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56. The Jacobites Last Stand, Culloden
Season 1 Episode 56
In this podcast I’m taking you to a place that’s part of my ‘origin myth’, it’s a location that witnessed a bloody and brutal battle which is famous …
4 years, 10 months ago
55. England & Scotland United! St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh.
Season 1 Episode 55
In this podcast we’re walking down the aisle with a couple who fought like cat and dog for years, but are now about to be joined in union.
The Act of…
4 years, 10 months ago
54. The Pitchfork Rebellion, Somerset.
Season 1 Episode 54
In this podcast we’re landing in Lyme Regis with a swashbuckling Duke who is determined to be the King.
Charles II’s eldest illegitimate son, James Sc…
4 years, 10 months ago
53. Civil War! Lansdown Hill, Bath.
Season 1 Episode 53
In this podcast we’re travelling the sharp end of a war which ripped the British Isles apart.
King Charles I went head to head with increasingly bold …
4 years, 11 months ago
52. Civil War Coming! Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh
Season 1 Episode 52
In this podcast we’re teetering on the brink of a war that would rip the three kingdoms apart.
In what is one of the most significant moments in Scot…
4 years, 11 months ago
51. White Slavery, Dunashad Castle
Season 1 Episode 51
In this podcast we’re prowling the beautiful coves and bays of the Irish coast with Barberry Corsairs.
On a dark night in 1631 a notorious Dutch pirat…
4 years, 11 months ago
50. Shakespeare & the Globe Theatre, London
Season 1 Episode 50
In this podcast Neil takes us to a place where all our modern senses and sterile sensibilities are thrown into shock. London at the turn of the C17th…
4 years, 11 months ago
49. Hampton Court Palace
Season 1 Episode 49
In this podcast Neil takes us with him, setting foot into a building whose history is inextricably woven into the story of the British Isles.
A landma…
5 years ago
48. The Spanish Armada, the Giant’s Causeway
Season 1 Episode 48
This week we’re witnessing the final destructive crescendo that put paid to a powerful, but ill-fated invasion fleet bent on conquering England. Quee…
5 years ago
47. Elizabeth I & the Spanish Armada
Season 1 Episode 47
This week Neil takes us along an Elizabethan jetty to hear one of history’s great speeches.
In 1588, as Sir Francis Drake sailed to meet the mighty Sp…
5 years ago