What did Victorians get up to on the beach? When did fish and chips first become popular? And what’s the dark story behind Punch and Judy? It’s time to grab your bucket and spade, because for our latest Everything You Wanted to Know episode we’re taking a jolly holiday back through the history of the British seaside with Dr Kathryn Ferry. Speaking to Charlot ... Show More
Oct 12
The pioneering surgeon who stood up to Rasputin
She pioneered lifesaving battlefield surgery, challenged the medical establishment, stood up to Rasputin, and became the world's first female professor of surgery – yet today, few people have heard of Vera Gedroits. In today's episode, acclaimed biographer Miranda Seymour tells E ... Show More
48m 26s
Aug 2022
222. Victorian Holidays
The birth of guide books, resorts, and the package holiday.
In the second episode in our holidays series Tom and Dominic drill down into the story of Thomas Cook, package tours, and nightmarish German spa treatments.
The third holidays episode, 'Sun, Sea and Sex', will be out o ... Show More
52m 37s
Aug 2022
221. Holidays: Byron's Grand Tour
Welcome to the first of four episodes on the history of holidays: Byron's Grand Tour; The Invention of Mass Tourism; Sun, Sea and Sex; and Roman Holidays.
In the first episode, Tom and Dominic explore the adventures of Byron, Boswell and their peers contemporaries to foreign lan ... Show More
50m 58s
May 2023
Relaxing at the Victorian Seaside
Narrator: Simon Mattacks 🇬🇧
Writer: Jo Steer ✍️
Sound design: train station ambience 🚆
Includes mentions of: Food, Bodies of Water, Children, Train, Summer, Walking, Time Travel, History, Swimming, Gratitude, Animals, Beverages, Alcohol.
Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, ... Show More
57m 5s