Chapter 173- The Sins of the Father (1478-1483) (The Roses of London: 12)
A bumper episode that sees London suffering a fresh outbreak of the plague, Banks collapsing, cheeky church robbers, the sordid details of Edward IV’s lovers (including his London born mistress), and ...
5 Nov 202558min
Chapter 172- The Fall of the Grocers (1170-1182) (The Roses of London: 11)
The events of the Wars of the Roses caused many changes in England, but the impact upon the economic and political landscape of London, is often overlooked. This episode, we take a short break from t...
30 Okt 202555min
Chapter 171- Edward’s Web (1471-1479) (the Roses of London: 10)
The Roses of the Roses SEEMED to be over; and King Edward IV began to consolidate his rule over the land. What follows are 9 years where London begins to try and regain its equilibrium while Grocers ...
22 Okt 202558min
Chapter 170- Havoc! (April-June 1471) (The Roses of London: 9)
In 1471 London as a city came under a three pronged attack- well armed and well trained soldiers assailed London Bridge, Bishopsgate in the West End and Aldgate in the East End, while artillery showed...
15 Okt 202558min
Chapter 169- The Raggedy King in Blue (1469-1471) (The Roses of London: 8)
We have reached 1469, and arguably the three most intense, most insane, years of the Wars of the Roses- the wild, forever unstable Kingdom was rocked as regimes rose and fell with alarming speed; two ...
8 Okt 202556min
Chapter 168- The Terrible Tragedy of Edward IV (1461-1469) (The Roses of London: 7)
Young, charismatic, intelligent, and highly popular in London, Edward IV seemed to have it all. For our city, his reign promised much, a new start, a new dawn even, of a king inclined to their sensib...
1 Okt 202554min
Chapter 167- Yorkist London (1461-1466) (The Roses of London: 6)
After a weeks break due to ill health, the Story returns with an episode that unashamedly takes a short break from the grand narrative of the Wars of the Roses, to look at the politics and changing fo...
24 Sep 202544min
Chapter 166- A Great Shedding of Blood (1460-1461) (The Roses of London: 5)
The saga of London during the Wars of the Roses continues in this fast paced chapter, which covers one of the dramatic few months this nation has ever seen; the city had mostly sided with the Yorkists...
10 Sep 202545min
