Shakshuka... Searching For Algeria

Algeria British Business Council with Lady Olga Maitland

We're back! After a long absence I'm delighted to come back with an incredible guest- Lady Olga Maitland, co-founder and honorary president of the Algeria British Business Council.We discuss her love ...

18 Juni 24min

Algiers, BONUS: Empires of the Sea with Roger Crowley

In this special episode I talk to the amazing historian Roger Crowley about the great wars which tour the Mediterranean apart in the 1500s.From the moment Barbarossa landed in the Maghreb, the fate of...

13 Mars 202547min

Algiers, Part Four: Pirates of Barbary with Adrian Tinniswood

This week is a very special episode, as I'll be interviewing the brilliant author Adrian Tinniswood all about the Pirates of Algiers and the 'Barbary states'.Often dismissed as savage and cruel by ren...

25 Feb 202535min

Algiers, Part Three: The Barbarossas and the Ottomans

Algiers was put on the map by two brothers. Before they arrived it had never been anything more than a mid size town. Under them it became the beating heart of one of the most important Ottoman region...

18 Feb 202533min

Algiers, Part Two: Through the eyes of the Algérois

In the second episode on the nation's capital I jump from the distant past to the present day and interview Algérois Nesrine about the city she lives in.And who better than Nesrine, behind the amazing...

3 Feb 202524min

Algiers, Part One: Before Algeria

In this episode I explore the unusual first two thousand years of Algiers's history and begin to answer the question, how did a fairly small provincial city end up becoming the most important city in ...

27 Jan 202526min

Tourism, Part Two: Does Algeria want more Tourists?

Welcome to Shakshuka: Searching For Algeria, A podcast about searching for the most incredible stories in one of the world's most amazing countries!In this episode I do a deep dive in to the world of ...

19 Nov 202428min