Simone Whitlow (Tales Of History And Imagination)

https://feed.podbean.com/Talesofhistoryandimagination/feed.xml Hi everyone just a quick update from current me before I hand this episode over to past me… I’ve been a bit under the weather this week. Between dental work and catching a cold I haven’t been up to talking loudly into a mic for long this week. Apologies all.  The script for part two of Kaspar Hauser is ready to record. The episode…

https://feed.podbean.com/Talesofhistoryandimagination/feed.xml This week’s content warnings: Discussion of war, death, child neglect and imprisonment, violence, conspiratorial thinking and social deception.  Today dear reader, we’re journeying to the Kingdom of Bavaria, in what is now Germany. The year is 1828. Now if you’re like me, when you read Bavaria, your mind’s eye goes to ‘Mad’ King…

https://feed.podbean.com/Talesofhistoryandimagination/feed.xml Content warnings: Descriptions of animal cruelty, traumatic deaths, and period-appropriate superstitions which may now seem utterly ridiculous.  Hi all, today we are dropping in on one of the darkest and stormiest of nights in England’s history. The location, a home in Stoke Newington, London. The date, November 26th 1703. Our…

The Sacred Band -Three – Tales of History and Imagination Content Warnings: Battlefield injury and death, some depictions towards the end are quite graphic. Political violence, slavery and hostage taking. Assassination. Suicide-adjacent fatalism. Mass burial. Discussion of LGBTQI+ history not that THAT one should ever need to be a trigger warning – but there you go…Yes I got hate mail a few…

New Patreon Episode Hey there! I’ve just dropped a brand new episode onmy Patreon channel, and you won’t want to miss it! For just $2 a month, you can access this exclusive content, along with all future episodes.This week we meet Solon, an Athenian lawmaker, general and philosopher – on self-imposed exile… and his new friend, King Croesus of Lydia – a man whose wealth spawned the adage ‘as rich…

The Sacred Band -Two – Tales of History and Imagination This week’s content warnings: This week we mention historical ableism, homophobic attitudes, warfare, assassination, battlefield death, executions and forced displacement. This is part two of a three (possibly four) parter, so if you haven’t first, check out part one. The Mandatory Villain Origin Story… Hi everyone, welcome back. Last…

New Patreon Episode Hey there! I’ve just dropped a brand new episode onmy Patreon channel, and you won’t want to miss it! For just $2 a month, you can access this exclusive content, along with all future episodes.Celebrity – I believe – is yet another phenomenon to have come about, in some degree because of the agreements William of Orange made with the ruling classes to allow his takeover in…

The Sacred Band – One – Tales of History and Imagination This week’s content warnings: brief discussion of sexual violence, incest, anti-LGBTQI+ attitudes, political violence, assassinations and executions.  Hi everyone; today we’re off to Thebes, a city-state in Boeotia, Greece. We’ll cut to the 4th Century BC in due course – but I’d like to begin in their deep, mythical past. The Tales we…

The Tichborne Claimant – Two – Tales of History and Imagination Content Warnings: Childhood bullying, and more talk than I’d care to get into about a man’s weight. Hi folks, welcome to our final instalment on The Tichborne Claimant. Today I want to take you to a type of place we’ve visited several times in recent episodes – I swear this isn’t going to be a regular thing – a graveyard in the…