
Encore! Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Elengeness
Philadelphia laments the elengeness of love, while Jessica and Gage enjoy how it inspired the musical 'Six'.
16 Feb 202511min

Encore! Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Dastard
Gage and Jessica reminisce about Dick Dastardly despite his name not living up to its 16th century meaning. Drat! Meanwhile, Philadelphia isn't particularly amused by Dick Dastardly but she finds her ...
8 Feb 20259min

Encore! Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Brachet
Philadelphia, Jessica and Gage all love a 'brachet', but Jessica and Gage are shocked by Arthur's bad boy antics in Le Morte d'Arthur.
3 Feb 20259min

Encore! Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Angel
Philadelphia scares the devil out of hell and Jessica and Gage learn Elizabeth I healed subjects with her hands.
25 Jan 20258min

Encore! Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Fancymonger
Philadelphia, Jessica & Gage consider that 'monger' is now primarily negative, 'warmonger', 'hate monger' but in the 16th century that was not so!
15 Jan 202511min

Encore! Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Bedazzled
Philadelphia, Jessica & Gage are astonished that a woman with as much self-control as Elizabeth 1 can become bedazzled by the young and charming Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex.
31 Des 202410min

Encore! Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Bethought
Philadelphia, Jessica & Gage discuss the bathroom humor and sense of fun Martin Marprelate brought to his criticisms of the Church of England.
24 Des 202410min

Encore! Tudor Time Machine Word of the Week: Contumely
Philadelphia, Jessica & Gage listen to three versions of 'to be or not be' by Benedict Cumberbatch, Adrian Lester and Andrew Scott, and also their use of our word of the week in that most famous of sp...
17 Des 202414min

















