Podcast Episodes

401 The Mind of a Martyr

Season 8 Episode 37

In June 1646 Charles' path had taken him to the Scots, on the hope he could persuade them to put him back on the English throne. But he was not prepa…

1 year, 9 months ago

400 Many Thousand Citizens

Season 8 Episode 36

The Levellers were not an organized, structured politial party or pressure group. They were a loose association of radicals who found they shared new…

1 year, 9 months ago

AAG 1643-1646 The First Civil War

Season 8 Episode 35

In one sense this is a Tale of Two Cities - Oxford and London, HQs of King and Parliament. But the First Civil war is a conflict that reaches into ev…

1 year, 10 months ago

399 End Game

Season 8 Episode 33

Charles options in 1645 were increasingly limited, as Fairfax and Cromwell closed down garrison after garison, and parliament defeated the few remain…

1 year, 10 months ago

Jonathan Healey and the Blazing World

Season 8 Episode 34

17th Century was a century of change and revolution, a world beautifully described in the a rich and varied book, The Blazing World. Historian Jonath…

1 year, 10 months ago

398 The Clubmen

Season 8 Episode 32

After Naseby, Fairfax took the New Model on the Western Campaign, to deal with the last remaining significant royalist army in the field - George Gor…

1 year, 11 months ago

397 In Assurance of Victory

Season 8 Episode 31

We come to 1645, and the first test of the New Model Army. To Charles and Rupert this was an opportunity to destroy it while full of raw recruits. Th…

1 year, 11 months ago

396 The New Model Army

Season 8 Episode 30

Despite the realities of the strategic situation, parliament and people were deeply discouraged by the failures of the Lostwithial and Newbury campai…

1 year, 11 months ago

Anglo Saxon Rendlesham

Excavations in Suffolk near Sutton Hoo have revealed fascinating news about the royal centre at Rendlesham, active from 570 to 730 ish. There's that …

1 year, 11 months ago

395 Forever Newbury

Season 8 Episode 29

In his efforts to secure Oxford's safety,Charles was faced at Newbury by a far larger army. Find out what happens - and then we go north, where Montr…

1 year, 11 months ago