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An Independent History Podcast, in which we look at life through the prism of History. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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56:31

The Myths of RMS Titanic with Dan E Parkes

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2025/04/14

Please welcome Dan E Parkes back to the podcast, the author ofTitanic Legacy: The Captain, the Daughter and the Spy with Amberley Publishing. He also has a Youtube channel called Captain Titanic where he searches for the truth about this great ship.Today is the anniversary of the ship’s sinking, so we’ll be busting a lot of myths about Titanic’s maiden voyage and her sinking.Welcome back, Dan!A great thank you to Dan for joining us today.This is the first out of two episodes for Myth-taken Ship

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39:15

Uneasy Lies the Spouse that Wears the Crown: Trouble...

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2025/04/12

Join us as we explore the love stories of the past.Uneasy Lies the Spouse that Wears the Crown: Trouble in Paradise... On this episode, we’ll be talking about the many royal couples that didn’t have a happy ending. Their Happily Ever After seemed to have an expiration date.Please welcome Sharon Bennett Connolly, Heather R Darsie and Amy McElroy back on the podcast as we learn more about the couples today.Sharon gives us a teaser on the Henry IV of England/ Mary Bohun relationship that we will cover

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1:12:04

The Founding Fathers and Mothers of Victorian...

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2025/04/08

On the 9th April 1806 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, a little boy was born. Few could have predicted the impact his work would have on the world. His name was Isambard Kingdom Brunel. As a special treat in honour of Mr Brunel’s birthday,today I talk to Rob Bell, an engineer, podcaster and TV presenter. You may recognise him from Channel 5 documentaries on Britain’s Bridges, Ships, Lighthouses, Lost Battlefields and Railways and many more.We’re going to discuss some of the founding fathers and mothers of

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1:31:54

Swiped Left: Strange Royal Bedfellows

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2025/04/06

Join us as we explore the love stories of the past.Swiped Left: Strange Royal Bedfellows... On this episode, we’ll be talking about the many royal couples that didn’t take to each other and thus the union weren’t ultimately successful.Sharon Bennett Connolly kicks us off with the story of Philip II of France and Ingeborg of Denmark, and we’ll continuewithHenry III of Navarre/ IV of France & Marguerite de Valois(Mark Turnbull)George I of Great Britain & Sophia Dorothea of Celle (Catherine

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28:35

Voyages with the Celtic Saints with John Matthews

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2025/04/01

Please welcome John Matthews to the show.And we’ll be talking about his upcoming bookVoyages with the Celtic Saints: Stories and Wisdom for Travellers in Search of Truth. Voyages of Celtic Saints:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Voyages-Celtic-Saints-Stories-Travelers/dp/0764368796/ (UK)https://www.amazon.co.uk/Voyages-Celtic-Saints-Stories-Travelers-ebook/dp/B0DYL4V2X5/ (UK)https://redfeathermbs.com/products/voyages-into-vision (USA)Find John's

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48:12

The King's Grannies

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2025/03/29

Welcome to our Romance Royale series.On this episode, we’ll be talking about the King’s many grannies. The royal couplings that had to happen to further the family tree.We’re looking at five such couples today,James I of Scotland and Joan Beaufort,Owain Tudor and Catherine of Valois,Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort,Henry VII and Elizabeth of York,And of course,James VI/I and Anna of Denmark.Let’s welcome our experts Callum Watson, Nathen Amin and Mark Turnbull.Callum's

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1:07:24

The Battle of Baugé with Callum Watson

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2025/03/22

Many people know the Hundred Years’ War, and almost everyone in the English speaking world has heard of the Battle of Agincourt, but not many would be familiar with the The Battle of Baugé which was fought on the 22nd March 1421 between the English and the Franco-Scottish forces in the territory of Baugé in France.Let’s ask Callum Watson more about this conflict.Callum works at the site of the Battle of Bannockburn and who recently released a book on the topic with Pen & Sword Publishing.Callum's

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1:17:13

Straight Acting: The Many Queer Lives of William...

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2025/03/21

Welcome to season SEVEN of our podcast!Everybody knows Shakespeare.However, perhaps not as well known to most is that beneath the surface, much of Shakespeare’s work surrounds ideas of gender and queerness.Many of the plays are concerned with cross-dressing, gender fluidity, and same-sex friendships that many scholars have interpreted to be much more.Drawing inspiration from homoerotic writers and subject matter of the time, We can assume that Shakespeare knew his audience were sexually diverse.The

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19:34

Royal Friends to Lovers: Give Me Your Hand and Let Me...

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2025/03/14

On this episode, we’ll be talking about Royal Couples that truly fit the trope of Friends to Lovers.The title of the episode is Give Me Your Hand and Let Me All Your Fortunes Understand, meaning our couples today knew each other of old and had to get married for practical reasons, but they grew to love each other with time.On the Royal Menu today we have:The Fair Maid Joan of Kent & Edward, the Black Prince (elder son of Edward III), as well as Anne Neville & Richard III.To help us understand these

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48:37

A Machine to Move Ocean and Earth with James Tejani

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2025/03/12

Please welcome James Tejani on the show.We’re talking about his book A Machine to Move Ocean and Earth:The Making of the Port of Los Angeles and America.Published last year with WW Norton and Company.Let’s find out more about the San Pedro Bay and how it transformed into one of the most imPORTant locations in the world. Pun intended.What was the significance of this spot, why was it chosen, how did it develop? Which of America's famous sons were behind it?By the end of the episode we’ll also find

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35:39

The Royal What-Ifs: We Know Not What We May Be...

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2025/03/07

Welcome to our Royal Romance season.On this episode, we’ll be talking about Royal Pairs that never got together.The couples in question were considered by the powers that be, or they took a fancy to each other, but they either weren’t allowed to follow through with their plans, or fate decided otherwise.We’re looking at four such couples today, Richard III & Isabella of Castile,George I & Queen Anne, Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Queen Victoria,And finally, Prince Eddy a.k.a. Prince Albert

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50:50

Illuminating the World of Peasants, Nuns and Queens...

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2025/03/02

Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well!Gemma Hollman is back on the show!This time with her latest bookWomen in the Middle Ages: Illuminating the World of Peasants, Nuns and Queens (Abbeville Press).This book has women’s stories told with some serious help from contemporary art. How were women depicted in paintings, pictures and drawings? Let’s find out more...Find

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43:39

Improbable Matches at the Royal Court: My Heart Flies...

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2025/02/28

Join us this month and explore the love stories of the past.Over the next few weeks we’ll be sharing with you our chats to various historians and we’ll be covering all the ways that Royals can come together, be it through arranged marriage, secret engagements or chance meetings.My Heart Flies to Your Service... On this episode of our Valentines Series, we’re looking at couples, where a monarch or a senior royal made a match against society rules and definitely against convention of the day. We’re

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57:43

Titanic Legacy: The Captain, The Daughter and The Spy...

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2025/02/25

Please welcome to the podcast Dan E Parkes, he has just released a book called Titanic Legacy: The Captain, the Daughter and the Spy with Amberley Publishing.What happened to the family of Titanic’s captain E J Smith after the sinking?Where their lives affected by other disasters of the 20th century?Is it true that his daughter’s husband is the original James Bond?Let’s find out…Of course, this being Titanic, Dan and I will be busting a lot of myths on the way as well.Please find Dan's book

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1:15:13

Love amid Revolution: These Violent Delights have...

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2025/02/21

This month please join us in exploring the love stories of the past.Over the next few weeks we’ll be sharing with you our chats to various historians and we’ll be covering all the ways that Royals can come together, be it through arranged marriage, secret engagements or chance meetings.On this episode, we’ll be talking about Royal Couples who faced revolutions and regime changes in their countries.Did love survive the turmoil? Was the throne lost forever? If they didn’t love each other, could the

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56:03

Murder, She Wrote in Anglo-Saxon... with Annie Whitehead

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2025/02/19

Let’s talk about murder that was happening in Anglo-Saxon England, who was killing whom, why and what was the punishment?With kings and queens, Did primogeniture or the lack of it made any difference?What were the most gruesome cases?Annie Whitehead wrote a book on True Murder History in Anglo-Saxon England, with the tagline Justice, Wergild, Revenge, published by Amberley.Find Annie: https://anniewhiteheadauthor.co.uk/Murder in Anglo-Saxon England:

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41:52

Iconic Power Couples: My Bounty is as Boundless as...

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2025/02/14

This month please join us in exploring the love stories of the past.Over the next few weeks we’ll be sharing with you our chats to various historians and we’ll be covering all the ways that Royals can come together, be it through arranged marriage, secret engagements or chance meetings.On this, the first episode of our Valentines series of 2025, we’re focussing on the Iconic Power Couples of the royal circle.Let’s take a look at three couples: Eleanor of Aquitaine & Henry II of England, Eleanor of

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1:26:03

Reinventing... the Renaissance with Ada Palmer

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2025/02/13

Please welcome to the podcast Ada Palmer, who is talking about her new book - Inventing The Renaissance, just published with Head of Zeus.Let’s dive in and debunk some myths, shall we?Get Inventing the Renaissance:https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/inventing-the-renaissance-9781035910120/ (UK)https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo246135916.html (USA)Find Ada:

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28:50

Poet Mystic Widow Wife with Hetta Howes

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2025/02/07

Let’s talk about women’s lives in the medieval era, did you know that they wrote books under their own names? They had a sense of humour? Let’s talk of those women who lived lives on their own terms…We’re sitting down with Hetta Howes, who has recently published her first book with Bloomsbury, called Poet Mystic Widow Wife. Welcome, Hetta!Get Poet Mystic Widow Wife:https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/poet-mystic-widow-wife-9781399408738/

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37:10

The Master of Measham Hall with Anna Abney

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2025/02/05

Today we’re sitting down with Anna Abney, who has written a historical fiction quadrilogy set in Stuart England, the first book is called The Master of Measham Hall, published by Duckworth Books.Let’s dive deep into the Restoration era with the Great Plague making its mark.As the story progresses, it will take us all the way to the Glorious Revolution, with the Christmas Prequel rewinding the narrative back to the Commonwealth era.Find Anna:https://www.duckworthbooks.co.uk/fb-author/anna-abney/Find

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