Thomas Topham - Who needs to be nice when you can be super buff?
This week we are meeting the first Strongman in England, former carpenter Thomas Topham. A man of limited business acumen but abundant muscles Topham was a strength savant who was lucky enough to be b...
2 Sep 20221h 5min
Explaining 1066 to a child - All history is weird the first time you hear it.
This week we are covering a year in history that is so well known is is the PIN number of choice for 30% of all pensioners in the country, 1066!However everyone has to hear the story for the first tim...
26 Aug 202243min
The Eureka Stockade - Prospecting is no fun without prospects
To celebrate two years of weekly episodes we are heading to Australia to discuss the rocky first few years of the state of Victoria. Specifically how the exploitation of gold miners led to an armed r...
19 Aug 20221h 15min
The Harrow and Wealdstone Disaster - At some point a train is just a 250 tonne battering ram
This week we are talking about trains, specifically the many deaths they have caused in the UK over the past 200 or so years. Starting with an unfortunate incident with a former leader of the House of...
12 Aug 20221h 3min
Daniel Mendoza - Fighting Jewish stereotypes (literally)
Daniel Mendoza was a man with a dream. A dream to become the premier biscuit maker in all of Georgian England. Unfortunately it turned out that he was much better at breaking things than making things...
5 Aug 20221h 7min
Septimius Severus - Ruling with an iron fist from North Africa to North Lanarkshire
We are heading back to the time when years only contained 3 digits to talk about a Roman who wanted nothing more than to expand his empire. Septimius Severus was, in many ways, exactly what you would ...
29 Jul 20221h 26min
William McGonagall - Because not every Scottish Poet can be Robert Burns
100 episodes down and we are celebrating with a feast of culture from north of the border!William Topaz McGonagall was a man who knew that the had the spirit of an artist. Unfortunately he had the occ...
22 Jul 202255min
The Ghost of Cock Lane - Scratching the Georgian itch for the macabre
It is off to a small street in London this week to look for a ghost. A tale of sex, death, money and betrayal that required investigation from a super team of professionals, the Cock Lane haunting cap...
15 Jul 20221h 12min
