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Extraordinary Stories of Britain Podcast A British history podcast packed with fun and informative tales.
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Wondering witch podcast to listen to at Halloween? Hear the story of the Pendle witches. Members of a Lancashire family...
31/10/2024

Wondering witch podcast to listen to at Halloween? Hear the story of the Pendle witches. Members of a Lancashire family were accused of putting a crippling curse on a local peddler, summoning up talking black dogs, and bewitching a child to death. Available here: storiesofbritain.com/post/halloween-special-the-lancashire-witches

From September 1940 to May 1941 London endured a brutal bombing campaign. Our podcast tells the story of the eight mont...
21/10/2024

From September 1940 to May 1941 London endured a brutal bombing campaign. Our podcast tells the story of the eight months of misery and resistance known as The Blitz. From the devastation of London’s East End, to the team that saved St Paul’s Cathedral from destruction. From evacuated children to families sleeping on the underground. Hear the stories of firefighters, bomb squads, the Home Guard and London’s trailblazing women in this podcast: www.storiesofbritain.com/post/267-days-the-story-of-the-london-blitz

1814 a giant barrel in the Horseshoe Brewery exploded. Beer flooded the streets of central London drowning local resi...
17/10/2024

1814 a giant barrel in the Horseshoe Brewery exploded. Beer flooded the streets of central London drowning local residents. We tell the story in our History of Beer Podcast. Listen here: storiesofbritain.com/post/pub-names-ghosts-and-flying-ale-strange-stories-of-beer-pt-2

Born 1925, Angela Lansbury. The popular British actress helped pay for a memorial to a family member who campaigned ...
16/10/2024

Born 1925, Angela Lansbury. The popular British actress helped pay for a memorial to a family member who campaigned against poverty in East London. Hear the story in our Women and Protest podcast: storiesofbritain.com/post/women-and-protest-how-they-fought-for-justice

British nurse Edith Cavell was shot in 1915. When WW1 broke out she returned to Brussels and turned her clinic into a...
12/10/2024

British nurse Edith Cavell was shot in 1915. When WW1 broke out she returned to Brussels and turned her clinic into a Red Cross hospital for wounded soldiers from all armies. Cavell helped hundreds of soldiers escape the Germans, but was arrested and given the death penalty. She is commemorated near Trafalgar Square and in Shoreditch. Hear her story in our Women and War Podcast: storiesofbritain.com/post/women-and-war-stories-of-women-in-conflict

Born 1872. Emily Davison gave her life fighting for women's votes. She stepped in front of King George V's horse at th...
11/10/2024

Born 1872. Emily Davison gave her life fighting for women's votes. She stepped in front of King George V's horse at the Epsom Derby, suffering fatal injuries. Hear her story in our Women and Protest podcast: storiesofbritain.com/post/women-and-protest-how-they-fought-for-justice

Ruth Ellis born in 1926. The Welsh nightclub hostess shot her lover outside a Hampstead pub. She was the last woma...
09/10/2024

Ruth Ellis born in 1926. The Welsh nightclub hostess shot her lover outside a Hampstead pub. She was the last woman to be executed in Britain. Hear her story in our Women and Crime podcast: www.storiesofbritain.com/post/a-hampstead-murder

Born in 1896, Dorothy Lawrence was a journalist determined to report from the front line of World War One. So she po...
04/10/2024

Born in 1896, Dorothy Lawrence was a journalist determined to report from the front line of World War One. So she posed as a man and made her way to the heart of the conflict. Hear her story in our podcast: storiesofbritain.com/post/women-and-war-stories-of-women-in-conflict

Born in 1847, Annie Besant was a relentless social activist. She campaigned to end the terrible toxic working condit...
01/10/2024

Born in 1847, Annie Besant was a relentless social activist. She campaigned to end the terrible toxic working conditions and improve the poor pay of the Bryant and May factory Match Girls in London’s East End. Then moved to India where she supported home rule. Hear her story in our Women and Protest podcast: storiesofbritain.com/post/women-and-protest-how-they-fought-for-justice

In Medieval Britain, one woman in three made beer. They had cats to keep the mice away and wore tall hats. Some people...
26/09/2024

In Medieval Britain, one woman in three made beer. They had cats to keep the mice away and wore tall hats. Some people thought they were witches. We tell the story of the brewsters in our History of Beer podcast. Listen here: storiesofbritain.com/post/boozy-britain-history-of-beer-podcast-part-1

1915 Cecil Chubb went to an auction to buy some chairs. He walked out with lot number fifteen: 30 acres of land, inc...
21/09/2024

1915 Cecil Chubb went to an auction to buy some chairs. He walked out with lot number fifteen: 30 acres of land, including Stonehenge. We tell the story in our Stonehenge Podcast storiesofbritain.com/post/from-history-to-mystery-a-solstice-stonehenge-walk

There have been cats serving at Number 10 Downing Street for over 100 years. Churchill’s Nelson, Harold Wilson’s Nemo,...
20/09/2024

There have been cats serving at Number 10 Downing Street for over 100 years. Churchill’s Nelson, Harold Wilson’s Nemo, Margaret Thatcher’s Wilberforce and the current feline - the legend that is Larry. Hear the story in our pawesum podcast: www.storiesofbritain.com/post/podcat-a-history-of-cats-podcast

Born in 1709, Dr Johnson created the first great dictionary of the English language. By the lexicographer’s side at h...
18/09/2024

Born in 1709, Dr Johnson created the first great dictionary of the English language. By the lexicographer’s side at his London home by Fleet Street was his favourite cat: Hodge. Hear the story in Podcat – our history of cats podcast: storiesofbritain.com/post/podcat-a-history-of-cats-podcast

Little Charles Dickens was sent to toil in a dirty, dank, riverside sweatshop - at the age of twelve. He never forgot t...
15/09/2024

Little Charles Dickens was sent to toil in a dirty, dank, riverside sweatshop - at the age of twelve. He never forgot the child workers he met there. Hear the story in our podcast: storiesofbritain.com/post/charles-dickens-the-writer-who-changed-britain

1940 a bomb fell next to St Paul’s Cathedral. It failed to detonate. A brave bomb disposal team worked for three days...
12/09/2024

1940 a bomb fell next to St Paul’s Cathedral. It failed to detonate. A brave bomb disposal team worked for three days to remove the explosive. One of the sappers volunteered to drive it through London to Hackney Marshes. Hear this story in our Lea Valley Podcast: storiesofbritain.com/post/the-river-lea-london-s-east-end-river

Died 1797 Mary Wollstonecraft. She escaped a violent father, had a “scandalous affair”, wrote the groundbreaking work ...
10/09/2024

Died 1797 Mary Wollstonecraft. She escaped a violent father, had a “scandalous affair”, wrote the groundbreaking work of feminist philosophy and tragically died after giving birth to her daughter. Hear her story in our Women and Writing podcast: storiesofbritain.com/post/women-and-writing-their-words-made-history

1665, tailor's assistant George Vicarrs was the first victim of the plague in the remote Derbyshire village of Eyam. ...
07/09/2024

1665, tailor's assistant George Vicarrs was the first victim of the plague in the remote Derbyshire village of Eyam. Hear the story of the plague village in our podcast: storiesofbritain.com/post/eyam-1665-trapped-in-a-plague-village

1666 The Great Fire of London finally ended at Pie Corner. Hear how witnesses to the fire and ordinary Londoners liv...
06/09/2024

1666 The Great Fire of London finally ended at Pie Corner. Hear how witnesses to the fire and ordinary Londoners lived through those infernal days. Listen here: storiesofbritain.com/post/1666-the-great-fire-of-london

03/09/2024

Oliver Cromwell died in 1658. Three years later, his body was exhumed and beheaded. Cromwell’s head then went on a strange journey. Hear the story in our podcast: storiesofbritain.com/post/talking-heads-what-happened-to-executed-heads

03/09/2024

Ikey Solomon died 1850. The East End petty criminal was imprisoned in Newgate Jail. His escape and adventures became legend. Hear the story of his prison breakouts and life in London and Australia - where he lived for the last part of his life - in our podcast: storiesofbritain.com/post/newgate-jail-london-s-most-notorius-prison

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Hodge the cat was Dr Samuel Johnson’s companion in the 1750s, while he was writing the great English dictionary. Listen to the story of the “very fine cat” in our History of Cats podcast: www.storiesofbritain.com/post/podcat-a-history-of-cats-podcast

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The 900-year-old royal toilets at the Tower of London. Who used, them? Who cleaned them? Find out in our podcast.

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