Tag Archive For: witches

Episode 71: Hats

6, 4, 2018 - For this episode let us join the cat in the hat of history, Professor James Daybell, and the .... Read More

Tags: 17th century, Anthony Eden hat Beaver Beefeaters' hat Bicorne Boater, baldness, Beefeaters' hat, Bicorne hat, billycock, boxer, bun hat, chevaliers, children, Cocked hat, coke hat, copatain Caubeen – Irish hat Cavalier hat, copotain, Deerstalker, dunces hat, education, Fedora, Fez, Hanfu, Hats, headwear, Henry VIII, Homburg, hunting cap, Kolpik, Oliver Cromwell, Panama hat, Papakha, punishment, Sir Winston Churchill, Tudor court, Witch, witchcraft, witches

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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