#58 A Georgian Lady With A Ridiculous Amount of Scrapbooks & A Novelist With No Idea Of The Concept of Saving For A Rainy Day (Sarah Sofia Banks & William Beckford)

Welcome back to Mostly Unsung the weekly comedy history podcast hosted by women, where Annie and Andrea bring you two bite-sized biographies of the forgotten people, overlooked characters, and wonderfully strange lives history somehow left out of the textbooks.If you enjoy funny history podcasts, British history, social history, and fascinating true stories, you’re in exactly the right place.This week, we’re diving into the world of collectors, wealth, obsession, and spectacularly unusual hobbies with two unforgettable figures from British history.First, Annie introduces Sarah Sophia Banks. While others chased grand treasures, she was preserving the details most people ignored. It’s a brilliant story of women collectors, British social history, and why ordinary objects matter.Then Andrea brings us the gloriously dramatic life of William Beckford, he spent fortunes creating a fantasy world of architecture, luxury, and style. It’s a tale of Georgian wealth, scandal, eccentricity, and what happens when money meets absolutely no restraint.Expect grand houses, curious collections, British eccentrics, and plenty of laughs as we uncover two lives shaped by the urge to acquire… and perhaps show off a little.If you love history podcasts, forgotten women in history, Georgian history, stately home drama, and true stories stranger than fiction, Mostly Unsung is your new favourite weekly listen.This week Andrea used these sources:https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Beckford-British-writerhttps://outstoriesbristol.org.uk/people/biographies/william-beckford/https://www.historytoday.com/archive/william-beckford-man-tastehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Beckford_(novelist)This week Annie used these sources:https://sarahsophiabanks.com/https://www.britishmuseum.org/about-us/british-museum-story/people-behind-collection/sarah-sophia-banksWhere you can find us:https://www.instagram.com/mostlyunsung/https://www.facebook.com/share/16J4vuMy1h/https://www.tiktok.com/@[email protected] you next Wednesday!