Captain John Smith - Putting the 'can' in American (because he never lost his head)
This week we return from our summer holidays (having avoided the wildfires in France) with Pam narrating the life of Captain John Smith. A man from Lancashire who became both a key part of the British...
9 Aug 1h 31min
The 1966 World Cup - (or) feeding English delusions for 60 years and counting
For once we are releasing a timely episode as England are still (at time of release) in the 2026 world cup. Which is the perfect time to talk about how, 60 years ago, a team full of missing teeth, com...
5 Juli 1h 18min
Marchamont Nedham - A man who was never write about the Civil War
This week (slightly delayed due to illness) we are discussing a man who found a way to profit from the upheaval of the English Civil War via the most partisan of journalism. Marchamont Nedham was a gi...
23 Juni 1h 29min
A Century of British Cryptids - Getting in a Tizzie Whizie about Cryptozoology
This week we are welcoming the youngest member of the Heathcote clan, Milo to his first episode!And as a result we are covering a subject that is currently rather close to his heart. The pseudoscience...
7 Juni 1h 37min
The Assassination of Thomas Thynne - Marriage negotiations can be murder
This week we are talking about how an imagined love triangle (which contained absolutely no love) resulted in the death of a sitting MP and nearly sparked both an international incident and mob-rule o...
31 Maj 1h 21min
Maurice Wilson - It is plane to see that climbing Everest is hard
This week we are heading to the Mills of Bradford to meet a Yorkshireman whose unshakable self-belief led to one of the most longwinded self-destructions in history. Having survived the horrors of WWI...
17 Maj 1h 12min
James Barry - If women can't be doctors, then why not stop being a woman?
To celebrate international Midwifery day, Pam is back in the hosting chair to tell us the story of a pioneering Doctor who didn't let their lack of balls stop them from becoming one of the top medics ...
5 Maj 1h 40min
The Hammersmith Ghost - (or) A ghostly Georgian Blunder(buss)
After a series of unfortunate events we are back with a spooky tale from the early 19th Century that resulted in multiple deaths. The Hammersmith Ghost was initially a local oddity, but as the winter ...
3 Maj 1h 6min
