• 1:23: Paul's role and his interest in history
• 2:23: Regency townhouse restoration
• 4:56: Biggest challenge and success
• 6:30 Cookery workshops and lectures
• 10:26 The feisty Mrs Finnegan
• 16:45 Visiting the past
• 22:28: Find out more about Paul Couchman and the Regency Town House

• 1:07: Suffragettes or Suffragists?
• 2:11: Early days
• 3:03: Political activity
• 5:26: World War I and its aftermath
• 6:05: Emigration, return and decline in health

• 01:23: Bess’ early life
• 02:20: Second marriage
• 03:42: Scandal at the Tudor court
• 05:01: Fourth marriage
• 06:11: Construction of Hardwick Hall

• 1:07 Introduction
• 2:00 Arrival at court
• 3:27 Return to favour
• 4:33 Ascent to power
• 7:36 Death and legacy

1:02: Early days

1:58: Growth of influence

2:37: Relationship with Caesar

3:25: Return to Egypt

4:06: Relationship with Mark Antony

• 1:02: Margaret Beaufort’s early life
• 2:10: The beginning of the Tudor dynasty
• 3:35: Edward IV takes the throne
• 4:39: Conspiracies and rebellions
• 5:58: The Battle of Bosworth Field
• 7:33: The King’s Mother

1:23: Early life

2:04: First flights

3:03: Record attempts

4:10: Life and achievements

5:19: Death

• 1:14: The idea behind the podcast
• 1:47: The original audiences
• 2:49: Tell me what you want to hear
• 3:17: Plans for 2021

1:40: Background to conflict

2:30: Boudicca leads the uprising

3:35: Impact of the rebellion

4:24: Re-assertion of Roman authority

1:35: Early life

2:18: Family and power struggles

5:01: Marriage to Claudius and rise to power

6:15: Exile and demise

1:18: The Red Queen

1:58: Background and marriage

3:00: Prince Sado's mental decline

3:34: Lady Hyegyeong's memoirs

4:26: Death of Sado

1:12: Hildas background

2:29: Introduction of Christianity

3:50: Abbesses

4:31: Hilda’s legacy

1:25: L'Inconnue & 19c Paris

2:16: The Drowned Mona Lisa

3:19: CPR Anne

4:29: Legacy and afterthoughts

0:33 Introduction to Season 4

2:00 Who was Bessie Smith?

3:48 Early life and career

4:43 Stardom

6:05 Decline and death

1:08: About Tiana

2:20: Understanding history and learning its lessons

9:01: Common misunderstandings and misconceptions

15:25: Attracting visitors to heritage sites in a Covid-influenced world

23:52: Visiting historical characters

Tiana's Historiette blog can be found by clicking here. You can also follow her Instagram page here.

• 1:09 Naming and societal conventions
• 2:11 Plebian Uprisings
• 2:58 Patriarchy and marriage
• 4:24 Slavery
• 5:52 Criminals

0:57: Chester's origins

1:38: Strategic importance and town layout

2:40: The ampitheatre

4:19 Excavating the ampitheatre

1:00: Early Roman Gods

2:06: Banquet for the Gods

3:26: The Imperial Cult

5:55: Rise of Christianity

0:55: Introduction to Eboracum

1:17: The 9th Hispana Legion

2:52: Life in the town

3:49: Severus, Caracalla and the rise of Eboracum

5:25: Constantine the Great

• 0:58 Who were Gladiators
• 2:02 Schools and Training
• 3:40 The Gladiator Games
• 5:33 Emperors as Gladiators
• 6:02 Retirement

0:55: What is Segedunum?

2:32: Segedunum origins

3:06 Post-Roman Empire

3:40: Roman Standards

• 1:00: Overview of the Army
• 2:08: Loyalty and Retirement
• 2:38: Organisation
• 3:56: During Peacetime

• 1:04 Introduction to Arbeia
• 2:44 The Commanding Officer's Quarters
• 3:22 Other Accommodation
• 4:25 The Granary

• 1:00: The Emperor Hadrian
• 2:22: Construction of the Wall
• 3:55: Structures along the Wall
• 5:25: Shrines to local gods
• 6:02: After Hadrian

• 1:51: How the baths worked
• 2:18: What the bathhouse looked like
• 2:49: The bathing process
• 4:04: The role of the servant
• 4:36: The Roman baths in Bath

• 1:32: The fort of Vindolanda
• 2:14: The Vindolanda Tablets
• 2:45: How the collection was discovered
• 3:22: The challenges of reading the texts
• 3:53: What the texts tell us
• 4:44: Commander Cerialis and his wife

• 0:47: What Natalie does
• 1:25: How Natalie got into genealogy
• 2:55: Curious coincidences
• 4:38: Why people are interested in genealogy
• 6:00: One of the most interesting stories Natalie’s uncovered
• 15:34: Everyday people
• 17:30: Misconceptions about genealogy
• 24:07: Which person from history Natalie would like to meet
• 26:10: How we commemorate people

• 1:11: Who is May King Tsang?
• 3:15: How FOMO creation can work in any industry
• 5:15: The similarity between FOMO creation and content marketing
• 7:45: May King’s tea business
• 12:08: The Chinese tea ceremony
• 18:10 Bringing Western and Chinese cultures together
• 19:38: Why there’s a time and place for every kind of tea
• 20:48: Which famous women May King would like to meet

• 1:23: The Fenwick family
• 1:44: The Blackett family
• 2:18: Walter Calverley Blackett
• 2:31: Capability Brown
• 4:06: Coming next on the podcast

• 1:15: The history of the Summerhill
• 2:00: The Stella Hall Estate
• 3:10: Joseph Cowen Sr
• 4:08: Joseph Cowen Jr
• 5:01:The Path Head Water Mill

• 0:45: Penshaw Monument
• 1:59: Radical Jack
• 2:16: The Lambton Worm
• 4:09: Follies

• 0:58: The mining industry in the north of England
• 1:49: The Felling Colliery
• 2:23: The pit disaster
• 2:55: The four-poster bed memorial
• 4:15: The mystery of who’s in the grave

• 0:45: A brief history of Lindisfarne
• 1:27: The Viking raiders
• 2:27: Inner Farne & the pele tower
• 3:48: Grace Darling
• 5:01: The SS Forfarshire disaster

• 1:24: The earliest structure on the Castle site
• 2:05: William the Conqueror strengthens his hold
• 2:52: Rebellions & sieges
• 3:46: The stone castle & the Black Gate
• 4:50: Robert Curthose

• 0:55: The history of Tynemouth
• 2:04: The Victorian metro station
• 2:31: The Priory
• 4:10: Tostig Godwinson
• 4:31: The Castle

• 1:50: The beginnings of the castle
• 2:50: John Balliol, King of the Scots
• 3:20: The castle changes hands
• 4:03: King Richard takes ownership
• 4:32: The town of Barnard Castle

• 2:15: The origins of the Castle
• 2:46: The Barbican
• 3:50: The Percys' return to Alnwick
• 4:07: The Alnwick Garden
• 5:02: Who are the Percys?
• 6:31: Harry Hotspur

• 0:58: St Cuthbert
• 1:45: The legends of the Cathedral's founding
• 2:47: The Norman Cathedral
• 3:52: The fate of Cuthbert
• 4:22: The Land of the Prince Bishops

• 1:40: William Wailes and the Towers
• 2:13: The back story to the park
• 3:16: The People's Park
• 4:04: Victorian benefactors
• 4:40: Shipley Art Gallery

• 0:52: Who was Earl Grey?
• 2:18: Earl Grey tea
• 2:51: Grey's Monument
• 3:40: Why Grey is so significant
• 4:08: Who were the Whigs?

• 2:04: The first bridge across the River Tyne
• 2:37: The people who made their living on the riverbanks
• 3:30: The seven bridges that span the river
• 4:56: Is the Sydney Harbour Bridge copied from the Tyne Bridge?

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.

Timestamps

• 0:50: Raymond Brigg's bogeyman - Fungus
• 2:08: The origins of the bogeyman
• 2:55: Characteristics of the bogeyman
• 3:18: The 'buggy men' - the least popular job during the plague
• 3:38: The Sack Man of Latin countries
• 3:56: The terrifying 'Old Man with the Bag' in Argentina & Chile

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.

Timestamps

• 0:56: How she honoured her mother, Anne Boleyn
• 1:34: Elizabeth I was better educated than you may realise
• 2:12: Was Elizabeth really a man?
• 3:10: The two Marys Elizabeth had to beat
• 4:34: The lethal Elizabethan beauty fads

We explore the unique construction of the castles, who built them and why, as well as Warkworth Castle and the Percy family in Northumbria.

Timestamps

• 0:45: What exactly is a motte & bailey castle?
• 1:50: Who built motte & baileys?
• 2:32: Why the French needed to keep themselves safe from Vikings
• 3:12: A Northern example of a motte & bailey, and the Percy family who lived there

In this episode, Gudrun looks at how Aidan and Cuthbert brought Christianity to the wilds of Northumbria, how monks began making fortified wine, mead and beer, and the different religious orders around Europe.

• 0:54: St Aidan & St Cuthbert
• 1:50: Monks & mead
• 2:15: The Benedictines & their infamous Buckfast Tonic Wine
• 3:55: Belgian not-for-profit beers

Gudrun explains how the Tube was born out of necessity to deal with an over-congested city, and how The Metropolitan Railway had delay construction during the Crimean War.

She shares what it was like to experience the Underground on its first day, how some of the stations have been abandoned since it opened in 1863, and the forgotten rivers that run below the network.

Timestamps

• 1:15: The beginnings of the Underground
• 1:58: Opening day
• 2:57: The abandoned tube stations
• 3:48: London's underground rivers

In this episode, we look at what the tapestry is and some of the misconceptions around it. Gudrun explains why it didn't show King Harold in a flattering light and why the tapestry was commissioned in the way it was.

She shares what happened to it after Bishop Odo died and how it was narrowly saved from being ripped up and reused.

Timestamps

• 0:57: It's not really a tapestry at all!
• 1:31: Why is it propaganda?
• 2:10: How Harold is depicted
• 3:19: The fate of the tapestry

You'll also find out what you can expect from future episodes.