Tag Archive For: Poison

Episode 70: Chairs

6, 4, 2018 - For this episode let us join the maritime man of the moment, Dr Sam Willis, and the king of the .... Read More

Tags: assassination, British colonialism, chairs, chaise longue, control, couch, cushions, deck chair, ducking stool, electric chair, Exeter Cathedral, Henry VIII, hierarchy, Kingdom of Benin, leisure, monarch, patriarchy, Poison, Powderham Castle, public executions, seat, sedan, sociability, sofa, status, Tennessee, throne, W.J. Wyllie, William of Orange, Witch, witchcraft, witches

Episode 4: Gloves

11, 10, 2016 - The gloves are off as the general of generations, Professor James Daybell, and the seadog of .... Read More

Tags: AHRC Gender Power and Materiality, Baseball, gifts, Holy Roman Empire, leather, Mary queen of scots, Masculinity, Murder, Paring knife, Poison, Relics, Sex, Shakespeare, status, Worshipful Company of Glovers

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