Howard Carter and Tutankhamun - Do you dig 19 year old Egyptians?
Like all primary school children in Britain, Evie will be studying the Ancient Egyptians at some point. So we have decided to give her a head start by talking about one of the most famous events of th...
29 Sep 202459min
The Croydon Poltergeist - (or) Weird things happen in the suburbs
Emma has returned! And this week to ease her back into cohosting duties we are becoming paranormal investigators to discuss a potential haunting that took place in South London in 1938.Alma Fielding h...
22 Sep 20241h 7min
More maybe-battles in England (Last Battle Part 2) - Everybody hates the Stuarts
This week we conclude our search for the last battle on English soil with a trio of conflicts that all centre around the Stuart Dynasty, specifically James II. With Urban warfare, Irish Panic and artf...
15 Sep 20241h 25min
BONUS EPISODE - The Marmite incident - (or) What we get up to before hitting the record button
Prior to recording the second part of our 'Last Battle on English Soil' episodes, Ollie announced that he would only take part on one condition.......that Joe try Marmite again. It turned out that Oll...
15 Sep 202428min
The last battle on English soil (Last Battle Part 1) - (or) if a plane falls in the marsh, does it make a sound?
This week we are beginning a search for the last battle to be fought in England which, due to some disagreement about what actually constitutes a battle, could be one of at least six separate events w...
8 Sep 20241h 14min
Elizabeth Branch - (or) you can't beat a good quality orphan
The Georgians sure knew how to sensationalise a story. So when a rich mother and daughter went on trial for the murder of their orphaned 13 year old servant girl many a pamphlet was written.This week ...
1 Sep 20241h 9min
John Harington - Don't be too saucy , or Elizabeth I may decide to poop on you
This week we are discussing the life of a lawyer, poet and inventor from the Tudor era called John Harington. When banished from the court of his godmother Queen Elizabeth for saucy translations John ...
25 Aug 202449min
The Flagstaff War - "It gets chopped down, they put it up again but the Maori gonna chop it down!"
It's holiday time!This week we are off to New Zealand to discuss how a misunderstanding in a quickly translated treaty led to all out war between the British and the Maori (despite that fact that they...
11 Aug 20241h 24min
