CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2024 SANTA CLAUS IS COMING
Get ready for a holly-jolly dive into Christmas history! In this special episode, I unwrap how the Victorians shaped the […]
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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2023 “The phantom rickshaw”
In this year’s festive episode, dive into the enchanting world of Victorian curiosities and captivating storytelling. First, join me for
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ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL 2023 “THERE SIMPLY MUST BE A CORPSE”
Celebrating 6 years of the podcast. I delve into the world of detectives in England during the 1840s. It’s time
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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2022 – WHAT TO WATCH
Christmas is here, so we really need to watch Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol” but how to choose the best
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PUB QUIZ 0CT 2022
Just for fun, here’s a fiendishly difficult pub quiz which has been requested by many listeners. Good luck!
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SPECIAL: DEATH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II
The death of Queen Elizabeth II is a momentous event in modern British history. This special episode contains some facts
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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2021 – TICKLING THE CHRISTMAS IVORY
What could be more of a traditional Victorian Christmas than carols by candlelight with an orchestra, piano and harp? Quite
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HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 2021
An ancient tradition, but surely one that the Victorians didn’t celebrate? Wrong, they did celebrate. Oh boy was it a
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4TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL – LOVELACE AND BABBAGE
To celebrate the 4th anniversary, the episode will be all about Lovelace and Babbage; the true inventors of the computer
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AOV CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2020
Merry Christmas everyone. What a year, so lets round it off in comfort. This special episode features. Thank you’s. Quick
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3RD ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL VICTORIA & ALBERT – A ROYAL, AND A ROMANTIC
EP030 3rd Anniversary Special: Victoria & Albert -a Royal and a Romantic. The podcast is 3 years old, so time
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BONUS CHAT WITH THE SIECLE PODCAST – BRITAIN AND FRANCE AFTER WATERLOO
Bonus episode of The Age of Victoria & The Siècle! Learn about the differences between how France and Britain experienced
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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2019
Victorian Christmas Time! Mistletoe and Wine; listening to Podcast time. This is a special episode for Christmas 2019. Learn about the
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2nd anniversary special – our first murder?
Happy 2nd Anniversary This is my look back on the last two years, a lot of thank you’s, some listener
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AOV CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2018 “Of traditions and ghosts”
Merry Christmas, join your host Chris Fernandez-Packham in learning about Victorian Traditions of the Earthly and Ghostly kind. Let me take you
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1ST BIRTHDAY SPECIAL
The podcast is one year old today. Celebrate with listener questions (who should be on the Victorian Mount Rushmore?), poetry,
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EASTER SPECIAL 2018 MATCH STICK GIRLS
Easters here! To celebrate the end of winter, learn about the struggles of the worst Victorian job and the people
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AOV NEW YEAR SPECIAL 2017
Happy New Year. A very short special: learn about how the Victorians did New Year, some old superstitions and why
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AOV CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2017: “A Christmas Carol analysed”
Christmas Special 2017! Scrooge, Ghosts, Food, Tiny Tim. A real deep dive into the book that made Christmas……don’t miss it.