The London Beer Flood - (or) acts of God only apply if you are poor
This week we are talking about beer, so naturally I have a guest host on board who hates the stuff. The development of porter in Georgian Britain led to a boom time for brewers across the country incl...
17 Nov 202359min
The Patron Saints of the British Isles - (or) How Wales did it right
This week we discussed what it takes to become a saint, and it was so exciting that I did it twice. That is to say that I thought I had recorded the episode with Emma, but it turns out the recording h...
10 Nov 20231h 15min
The Loch Line - Sailing against the winds of change (and all reason)
This week we are going back to a story we told before releasing our first episode back in August of 2020. The Loch Line was a shipping company set up by two idealistic Scotsmen who wanted to recreate ...
3 Nov 202352min
The Halifax Gibbet - Cutting your losses in Yorkshire in a very literal sense
This evening we invite you to join us for a tale of blood and death as we discuss one of the more unique execution methods ever used in England.A head chopping machine with a lovely view of the nearby...
27 Okt 20231h 15min
Sir Patrick Moore - (or) Lie me to the moon
This week we are discussing a man who could be described as the perfect example of a truly British eccentric. Sir Patrick Moore's enthusiasm for astronomy was a passion so intense that he was able to ...
20 Okt 20231h 11min
Sir Gilbert Heathcote - Tangential family history from London, New York and Derbyshire
WE'RE BACK!... and ready to get rolling with the new series of episodes by introducing Evie to the concept of family history via the story of a fellow Heathcote made good.Hailing from the same area of...
13 Okt 202343min
Claude Grahame-White - Why build one plane when you can build dozens?
This week we are trying to satisfy Emma's need for transport based history by talking about Claude Grahame-White, an early aviation engineer who loved to design planes, oh so many planes. Convinced th...
26 Mai 202357min
The colony of New Caladonia (Darien Part 2) - Wherein things start badly and it gets worse from there
In the second part of our discussion of the Darien scheme we cover the voyage to South America and the experiences of the would-be settlers once they arrived. This is a tale of incompetence and bad lu...
5 Mai 20231h 19min
