Tag Archive For: public executions

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 3: Smoke

4, 10, 2016 - Sherlock Holmes stated that he could identify 140 different types of tobacco just from the ash .... Read More

Tags: intoxicants, James VI and I, King James, King's Pipe, peace pipe, public executions, smoke, smoke signals, smoking, spy ships, tobacco, Witch, witches

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