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Episode 54: How to be a historian – Episode 4

10, 10, 2017 - ‘The historian without his facts is rootless and futile; the facts without their historian are .... Read More

Episode 53: Gloves Revisited

4, 10, 2017 - ‘See how she leans her cheek upon her hand. O, that I were a glove upon that hand that I might .... Read More

Episode 52: The History of Our Podcast

26, 9, 2017 - “It’s fun to do the unexpected”      (Walt Disney)   Welcome to Histories of the .... Read More

Episode 51: The Scar Revisited

21, 9, 2017 - ‘To be alive at all is to have scars’ (John Steinbeck, 1902-1968)   Welcome to Histories .... Read More

Episode 50: How to be a historian – Episode 3

6, 9, 2017 - ‘The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future’. Theodore .... Read More

Episide 49: How to be a historian – Episode 2

29, 8, 2017 - ‘History is a continuous process of interaction between the historian and his facts’. E.H. Carr .... Read More

Episode 48: Signature – Part 2

22, 8, 2017 - Welcome to Histories of the Unexpected where you will discover the history of things you did .... Read More

Episode 47: The Material World of Powderham: a castle, a horn, a bookcase and a chair

15, 8, 2017 - ‘Architecture is a dangerous mix of power and importance’. Rem Koolhaas (1944-) Welcome to .... Read More

Episode 46: Chalk and Valleys

8, 8, 2017 - ‘Don Juan now saw Albion’s earliest beauties, Thy cliffs dear Dover! harbour and hotel;       .... Read More

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