This time we go back to 1934 and examine when Hitler purged the Nazi 'party' quite literally, Bonnie and Clyde met their grizzly end and cats eyes became a feature of British roads thanks to Percy Shaw. All whilst drinking a dubious bottle of German white...
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We finished 2022 by looking at all of the events, ideas and people that we had researched and discussed in a World Cup knock out format. Some surprises unfolded as you might expect and the eventual trio of winners might surprise you (although maybe not if you have been in our History lessons...)
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The Christmas Special is set in 1843. We look at the release of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas", the opening of the Thames Tunnel overseen by Marc Isambard Brunel and the birth of Chief Inspector Frederick George Abberline of MET and Ripper fame.
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Another hot episode coming up with the events and fallout of the Great Fire of London, the work of Sir Isaac Newton on the diffraction of light using prisms and the birth of English protofeminist writer Mary Astell.
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This time we go back to 1934 and examine when Hitler purged the Nazi 'party' quite literally, Bonnie and Clyde met their grizzly end and cats eyes became a feature of British roads thanks to Percy Shaw. All whilst drinking a dubious bottle of German white...
Music: A few moments later by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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As up to date as we dare to go this time with 2020: the year of lockdown. We re-donned our facemasks and reminisced about the year that saw us stay indoors. We have focused our attention on the impeachment of Donald Trump, the death of George Floyd Jr and the rollout of COVID19 vaccines.
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1918 was the selection this week as we recorded on 11th November. We sampled the spirit of the Armistice, the mathematical genius of NASA "computer" Katherine Johnson and Harold Gillies' work on the birth of plastic surgery.
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1778 was a cracking year - the only American invasion of England, Voltaire died and the guy who invented an "unpickable lock" perfected the toilet.
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So new term, new season! Into the 19th century this time, looking at 1833. Our invention comes from Richard Trevithick - with the steam locomotive, our person is Alfred Nobel and our event is the abolition of slavery in (most of) the British Empire.
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Well ooops. There are many reasons that this episode, recorded way back in February to mark (partly) Black History Month in the US didn't make it to air - the main one is that Howarth didn't do it.
Well we are back and here is a cracker! Looking at 1963 and the significance of the event of the Great Train Robbery, the idea of assassinations (in particular JFK) and Martin Luther King and his I Have A Dream Speech.
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It all began with the forging of a great podcast episode at the request of a fan. Idea was given to the Anglo-Saxon notion of collective responsibility; immortal, wisest and fairest of all policing systems. Next the event, a great discovery of the Sutton Hoo boat burial. And finally, the person was Edith Pretty who gifted the finds to the race of Men, who above all else desire dirty old tat.
Vintage History has listened to your requests and brings you 1939/the Saxon period!
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