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The History of England - Guest Episodes
I've had the privilege of hosting many guests over the last few years, covering a fascinating range of topics. From the triumph of the Scots at Bannockburn in 1314, to the fall of Constantinople in 1453, to the impact Jamaica had on our world in t...
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Kilmartin Glen By Michelle Of Imagine Alba
17:01|Kilmartin 5,000 years, with cairns, standing stones, carved rock, stone circles, forts and castles. It has one of the most important concentrations of Neolithic and Bronze Age remains in Scotland.
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The Bagpipes of Freedom by Mike Corradi
27:21|A tale of an unlikely British hero in 1945 from Mike Corradi of A History of Italy podcast https://ahistoryofitaly.com/Elizabeth's Tilbury Speech in Film by Sean Lang
47:33|Elizabeth has been a favourite subject for film makers; but the way her famous Tilbury Speech has been represented has been affected by the period in which the film was made https://seanlangtheatre.com/The Pre-History of the BBC by Paul Kerensa
35:47|Paul Kerensa of the British Broadcasting Century podcast gives an engaging and brisk march through the early years of British Broadcasting. https://bbcentury.podbean.com/The Genius of Horatio Nelson by Adam Preston
31:57|Nelson was an extraordinary mix – described by N A M Rodgers as ‘Vulnerable and weak as a man, Nelson was also a leader of unequalled ardour, courage, generosity and professional genius’. We hear about Nelson’s military genius, and your chance to support a new TV projectChristopher Marlowe By Philip Rowe
50:19|Playwright and Wunderkind Christopher Marlowe and his short life, ended as mysteriously as it was lived. Philip Rowe of the History of European Theatre podcasts is here to tell you more – and let you know about his podcastRenaissance Warfare by Ben Jacobs
50:29|Ben Jacobs talks about how the demands and costs of Renaissance warfare changed the nature of Europe for everhttps://wittenbergtowestphaliapodcast.weebly.com/