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394 Lost With It All
Season 8 Episode 28
The defeat at Marston Moor in July 1644 raised the very, very strong possibility of the king's defeat. In the Midlands, a small force under the king …
2 years ago
393 We Saw No Light
Season 8 Episode 27
1644 opened with Charles' 'Mongrel parliament' at Oxford, and was the model of compliance. Not so at York where the noose of the Scots and Fairfax ti…
2 years ago
392 The Neighbourhood War
Season 8 Episode 26
The Civil Wars used to be thought of as a rather neighbourly affair, not like those brutal foreign wars. But it's become clear that there was far mor…
2 years, 1 month ago
391 The National War
Season 8 Episode 25
Between a quarter and a third of adult males up to 50 will fight in the first civil war. Most families will be affected in some way. Here is the stor…
2 years, 1 month ago
History of England Tour 2024
Announcing the History of England Tour 2024! We will be heading to East Anglia - Ely, Holkam, Norwich, Blickling, Sutton Hoo, Framlingham. Lavenham a…
2 years, 1 month ago
The History of England Tour 2024
Announcing the History of England Tour 2024! We will be heading to East Anglia - Ely, Holkam, Norwich, Blickling, Sutton Hoo, Framlingham. Lavenham a…
2 years, 1 month ago
Madame Tussaud, Maria Manning, and the True Crime Controversy of 1849
Season 8
Gavin Whitehead gives a guest episode from the Art of Crime podcast - where True crime, History and Art meet. Today - Maria Manning and the Bermondey…
2 years, 1 month ago
390 Leagues and Covenants
Season 8 Episode 24
In August 1643 came one of the defining moments of the course of the Revolution - the swearing of the Solemn League and Covenant between England and …
2 years, 1 month ago
389 Newsheets and Newbury
Season 8 Episode 23
In July 1643 the propaganda war was in full swing, and newsheets opened up from both Oxford and London. London was rent by protests, while the royali…
2 years, 2 months ago
Margaret Cavendish with Prof Margaret Oakes
Season 8
Margaret Cavendish was an extraordinary figure - a refugee from her native Essex, become courtier, Duchess of Newcastle, Natural Philosopher trading …
2 years, 2 months ago