Christmas Books - Prehist 30

What this episode covers

Join Kim as she talks to Professor Chris Gosden of Oxford University about the historical and prehistorical links to Christmas books we all know and, perhaps, love. We take in an ambitious collection of four books from Dickens' A Christmas Carol, to John Masefield's Box of Delights, Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising and Terry Pratchett's The Hogfather. Links * Chris Gosden's profile on the University of Oxford's website [https://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-chris-gosden] * Chris Gosden's book The History of Magic [https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/303/303993/the-history-of-magic/9780241294819.html] * A Christmas Carol on Project Gutenberg [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/46/46-h/46-h.htm] * The Box of Delights from publisher Egmont [https://www.egmontbooks.co.uk/products/the-box-of-delights-john-masefield-quentin-blake-9781405275521/] * The Dark is Rising from publisher Penguin [https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/276/27630/the-dark-is-rising/9780241377093.html] * The Hogfather on Terry Pratchett Books [https://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/books/the-hogfather/] * Stations of the Sun by Ronald Hutton on Oxford Scholarship Online [https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198205708.001.0001/acprof-9780198205708] * Herne the Hunter [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herne_the_Hunter] Contact * Twitter: @prehistpod [https://www.twitter.com/prehistpod], @kimbiddulph [https://www.twitter.com/kimbiddulph]