Grimsthorpe Castle - one-time home of Henry VIII's best friend, Charles Brandon
Hi! I'm Philippa, welcome to the British History Channel. In this episode I sat down with Emma Miller of Grimsthorpe Castle to talk about its history, the famous people who have lived and visited here...
11 Juni 202519min
The Two Annes of Hever Castle
This interview with Dr Owen Emmerson, Assistant Curator at Hever Castle, about the 'Two Anne's of Hever', Anne Boleyn and Anne of Cleves was recorded in 2021 but has been available to members only, up...
11 Maj 202556min
African History is more than the last 300 years
Luke Pepera, historian, anthropologist, broadcaster and author of the brilliant new book ‘Motherland: A Journey through 500,000 years of African Culture and Identity' joined me at the Gloucester Hist...
3 Maj 202522min
Edward II wasn't murdered with a red hot poker? Actually he wasn't murdered at all! | Ian Mortimer
Edward II was murdered at Berkeley Castle in 1327 and buried in Gloucester Abbey (now Cathedral), and the only area of debate so far has been how he was murdered; smothered or red hot poker? Ian Morti...
30 Apr 202518min
It wasn't Stephen vs Matilda in the Anarchy!
19 years of Civil War, known as the Anarchy, was between first cousins King Stephen and Empress Matilda, but Sharon Bennett Connolly persuasively argues that it could be more accurately be thought of ...
29 Apr 202528min
Anglo Saxon Society
Hi and welcome my interview with historian and author Max Adams about his new book ‘The ‘Mercian Chronicles’ (In the USA, ‘The Birth of the Anglo Saxons’) out now in hardback. Buy Max's book, shipped ...
26 Apr 202519min
Halle Rubenhold | Story of a Murder
Hi and welcome my interview with historian and author Hallie Rubenhold about her new book 'Story of a Murder. The Wives, The Mistress and Dr Crippen' out now in hardback, and her approach to the ethic...
26 Apr 202515min
Tudor and Anglo Saxon Treasures
Gloucester Cathedral, St Peter’s Abbey before the dissolution in 1540, was founded in 1541. The ‘Deed of Endowment’, one of three documents created for the occasion features in this video complete wit...
15 Apr 202547min
