2021 special - interview with Dr Ellie Woodacre

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In one of three special episodes, host Ploy Radford talks to royal studies specialist Dr Ellie Woodacre about a collection of books that belonged to Joan of Navarre, wife of Henry IV and stepmother to Henry V, of Battle of Agincourt fame. The books provide a fantastic starting part for a wider discussion about this little known English queen who left her children from her first marriage to move to England, had French royal blood, and was imprisoned by her stepson for witchcraft.

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2021 special - interview with Dr Ellie Woodacre

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New Year Special - interview with author Amber Chen 29:43

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In this New Year special to round off season 4, author Amber Chen reveals the historical influences behind her silkpunk fantasy novel ‘Of Jade and Dragons’.

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The Sword of Ommerschans - Dutch National Museum of Antiquities 45:10

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Luc Amkreutz, curator of the prehistory collections at the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, reveals the story behind the Sword of Ommerschans, currently on display as part of the 'Bronze Age: Fires of Change' exhibition. The giant ceremonial Bronze Age sword provides a fascinating insight into an overlooked part of history that actually heralded great cultural change in society.…

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The Book of the Queen - The British Library 31:13

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This episode shines a light on Christine de Pizan, one of the overlooked women from history featured in the British Library's exhibition 'Medieval Women: In their own Words'. Curator Eleanor Jackson tells host Ploy Radford-Taylor about this extraordinary woman who was Europe's first professional female author and goes into detail about one of her works - the Book of the Queen.…

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Lord Leighton's landscape paintings - Leighton House 42:02

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Leighton House's new exhibition 'Leighton and Landscape: Impressions from Nature shines a new light on its famous former occupant. In this episode, senior curator Daniel Robbins shares the story behind Frederic, Lord Leighton's landscapes and what went into putting together this first of a kind exhibition.…

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Assortment of Japanese souvenirs - the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum 41:02

24 weeks ago41:02

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Host Ploy Radford-Taylor returns to the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum where a chat with curator Duncan Walker about some innocuous Japanese souvenirs leads to a much wider discussion about changing Japanese society, the rise of tourism and the lives of Sir Merton and Lady Russell-Cotes.

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Blandford Fashion Museum - a Regency spencer 29:00

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While you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, you can’t deny that clothes can reveal a lot about a person, or the past, as host Ploy Radford-Taylor finds when she visits Blandford Fashion Museum.

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The 'Queen of the Bluestockings' - Elizabeth Montagu 38:37

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Costanza Piccolomini - interview with author Rachel Blackmore 57:29

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In this first episode of season 4, host Ploy Radford-Taylor interviews author Rachel Blackmore about her debut novel 'Costanza', which tells the story of Costanza Piccolomini, whose affair with celebrated superstar sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini takes a dark turn...

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Easter 2023 special - Cleopatra Selene 54:42

2 years ago54:42

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Easter 2023 special - Equestrian artist Lucy Kemp-Welch 42:08

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New Year special - Sophia Dorothea, the British queen who never was 1:10:41

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In a new year special, historian and author Catherine Curzon tells podcast host Ploy Radford about the story of the British queen who never was - Sophia Dorothea, the much maligned wife of King George I.

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Circles of Stone exhibition - Stonehenge 34:22

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Sword and helmet - William Morris Gallery 31:07

2 years ago31:07

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'The Lost King' - The Wallace Collection 50:18

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