The Cadbury Brothers - Keeping it fancy since 1870
This week Emma is taking the lead to tell the tale of how two brothers took a failing drinking chocolate business from the brink of bankruptcy and made it into a chocolate colossus that still exists t...
9 Feb 20251h 36min
Sir Julius Caesar - (or) what do you mean the king needs to stick to a budget?
We are back with another episode written and researched by the extremely knowledgeable Pamela Loetterle who wanted to shine a light on one of the forgotten nobles from the Elizabethan / Stuart era, Si...
5 Feb 20251h 24min
Barry Williams - Having neighbours isn't up everyone's street
This week we are talking about a rare event in British history, a spree shooting. Though it could easily have been two.Barry Williams was a man who struggled to see other people as anything other than...
2 Feb 20251h 8min
Mother Shipton - How to make profit from a prophet
This week we are talking about a woman who was forced by circumstance to live in a cave, and made it work.Denounced by her neighbours as a witch, Mother Shipton leaned into the role in order to surviv...
26 Jan 202543min
Dr Roderigo Lopez - Sex, spies and enemas in Elizabethan England
We are delving into the world of Elizabethan espionage this week to discuss a displaced Jewish doctor who realised that the way he communicated with his fellow exiles across Europe could just so happe...
19 Jan 20251h 13min
The Dublin and Gorbels Whiskey/Whisky floods - Another reason to consider a dry January
For our first 2025 episode we are discussing two separate occasions when whisky* related disasters caused death and destruction within the British Isles.With a brief history of whisky production over ...
5 Jan 20251h 7min
Hannah Snell - A life too fantastical to be true?
This week on Consistently Eccentric we are discussing the life of a poor Georgian woman who enjoyed 15 minutes of fame due to a sensational biography and her willingness to wear pants.When she was aba...
29 Des 202455min
The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster - A coastal Christmas calamity in Cornwall
This week we are heading to the Cornish coast to discuss a history of shipwrecks that culminated in a lifeboat disaster that still holds a grim record in the UK.From the initial wreckers of the middle...
15 Des 20241h 20min
