mar 20251h 27min
Rebellious Nuns, Unsung Heroes and a lost Cross
There is a fascinating and intriguing exhibition on in 2025 at Chichester Cathedral. Reverend Vanessa Baron Cathedral Treasurer, who curated the exhibition, joined me today to talk about the human sto...
29 Mar 202534min
Henry VIII's Divorce and the 1527 Sack of Rome - Part 2
In this, the second of 3 episodes, recorded live, discussing the factors going on in Rome which effected Henry VIII's ultimately failed attempt to secure a divorce from his first wife Katherine of Ara...
17 Mar 20251h 13min
