Thomas Morton - Trying to get merry with the Puritans (and failing)
We are making our way across the Atlantic this week to discuss one of the shortest lived, but undeniably most fun settlements on the New England Coast.When Lawyer, Thomas Morton, was left in temporary...
8 Jun 20251h 10min
Margery Kempe - (or) a full and honest account of every time I wept
This week we are heading back to the 15th century to discuss the life of a middle class housewife who just so happened to also regularly speak to Jesus Christ.Following the traumatic birth of her firs...
1 Jun 20251h 12min
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester - I would do anything for love, but I won't fight a duel with a Bergundian Duke.
This week we are heading back to the middle ages to discuss the life of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester. A man who became a Prince at age 9, but somehow still managed to make life unnecessarily hard for ...
18 Mai 20251h 15min
Margaret Damer Dawson - Recognising the police force could use a woman's touch
This week we are heading back to the turn of the 20th century to discuss the life of Margaret Damer Dawson, a one woman campaigning machine who had a strong sense of justice, and enough money to ensur...
11 Mai 202555min
The Daphne Disaster - (or) a serious Scottish shipping snafu
Happy 200th EpisodeThis week we are looking into the biggest disaster in the history of Glasgow shipbuilding, when a relatively small ship designed to ferry people and cargo to Northern Ireland instea...
4 Mai 20251h 13min
Sir Thomas Sopwith - (or) flying through 100 years of aviation
We are heading into the skies this week to talk about Sir Thomas Sopwith, a man who had a natural talent for two things. Engines and business. Luckily for him he was born just in time for the dawning ...
20 Apr 20251h 4min
Gerrard Winstanley - Digging the idea of communism
This week we are delving into the brief period when Britain was a republic, and when anything seemed possible...At least it did to Gerrard Winstanley, a failed businessman who took the promise of more...
13 Apr 20251h 20min
The many fires of the Theatre Royal - Bringing the house down (multiple times)
We are treading the boards this week as we investigate a series of theatre disasters that took place across Britain, but always in a building named the Theatre Royal.Starting with the most famous thea...
6 Apr 20251h 15min
