The British Republic with Prof Alice Hunt
In the run up to the release of her new book 'Republic. Britain's Revolutionary Decade 1649 - 1660' Professor Alice Hunt joined me for a fascinating interview about this country's only time without a ...
11 Aug 20241h 7min
Hever Castle | Anne Boleyn's Home with Kate McCaffrey, Assistant Curator
In this special episode, I am very happy to bring you a walk around Hever Castle, reimagined as Anne Boleyn and her family, who lived here in the 16th century, would recognise it, with assistant curat...
31 Juli 202435min
Stuarts to Hanoverians. The Succession
On the anniversary of the birth of a very important little boy, we look at how his death almost exactly 11 years later led to a regime change for the British Isles. Join me for Tea Time History Chat L...
25 Juli 202440min
Hever Castle as Anne Boleyn would have known it, PLUS a rediscovered home of Henry VIII!
I actually have two special places for you today! Hever Castle Hever Castle, the childhood home of Anne Boleyn has always been a special place to visit, not least because you are moving around the spa...
17 Juli 20241h 19min
Arthur Tudor, the lost Prince
Arthur Tudor was the brother who died and left the way clear for his younger brother to become Henry VIII. Benjamin Streeter, who’s book ‘Arthur Prince of Wales, Henry VIII’s Lost Brother’ tells the s...
16 Juli 20241h 17min
Richard I's Accidental Conquest of Cyprus
Inspired by my recent travels to Cyprus, in this episode we take a look into how the English King, Richard I, came to conquer the island of Cyprus. For Book Club and to watch ad-free, extended histori...
10 Juli 202440min
Women of the Anarchy
I sat down over Zoom for a fascinating talk with Sharon Bennett Connolly where we discussed the women involved in the Anarchy. The main women being the Matildas; Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I, ...
27 Juni 20241h 7min
Did Mary Queen of Scots plot to kill her husband?
This week on Tea Time History Chat Live - the so-called Casket Letters and how they implicate Mary, Queen of Scots in the murder of her second husband, the father of her son James, Lord Darnley. Links...
20 Juni 202451min
