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56. The Jacobites Last Stand, Culloden
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 …

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55. England & Scotland United! St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh.
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…

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54. The Pitchfork Rebellion, Somerset.
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…

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53. Civil War! Lansdown Hill, Bath.
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 …

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52. Civil War Coming! Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh
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…

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51. White Slavery, Dunashad Castle
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…

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50. Shakespeare & the Globe Theatre, London
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…

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49. Hampton Court Palace
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…

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48. The Spanish Armada, the Giant’s Causeway
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…

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47. Elizabeth I & the Spanish Armada
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…

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