#57 Health & Safety (Part 1)
On the show this week we’re going mad for health and safety. We’ll be discussing what health and safety looked like in Ancient Rome, the various procedures in place in medieval monasteries and also, w...
14 Jul 202437min
#56 Animals (Part 2)
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday!This week we’re off the leash and talking about some of history’s most noteworthy animals. We’ll have Joséphine Bonaparte’s vertically challen...
8 Jul 202425min
#56 Animals (Part 1)
This week we’re off the leash and talking about some of history’s most noteworthy animals. We’ll have Joséphine Bonaparte’s vertically challenged pet dog Fortune, Britain’s first zebra of note and the...
7 Jul 202437min
#54 Music (Part 2)
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday!Fire up the orchestra because this week you’ll be listening to us talk about: Music. We’ve got for you the ancient music of Antiquity, Richard...
1 Jul 202434min
#54 Music (Part 1)
Fire up the orchestra because this week you’ll be listening to us talk about: Music. We’ve got for you the ancient music of Antiquity, Richard the Lionheart and his banging tunes and the history of so...
30 Jun 202425min
#53 Spies (Part 2)
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday!Cut a couple of holes in your newspaper and have a butchers at this week’s episode which is: Spies. We’ll be checking out how sophisticated sp...
24 Jun 202421min
#53 Spies (Part 1)
Cut a couple of holes in your newspaper and have a butchers at this week’s episode which is: Spies. We’ll be checking out how sophisticated spies were in Britain during the 1600s, we’ll be peeping on ...
23 Jun 202423min
#52 Folk Festivals (Part 2)
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday!This week we’re darting around folk festivals from history to learn their strange traditions; we’ll be heading to Lincolnshire to learn about ...
17 Jun 202429min
