Time Pieces History: Recent Episodes
Gudrun Lauret
For history lovers, those who work in the heritage tourism industry, and anyone wanting to learn more about the world we live in. Bitesize episodes so you can listen on the go. We'll look at places, buildings, people, cultures and events throughout time and the legacies they've left behind. We'll also be featuring longer shows with interviews, content marketing tips specifically aimed at heritage organisations and deep dives into interesting topics. Feedback, suggestions and guest requests (either on my show or yours) all welcome, so please get in touch (https://gudrunlauret.com/contact-form/), and if you enjoyed an epsiode, let me know on Twitter (https://twitter.com/GudrunLauret).
What you'll hear: 1:23: Paul's role and his interest in history 2:23: Regency townhouse restoration 4:56: Biggest challenge and success 6:30 Cookery workshops and lectures 10:26 The feisty Mrs Finnegan 16:45 Visiting the past 22:28: Find out more about Paul Couchman and the Regency Town House
What you'll hear 1:07: Suffragettes or Suffragists? 2:11: Early days 3:03: Political activity 5:26: World War I and its aftermath 6:05: Emigration, return and decline in health
What you'll hear: 01:23: Bess’ early life 02:20: Second marriage 03:42: Scandal at the Tudor court 05:01: Fourth marriage 06:11: Construction of Hardwick Hall
What you'll hear: 1:07 Introduction 2:00 Arrival at court 3:27 Return to favour 4:33 Ascent to power 7:36 Death and legacy
What you'll hear 1:02: Early days 1:58: Growth of influence 2:37: Relationship with Caesar 3:25: Return to Egypt 4:06: Relationship with Mark Antony
What you'll hear: 1:02: Margaret Beaufort’s early life 2:10: The beginning of the Tudor dynasty 3:35: Edward IV takes the throne 4:39: Conspiracies and rebellions 5:58: The Battle of Bosworth Field 7:33: The King’s Mother
What you'll hear 1:23: Early life 2:04: First flights 3:03: Record attempts 4:10: Life and achievements 5:19: Death
What you'll hear: 1:14: The idea behind the podcast 1:47: The original audiences 2:49: Tell me what you want to hear 3:17: Plans for 2021
What you'll hear 1:40: Background to conflict 2:30: Boudicca leads the uprising 3:35: Impact of the rebellion 4:24: Re-assertion of Roman authority
What you'll hear 1:35: Early life 2:18: Family and power struggles 5:01: Marriage to Claudius and rise to power 6:15: Exile and demise
What you'll hear 1:18: The Red Queen 1:58: Background and marriage 3:00: Prince Sado's mental decline 3:34: Lady Hyegyeong's memoirs 4:26: Death of Sado
What you’ll hear 1:12: Hildas background 2:29: Introduction of Christianity 3:50: Abbesses 4:31: Hilda’s legacy
What you'll hear 1:25: L'Inconnue & 19c Paris 2:16: The Drowned Mona Lisa 3:19: CPR Anne 4:29: Legacy and afterthoughts
What you’ll hear 0:33 Introduction to Season 4 2:00 Who was Bessie Smith? 3:48 Early life and career 4:43 Stardom 6:05 Decline and death
What you’ll hear 1:50: Why did I attend? 2:45: Digital technology 5:40: Donors and influencers 7:43: Transparency, value & unique story 10:01: Accessibility and inclusion 12:48: Being flexible and responding to change
What you'll hear 1:08: About Tiana 2:20: Understanding history and learning its lessons 9:01: Common misunderstandings and misconceptions 15:25: Attracting visitors to heritage sites in a Covid-influenced world 23:52: Visiting historical characters Tiana's Historiette blog can be found by clicking https://historiette.co.uk/ (here). You can also follow her Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/historietteuk/ (here).
What you'll hear 1:09 Naming and societal conventions 2:11 Plebian Uprisings 2:58 Patriarchy and marriage 4:24 Slavery 5:52 Criminals
What you'll hear 0:57: Chester's origins 1:38: Strategic importance and town layout 2:40: The ampitheatre 4:19 Excavating the ampitheatre
What you’ll hear: 1:00: Early Roman Gods 2:06: Banquet for the Gods 3:26: The Imperial Cult 5:55: Rise of Christianity
What you'll hear: 0:55: Introduction to Eboracum 1:17: The 9th Hispana Legion 2:52: Life in the town 3:49: Severus, Caracalla and the rise of Eboracum 5:25: Constantine the Great
What you’ll hear: 0:58 Who were Gladiators 2:02 Schools and Training 3:40 The Gladiator Games 5:33 Emperors as Gladiators 6:02 Retirement
What you’ll hear: 0:55: What is Segedunum? 2:32: Segedunum origins 3:06 Post-Roman Empire 3:40: Roman Standards
What you'll hear: 1:00: Overview of the Army 2:08: Loyalty and Retirement 2:38: Organisation 3:56: During Peacetime
What you'll hear: 1:04 Introduction to Arbeia 2:44 The Commanding Officer's Quarters 3:22 Other Accommodation 4:25 The Granary
What you'll hear: 1:00: The Emperor Hadrian 2:22: Construction of the Wall 3:55: Structures along the Wall 5:25: Shrines to local gods 6:02: After Hadrian
What you'll hear: 1:51: How the baths worked 2:18: What the bathhouse looked like 2:49: The bathing process 4:04: The role of the servant 4:36: The Roman baths in Bath
What you'll hear: 1:32: The fort of Vindolanda 2:14: The Vindolanda Tablets 2:45: How the collection was discovered 3:22: The challenges of reading the texts 3:53: What the texts tell us 4:44: Commander Cerialis and his wife
What you'll hear: 0:47: What Natalie does 1:25: How Natalie got into genealogy 2:55: Curious coincidences 4:38: Why people are interested in genealogy 6:00: One of the most interesting stories Natalie’s uncovered 15:34: Everyday people 17:30: Misconceptions about genealogy 24:07: Which person from history Natalie would like to meet 26:10: How we commemorate people
What you'll hear: 1:11: Who is May King Tsang? 3:15: How FOMO creation can work in any industry 5:15: The similarity between FOMO creation and content marketing 7:45: May King’s tea business 12:08: The Chinese tea ceremony 18:10 Bringing Western and Chinese cultures together 19:38: Why there’s a time and place for every kind of tea 20:48: Which famous women May King would like to meet
What you'll hear: 1:23: The Fenwick family 1:44: The Blackett family 2:18: Walter Calverley Blackett 2:31: Capability Brown 4:06: Coming next on the podcast
What you'll hear: 1:15: The history of the Summerhill 2:00: The Stella Hall Estate 3:10: Joseph Cowen Sr 4:08: Joseph Cowen Jr 5:01:The Path Head Water Mill
What you'll hear: 0:45: Penshaw Monument 1:59: Radical Jack 2:16: The Lambton Worm 4:09: Follies
What you'll hear: 0:58: The mining industry in the north of England 1:49: The Felling Colliery 2:23: The pit disaster 2:55: The four-poster bed memorial 4:15: The mystery of who’s in the grave
What you'll hear: 0:45: A brief history of Lindisfarne 1:27: The Viking raiders 2:27: Inner Farne & the pele tower 3:48: Grace Darling 5:01: The SS Forfarshire disaster
What you'll hear: 1:24: The earliest structure on the Castle site 2:05: William the Conqueror strengthens his hold 2:52: Rebellions & sieges 3:46: The stone castle & the Black Gate 4:50: Robert Curthose
What you'll hear: 0:55: The history of Tynemouth 2:04: The Victorian metro station 2:31: The Priory 4:10: Tostig Godwinson 4:31: The Castle
What you'll hear: 1:50: The beginnings of the castle 2:50: John Balliol, King of the Scots 3:20: The castle changes hands 4:03: King Richard takes ownership 4:32: The town of Barnard Castle
What you'll hear: 2:15: The origins of the Castle 2:46: The Barbican 3:50: The Percys' return to Alnwick 4:07: The Alnwick Garden 5:02: Who are the Percys? 6:31: Harry Hotspur
What you'll hear: 0:58: St Cuthbert 1:45: The legends of the Cathedral's founding 2:47: The Norman Cathedral 3:52: The fate of Cuthbert 4:22: The Land of the Prince Bishops
What you'll hear: 1:40: William Wailes and the Towers 2:13: The back story to the park 3:16: The People's Park 4:04: Victorian benefactors 4:40: Shipley Art Gallery
What you'll hear: 0:52: Who was Earl Grey? 2:18: Earl Grey tea 2:51: Grey's Monument 3:40: Why Grey is so significant 4:08: Who were the Whigs?
What you'll hear: 2:04: The first bridge across the River Tyne 2:37: The people who made their living on the riverbanks 3:30: The seven bridges that span the river 4:56: Is the Sydney Harbour Bridge copied from the Tyne Bridge?
1:57: Help people reclaim what they’ve missed 3:18: What about parents? 4:36: Important things to think about in your planning 5:30: 3D virtual tours s 6:20: Live demonstrations 7:05: Re-enactment societies 8:36: Have a party!
A selection of ideas for marketing your heritage organisation during the COVID19 lockdown. 1:40: Behind the scenes tours and #museumathome 3:32: Blogs about your artefacts 4:20: Share items from your collection in #curatorbattle 5:26: How did people entertain themselves in the past? 5:55: User-generated content 7:57: Build relationships with other local sites 10:10: International Days
1:00: What we know about William Shakespeare 1:57: Why he may not have written the plays that bear his name 2:19: Potential real authors of the plays 3:20: The women who may have written his plays 4:03: The 'evidence' that proves the theory
1:07: Why pubs had signs 1:44: The original inns & religious pub names 2:21: The practical process for naming a pub 2:47: Common pub names in Britain 4:05: Pubs named for equipment or ingredients 4:36: Unique pub names
0:53: Cromwell's early life 1:23: The start of his political career 2:05: Cromwell as army commander 3:06: The Lord Protector 3:48: Why Cromwell was unpopular 4:16: Cromwell's death mask & afterlife
0:38: Lewis Carroll's mad hatter 1:37: Erethism - the truth behind the mad hatter story 3:10: Hazardous jobs for children, including matchmaking & chimney sweeping 4:00: London-specific jobs - the dangers of being a mudlark 4:29: The toshers working in London's sewers
0:42: The background to the Plot and the challenges faced by James VI and I 1:32: What was the reason for the Plot? 2:38: Why the Gunpowder Plot failed 3:16: How we commemorate the Plot, and the story of the 'guy' 4:00: The further disruptions that James faced
0:59: The international history of tea 2:00: How tea reached Europe 2:28: The invention of the teapot 3:32: What is an afternoon tea, and where did it start? 4:22: High tea & the challenges of linguistic variations 4:48: The cream tea, and the right way to assemble them
0:50: Raymond Brigg's bogeyman - Fungus 2:08: The origins of the bogeyman 2:55: Characteristics of the bogeyman 3:18: The 'buggy men' - the least popular job during the plague 3:38: The Sack Man of Latin countries 3:56: The terrifying 'Old Man with the Bag' in Argentina & Chile
0:56: How she honoured her mother, Anne Boleyn 1:34: Elizabeth I was better educated than you may realise 2:12: Was Elizabeth really a man? 3:10: The two Marys Elizabeth had to beat 4:34: The lethal Elizabethan beauty fads
0:45: What exactly is a motte & bailey castle? 1:50: Who built motte & baileys? 2:32: Why the French needed to keep themselves safe from Vikings 3:12: A Northern example of a motte & bailey, and the Percy family who lived there
Monks have been making their own alcohol for centuries! 0:54: St Aidan & St Cuthbert 1:50: Monks & mead 2:15: The Benedictines & their infamous Buckfast Tonic Wine 3:55: Belgian not-for-profit beers
1:15: The beginnings of the Underground 1:58: Opening day 2:57: The abandoned tube stations 3:48: London's underground rivers
In this introductory episode, you'll hear about your host, Gudrun Lauret, what she does and why she's started this podcast. You'll also find out what you can expect from future episodes.
Is the Bayeux Tapestry really a brilliant example of Norman propaganda? 0:57: It's not really a tapestry at all! 1:31: Why is it propaganda? 2:10: How Harold is depicted 3:19: The Fate of the Tapestry