Series of 4 podcasts on Henry V, culminating in Agincourt. Was he England's greatest king, or was his war-mongering basically self-indulgent? Against a backdrop of French civil war and of course #Shakespeare#BlueSkyStorians#Skystorianspodcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
“Once more unto the breach, dear friends. Once more, we'll close the wall up with our English dead […] And upon this charge, cry God for Harry, England and St.
Ethel Sands, 1911-12, ‘Tea with Sickert’, from an exhibition on women artists in Britain @tate.bsky.social#artsky#womenartists
The Financial Times does a great line in deadpan assassination by factual reporting on a Bourbon pretender to the French throne. Sans blague.
'He believes in an essential, sublimated relationship between the French people, the aristocracy, the land and, to an extent, God.' Quite a lot of sublimation going on here. Here's a sharing link for a non-subscriber (it's a great read): on.ft.com/477PEFy
Meet Charles of France. He’s been waiting his whole life for his nation to reinstate the monarchy
IPO: one of those acronyms that seems to mean something completely different in Oxford and in The Rest of The World. #AcademicSky
My two will leave at the end of September and we'll be empty-nesting for the first time. Practical tips welcome...
In the case of the mysterious Pol Pot it is hard to grasp the psychology from which evil emerges. I don't usually like to think in terms of 'evil' but it is hard to find another word in this case. Chilling series of 4 podcasts. #history#skystorianswww.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
Who really was Pol Pot, the Cambodian dictator who preferred to operate in the shadows?
Did Ancient Rome actually owe much of its income to taxes on trade with India? Fascinating EmpirePod based on William Dalrymple's latest book #booksky#history#Skystorianspodcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1...
It was actually India, not China, that was the greatest trading partner of the Roman Empire. During this era, it’s clear that sea travel was the fastest, most e
Franco's rise was enabled by the British, and later supported by the US, all in the name of anti-communism. Oh, and Spain has record-beating numbers of unmarked mass graves. Series of 4 podcasts. #History#Skystorianspodcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Today, Spain is Europe’s holiday capital. But under the sand lie sinister secrets. From 1939 to 1975, Francisco Franco ruled as the nation’s dictator. Despite h