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66. The Last invasion of Britain, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire
Season 1 Episode 66
In this episode we join Neil in1796 as a heavily armed French invasion fleet is spotted off Fishguard in south-west Wales.
Seven years earlier revolut…
4 years, 8 months ago
65. The Tobacco Lords & the Slave Trade, Merchant City, Glasgow
Season 1 Episode 65
In this episode Neil takes us on a very personal journey around his old stomping ground, the Merchant City district in Glasgow. It was built by the m…
4 years, 8 months ago
64. The United States of America attacks Britain, Whitehaven, Cumbria
Season 1 Episode 64
In this episode Neil takes us to the beautiful coast of Cumbria as it’s attacked by a warship from the United States of America. Angry and dissatisfi…
4 years, 8 months ago
63. Auld Lang Syne & Robert Burns, Dumfries
Season 1 Episode 63
In this episode we travel with Neil around the world with the words of Robert Burns, a poet and lyricist whose work has touch millions and directly h…
4 years, 8 months ago
62. The Birth of the Industrial Revolution, Coalbrookdale, Shropshire
Season 1 Episode 62
In this episode Neil takes us to age simmering with the steadily building heat of technological change and advance. We stride across a landscape of g…
4 years, 9 months ago
61. Isaac Newton & Weighing the World - Schiehallion, Perthshire
Season 1 Episode 61
In this episode Neil takes us to the top of one of Scotland’s most beautiful mountains – Schiehallion in Perthshire.
Following in the footsteps of Isa…
4 years, 9 months ago
60. General James Wolfe and the Royal Observatory, Greenwich
Season 1 Episode 60
In this episode Neil climbs the hill to the Royal Observatory and finds himself at the centre of time & place.
Henry VIII’s hunting lodge where he kep…
4 years, 9 months ago
59. Sat on a Volcano! Edinburgh
Season 1 Episode 59
In this podcast Neil enters a city fizzing with new idea. In the late C18th and early C19th Edinburgh was the beating heart at the centre of what man…
4 years, 9 months ago
58. Captain Cook Sets Sail, Whitby, North Yorkshire.
Season 1 Episode 58
This week we’re setting sail on a legendary voyage of exploration with the greatest navigator ever to come out of the British Isles - Captain James C…
4 years, 10 months ago
57. Captain Cook - Where Dreams Are Made, Yorkshire
Season 1 Episode 57
In this podcast, it’s 1745 and we’re walking along the cobbled streets of a busy, bustling fishing port, off to buy groceries from a young lad named …
4 years, 10 months ago