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Willy Willy Harry Stee...

Charlie Higson"s History of the Monarchy. In each new weekly episode, Charlie and his friendly experts....(ie REAL historians)...learn all about one of our Kings or Queens and ask searching questions like:Were they any good?What did they actually do?Why did so many die from an exploding stomach?It"s the story of families at war....literally! New episodes every Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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5:49

Willy Willy Shorts - A Baptism of Saliva

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2024/08/22

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy and the country.In today's episode, Charlie looks at the eventful baptism of James I. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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8:11

Willy Willy Shorts - Conservatism

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2024/08/21

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy and the country.In today's episode, Charlie takes a lost piece from the Oliver Cromwell episode and compares it to the modern day political situation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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6:44

Willy Willy Shorts - The Churchills

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2024/08/20

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy and the country.In today's episode, Charlie discusses the switching sides habit of the Churchill family, from John to Winston and ending up at Boris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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9:36

Willy Willy Shorts - Robin Hood

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2024/08/19

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy and the country.In today's episode, Charlie talks about his love of Ladybird books and how the Robin Hood edition in particular stayed with him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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6:00

Willy Willy Shorts - Lord Of The Rings

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2024/08/18

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy and the country.In today's episode, Charlie lets us into his personal obsession of Orcs and their pikes in Lord Of The Rings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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4:53

Willy Willy Shorts - The Cat, The Rat & Lovell The Dog

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2024/08/15

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy and the country.In today's episode, explains why Richard III was The Hog and why Viscount Frances Lovell was The Dog. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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6:45

Willy Willy Shorts - Royal Ceremonial Regalia

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2024/08/14

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy and the country.In today's episode, Charlie talks is through the ceremonial regalia that has been used over the years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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4:52

Willy Willy Short - The Hashashin

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2024/08/13

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy and the country.In today's episode, Charlie looks at the middle east and examines the myth of it's peaceful past prior to the Crusades. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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7:04

Willy Willy Shorts - Time Immemorial

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2024/08/12

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy and the country.In today's episode, Helen Castor reveals the origin of the phrase 'Time Immemorial'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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4:53

Willy Willy Shorts - What Is History

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2024/08/11

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy and the country.In today's episode, Ian Mortimer, author of The Time Traveller's Guide books chats with Charlie Higson about what 'history' actually is and give his views on what it isn't. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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39:19

BONUS EPISODE - Alice Loxton

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2024/08/08

In this special bonus episode, Charlie Higson welcomes the splendid Alice Loxton back to the podcast, this time to discuss her latest book '18 - A history Of Britain In 18 Young Lives' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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4:46

Willy Willy Shorts - Elephant & Castle

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2024/08/07

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy and the country.In today's episode, Charlie explain how popular legends can sometimes be less than accurate and how Elephant & Castle in London is nothing to do with Eleanor of Castile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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12:10

Willy Willy Shorts - East & West

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2024/08/06

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy and the country.In today's episode, Charlie explores the evolution of accents. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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6:01

Willy Willy Shorts - Surnames

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2024/08/05

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy.In today's episode, what's in a surname? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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15:09

Willy Willy Shorts - The Illegitimates

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2024/08/04

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy. In this first episode, Charlie looks at how some English Kings were able to produce vast numbers of illegitimate children, while singularly failing to produce legitimate heirs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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47:30

BONUS EPISODE - The Rise of Henry Tudor

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2024/08/01

In this special Bonus episode, Charlie Higson welcomes back a guest from earlier in the series, Nathen Amin, a proud Welshman and self-proclaimed Henry VII super-fan. Charlie chats with Nathen about his new book Son Of Prophecy: The Rise Of Henry Tudor temporarily shining the spotlight away from Henry's notorious son, Henry VIII Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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42:46

BONUS EPISODE - Fake History

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2024/07/25

Historical facts are just that.....facts.....aren't they? Well some are and some are not and lucky for us, Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse, who is also known as The Fake History Hunter has devoted much of her life to peeling away the fakes from the facts.In this special Bonus episode, Jo speaks to Charlie Higson about her book Fake History, 101 Facts That Never Happened. Find out more on X at @fakehistoryhunt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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46:08

BONUS EPISODE - A Guide To Mediaeval England

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2024/07/18

In this bonus episode, Charlie Higson welcomes back one his previous guests, Matt Lewis, who originally joined Charlie back on Episode 22 to make the case for 'Dick The Bad', unsurprising as Matt is chair of the Richard III society.Now though, Matt goes all mediaeval on us as he talks about his newest book, The History Hit Guide To Mediaeval England. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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BONUS EPISODE - World War II Explained

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2024/07/11

In this bonus episode, Charlie Higson takes a more detailed look at the greatest challenge in King George VI's reign, The Second World War.To help Charlie understand some of the key points is a man who, by his own admission, is obsessed with WW2, James Holland, author of over 30 books on the subject, host of the We Have Ways podcast with Al Murray and co-founder of the Chalke and We Have Ways festivals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:05:28

BONUS EPISODE - Chalke History Festival 2024

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2024/07/04

In this special episode, recorded live at the Chalke History Festival in Wiltshire, Charlie Higson invites 3 special guests to discuss whether we can trust history and how it is presented in films and television, books and in our schools.Joining Charlie on the outdoor stage, in front of a large audience, were broadcaster and writer Alice Loxton, historian, television producer and writer Justin Pollard and 'Ghosts' and 'Horrible Histories' actor and comedian Laurence Rickard. Hosted on Acast. See

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