Sophia Dorothea - Play nice with your cousin or you will be grounded little lady.
This week we are talking about a young woman who was expected to give up everything for the good of her family. Which may have seemed quite hypocritical considering how narcissistic and selfish litera...
24 Sep 20211h 7min
William Brodie - A man who couldn't help cocking about
The third in our triptych of Scottish episodes sees a return to Edinburgh to share the story of the most famous criminal the city has ever produced; Deacon (William) Brodie.Born into a privileged posi...
17 Sep 20211h
Andrew Watson - To be young, gifted and three quarters Scottish
This week we will be covering a football pioneer who literally stumbled across the game in a Glasgow park. Andrew Watson may have been born in Demerara but he proved that he was more Scottish than a h...
10 Sep 202157min
Elsie Inglis - Improving Serbian-Scottish relations since 1914
This week we are delving into the life of Scottish doctor Elsie Inglis, a woman for whom the word no simply didn't exist. From her origins in India to her work both in Scotland and on the continent El...
3 Sep 20211h 6min
John Cooke - Pure(itan) enough to honestly believe everyone was equal under the law
This week we are going back to the time of the Stuarts to meet a revolutionary lawyer who was the only man principled enough to take on the job of prosecuting a king. A Puritan who was idealistic to a...
27 Aug 202158min
Brutus and Albina - Where there's a name there's a claim!
For the first episode of year 2 we decided to do a story about a story based on a story!Join us as we discuss the origins of the terms 'Albion' and 'Britannia' as understood by the average person from...
20 Aug 202148min
The assassination of Spencer Perceval - or; If only you had read the damn pamphlet!
It is a bumper hour and a half episode this week as we celebrate our first anniversary by talking about an event that is truly unique in British history.Join us as we talk about two men and their sing...
13 Aug 20211h 23min
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Variolation is the spice of life
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was left to her own devices as a child. She responded by teaching herself to read and write before cataloguing her entire life via a constant stream of letters to anyone and ...
6 Aug 202142min
