Time Pieces History

What you'll hear:1:23: Paul's role and his interest in history2:23: Regency townhouse restoration4:56: Biggest challenge and success6:30 Cookery workshops and lectures10:26 The feisty Mrs Finnegan16:45 Visiting the past22:28: Find out more about Paul Couchman and the Regency Town House

What you'll hear1:07: Suffragettes or Suffragists?2:11: Early days3:03: Political activity5:26: World War I and its aftermath6:05: Emigration, return and decline in health

What you'll hear:01:23: Bess’ early life02:20: Second marriage03:42: Scandal at the Tudor court05:01: Fourth marriage06:11: Construction of Hardwick Hall

What you'll hear:1:07 Introduction2:00 Arrival at court3:27 Return to favour4:33 Ascent to power7:36 Death and legacy

What you'll hear1:02: Early days1:58: Growth of influence2:37: Relationship with Caesar3:25: Return to Egypt4:06: Relationship with Mark Antony

What you'll hear:1:02: Margaret Beaufort’s early life2:10: The beginning of the Tudor dynasty3:35: Edward IV takes the throne4:39: Conspiracies and rebellions5:58: The Battle of Bosworth Field7:33: The King’s Mother

What you'll hear1:23: Early life2:04: First flights3:03: Record attempts4:10: Life and achievements5:19: Death

What you'll hear:1:14: The idea behind the podcast1:47: The original audiences2:49: Tell me what you want to hear3:17: Plans for 2021

What you'll hear1:40: Background to conflict2:30: Boudicca leads the uprising3:35: Impact of the rebellion4:24: Re-assertion of Roman authority

What you'll hear1:35: Early life2:18: Family and power struggles5:01: Marriage to Claudius and rise to power6:15: Exile and demise

What you'll hear1:18: The Red Queen1:58: Background and marriage3:00: Prince Sado's mental decline3:34: Lady Hyegyeong's memoirs4:26: Death of Sado

What you’ll hear1:12: Hildas background2:29: Introduction of Christianity3:50: Abbesses4:31: Hilda’s legacy

What you'll hear1:25: L'Inconnue & 19c Paris2:16: The Drowned Mona Lisa3:19: CPR Anne4:29: Legacy and afterthoughts

What you’ll hear0:33 Introduction to Season 42:00 Who was Bessie Smith?3:48 Early life and career4:43 Stardom6:05 Decline and death

What you'll hear1:08: About Tiana2:20: Understanding history and learning its lessons9:01: Common misunderstandings and misconceptions15:25: Attracting visitors to heritage sites in a Covid-influenced world23:52: Visiting historical charactersTiana's Historiette blog can be found by clicking here. You can also follow her Instagram page here.

What you'll hear1:09 Naming and societal conventions2:11 Plebian Uprisings2:58 Patriarchy and marriage4:24 Slavery5:52 Criminals

What you'll hear0:57: Chester's origins1:38: Strategic importance and town layout2:40: The ampitheatre4:19 Excavating the ampitheatre

What you’ll hear:1:00: Early Roman Gods2:06: Banquet for the Gods3:26: The Imperial Cult5:55: Rise of Christianity

What you'll hear:0:55: Introduction to Eboracum1:17: The 9th Hispana Legion2:52: Life in the town3:49: Severus, Caracalla and the rise of Eboracum5:25: Constantine the Great

What you’ll hear:0:58 Who were Gladiators2:02 Schools and Training3:40 The Gladiator Games5:33 Emperors as Gladiators6:02 Retirement

What you’ll hear:0:55: What is Segedunum?2:32: Segedunum origins3:06 Post-Roman Empire3:40: Roman Standards

What you'll hear:1:00: Overview of the Army2:08: Loyalty and Retirement2:38: Organisation3:56: During Peacetime

What you'll hear:1:04 Introduction to Arbeia2:44 The Commanding Officer's Quarters3:22 Other Accommodation4:25 The Granary

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What you'll hear:1:00: The Emperor Hadrian2:22: Construction of the Wall3:55: Structures along the Wall5:25: Shrines to local gods6:02: After Hadrian

What you'll hear:1:51: How the baths worked2:18: What the bathhouse looked like2:49: The bathing process4:04: The role of the servant4:36: The Roman baths in Bath

What you'll hear:1:32: The fort of Vindolanda2:14: The Vindolanda Tablets2:45: How the collection was discovered3:22: The challenges of reading the texts3:53: What the texts tell us4:44: Commander Cerialis and his wife

What you'll hear:0:47: What Natalie does1:25: How Natalie got into genealogy2:55: Curious coincidences4:38: Why people are interested in genealogy6:00: One of the most interesting stories Natalie’s uncovered15:34: Everyday people17:30: Misconceptions about genealogy24:07: Which person from history Natalie would like to meet26:10: How we commemorate people

What you'll hear: 1:11: Who is May King Tsang?3:15: How FOMO creation can work in any industry5:15: The similarity between FOMO creation and content marketing7:45: May King’s tea business12:08: The Chinese tea ceremony18:10 Bringing Western and Chinese cultures together19:38: Why there’s a time and place for every kind of tea20:48: Which famous women May King would like to meet

What you'll hear:1:23: The Fenwick family1:44: The Blackett family2:18: Walter Calverley Blackett2:31: Capability Brown4:06: Coming next on the podcast

What you'll hear:1:15: The history of the Summerhill2:00: The Stella Hall Estate3:10: Joseph Cowen Sr4:08: Joseph Cowen Jr5:01:The Path Head Water Mill

What you'll hear:0:45: Penshaw Monument1:59: Radical Jack2:16: The Lambton Worm4:09: Follies

What you'll hear:0:58: The mining industry in the north of England1:49: The Felling Colliery2:23: The pit disaster2:55: The four-poster bed memorial4:15: The mystery of who’s in the grave

What you'll hear:0:45: A brief history of Lindisfarne1:27: The Viking raiders2:27: Inner Farne & the pele tower3:48: Grace Darling5:01: The SS Forfarshire disaster

What you'll hear:1:24: The earliest structure on the Castle site2:05: William the Conqueror strengthens his hold2:52: Rebellions & sieges3:46: The stone castle & the Black Gate4:50: Robert Curthose

What you'll hear:0:55: The history of Tynemouth2:04: The Victorian metro station2:31: The Priory4:10: Tostig Godwinson4:31: The Castle

What you'll hear:1:50: The beginnings of the castle2:50: John Balliol, King of the Scots3:20: The castle changes hands4:03: King Richard takes ownership4:32: The town of Barnard Castle

What you'll hear:2:15: The origins of the Castle2:46: The Barbican3:50: The Percys' return to Alnwick4:07: The Alnwick Garden5:02: Who are the Percys?6:31: Harry Hotspur

What you'll hear:0:58: St Cuthbert1:45: The legends of the Cathedral's founding2:47: The Norman Cathedral3:52: The fate of Cuthbert4:22: The Land of the Prince Bishops 

What you'll hear:1:40: William Wailes and the Towers2:13: The back story to the park3:16: The People's Park4:04: Victorian benefactors4:40: Shipley Art Gallery

What you'll hear:0:52: Who was Earl Grey?2:18: Earl Grey tea2:51: Grey's Monument3:40: Why Grey is so significant4:08: Who were the Whigs?

What you'll hear:2:04: The first bridge across the River Tyne2:37: The people who made their living on the riverbanks3:30: The seven bridges that span the river4:56: Is the Sydney Harbour Bridge copied from the Tyne Bridge?

1:00: What we know about William Shakespeare1:57: Why he may not have written the plays that bear his name2:19: Potential real authors of the plays3:20: The women who may have written his plays4:03: The 'evidence' that proves the theory

1:07: Why pubs had signs1:44: The original inns & religious pub names2:21: The practical process for naming a pub2:47: Common pub names in Britain4:05: Pubs named for equipment or ingredients4:36: Unique pub names

0:53: Cromwell's early life1:23: The start of his political career2:05: Cromwell as army commander3:06: The Lord Protector3:48: Why Cromwell was unpopular4:16: Cromwell's death mask & afterlife

0:38: Lewis Carroll's mad hatter1:37: Erethism - the truth behind the mad hatter story3:10: Hazardous jobs for children, including matchmaking & chimney sweeping4:00: London-specific jobs - the dangers of being a mudlark4:29: The toshers working in London's sewers

0:42: The background to the Plot and the challenges faced by James VI and I1:32: What was the reason for the Plot?2:38: Why the Gunpowder Plot failed3:16: How we commemorate the Plot, and the story of the 'guy'4:00: The further disruptions that James faced

0:59: The international history of tea2:00: How tea reached Europe2:28: The invention of the teapot3:32: What is an afternoon tea, and where did it start?4:22: High tea & the challenges of linguistic variations4:48: The cream tea, and the right way to assemble them

Time for some light relief today, and look at the legend of the bogeyman. This creature pops up around the world, not just in Britain, but he’s certainly significant.Gudrun explains the inspiration behind this episode, the myth of the bogeyman and the possibility that the 'old man with the bag' in Chile was real.Timestamps0:50: Raymond Brigg's bogeyman - Fungus2:08: The origins of the bogeyman2:55: Characteristics of the bogeyman3:18: The 'buggy men' - the least popular job during the plague3:38: The Sack Man of Latin countries3:56: The terrifying 'Old Man with the Bag' in Argentina & Chile

It’s about time we look at a person, and who better to represent ‘events that shaped Britain’ than Good Queen Bess?Gudrun explores how Elizabeth defied her father to honour her mother, why she was better educated than you might think, and the conspiracies that she was a man.She also looks at other strong Tudor women Elizabeth came up against, her battles with the two Queen Marys, and her extreme beauty habits.Timestamps0:56: How she honoured her mother, Anne Boleyn1:34: Elizabeth I was better educated than you may realise2:12: Was Elizabeth really a man?3:10: The two Marys Elizabeth had to beat4:34: The lethal Elizabethan beauty fads