In this episode I embrace joy, laughter and self-expression. Share poetry I've written. Although not a mental health professional, content are true accounts of my personal caregiving journey. Carers Caress is a testiment to the resilience found in a care giving role, bringing personal growth. Reminding all of the importance for self- care.
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This podcast is connected to the Royal Studies Network and the Royal Studies Journal and covers topics related to monarchical history as well as featuring new research and publications in the field of royal studies. Join us for interviews, roundtable discussions and more covering all things royal studies and highlighting the latest and greatest in the field!
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In this episode, host Ellie Woodacre interviews Dr Mishka Sinha, co-curator of the Untold Lives: A Palace at Work exhibition at Historic Royal Palaces (running until 27 October 2024). In the interview we discuss how the development of the exhibition. the ways it which it reveals the hidden histories of palace courtiers and servants and the unexpect…
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Exhibition Feature: Six Lives (National Portrait Gallery, London)
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In this episode, host Ellie Woodacre interviews Charlotte Boland, the curator of the Six Lives exhibition currently running at the National Portrait Gallery, London. In this interview we discuss the inspiration behind the exhibition, new approaches to the history of the Six Lives and the unusual and diverse selection of visual and material culture …
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Interview with Alexandra Forsyth on Medieval French Dauphines
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CONTENT WARNING: Please be aware that there are brief discussions of infant and child mortality in this episode. In this episode Susannah Lyon-Whaley interviews Alexandra Forsyth on her fascinating research on the dauphines of late medieval France. Guest Bio: Alexandra is a doctoral candidate in History at the University of Auckland. Her doctoral t…
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Royal Studies Journal Feature: Special Issue on Aristocracy (part 1: English version)
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To celebrate the release of the Royal Studies Journal special issue 'Defining Aristocracy' (issue 11.1: June 2024), we have two roundtable episodes with the guest editor, Cathleen Sarti, and her contributors--one in English and another in German: a first for our podcast! This episode (in English) is hosted by Ellie Woodacre and features Cathleen Sa…
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Royal Studies Journal Feature: Special Issue on Aristocracy (part 2: German version)
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To celebrate the release of the Royal Studies Journal special issue 'Defining Aristocracy' (issue 11.1: June 2024), we have two roundtable episodes with the guest editor, Cathleen Sarti, and her contributors--one in English and another in German: a first for our podcast! This episode is the German version, hosted by Erik Liebscher and featuring Cat…
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Interview: Winner of the 2024 Royal Studies Journal Book Prize
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In this episode, host Ellie Woodacre interviews the winner of the Royal Studies Journal Book Prize 2024--Matthew Fitzpatrick. In the interview, we discuss his prize winning book The Kaiser and the Colonies: Monarchy in the Age of Empire (Oxford University Press, 2022), including the inspiration behind the project, the character of Kaiser Wilhelm II…
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Publication Feature: Intercultural Explorations at the Court of Henry VIII
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This episode is an interview with Nadia van Pelt about her new book, Intercultural Explorations and the Court of Henry VIII which came out with OUP in December 2023. In this episode Dr Ellie Woodacre asks the author about the inspiration behind the book, the role of the fool at the Tudor court and about an exciting document that Nadia discovered wh…
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Project Feature: Roundtable with Henry on Tour Project Team
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This episode, hosted by Dr Ellie Woodacre, features another roundtable with members of the Henry on Tour project team--we discuss the progresses of Henry VIII and the big themes of the project including kingship & queenship, logistics, legacy and performance. About the project: This exciting three-year venture brings together a cross-disciplinary t…
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This episode your host Alexis reminds us to keep belief in our self whilst navigating lifes challenges. Listeners are encouraged to trust the strength in your abilities. Carer's Caress affirms hosts romantic spirit and own experiences. Everyone struggles at times in their journey of self discovery. I wish this episode is of comfort to you, no matte…
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Disclaimer: I meant to release this in May, I had technical difficulty. Alexis Finding light in the shadow reflects on the significance of mental health awareness month. Sharing her personal journey as caregiver to her husband who battles long term depression and anxiety. Through her own experiences, Alexis discovered the power of creativity as a t…
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Project Feature: Interview with Matthieu Mensch on “Reines en images”
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In this episode we feature a project which aims to collect all known images of queens and royal women, called “Reines en images”. Host Ellie Woodacre interviews the project's creator, Matthieu Mensch, discussing the genesis of the project, plans for future expansion and the relevance to images of royal women today. If you are interested in getting …
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Project Feature: Roundtable with e-Reginae Project Team
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This episode features e-Reginae, an exciting project in the field of queenship studies, based at the University of Lisbon. This roundtable includes three members of the project team: project leader Professor Ana Maria S.A Rodrigues, Inês Olaia and Pedro de Sousa. We'll be discussing the project aims, the inspiration behind e-Reginae and their plans…
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Marie Antoinette's Gardens: Rethinking Female Agency - Interview with Susan Taylor-Leduc
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In this episode, Susannah Lyon-Whaley is joined by Susan Taylor-Leduc to discuss her latest book and ongoing research on Marie Antoinette and gardens. Susan's 2022 book on Marie Antoinette - Marie Antoinette's Legacy: The Politics of French Garden Patronage and Picturesque Design, 1775-1867 - is available from Amsterdam University Press here. More …
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Part Two of Egyptian Rulership: Interview with Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones on The Cleopatras
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In this episode, Ellie Woodacre interviews Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones on his new book The Cleopatras. The Forgotten Queens of Egypt, published by Wildfire/Basic Books in May 2024. We discuss the need for this book which looks at all seven of the Cleopatras who were dynamic and fascinating co-rulers of Ptolemaic Egypt. We also discuss the particular dyna…
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Present, presentations. Speaks on the profound impact of gestures of care in our relationships. Alexis explores the concept of being present both physically and emotionally for those whom we care about. You''ll hear some words of wisdom, from a family support worker, Alexis visited in her past. Those words taught her to 'trust in your own instincts…
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Look forward, not back. Tune in for inspiration and insights into navigating life's ups and downs with courage and compassion. Host Alexis, speaks on the power of words, resillience in frustation and encourages listeners to approach lifes challenges with forward thinking mindset. Alexis shares some personal reflection on finding growth, from being …
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Part One of Egyptian Rulership: Interview with Caleb Hamilton on Egyptian kingship
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In this episode on Egyptian kingship we are speaking to Dr Caleb R. Hamilton (Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Kāi Tahu). Caleb is the Pouārahi, Principal Advisor Environmental Outcomes for Houkura, the Independent Māori Statutory Board. He was previously an Aporei Mātai (Principal Anaylst) at Te Puni Kōkiri and was Pou Matua Taonga Tuku Iho (Principal A…
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Roundtable Feature: Notions of Privacy at Early Modern European Courts
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In this episode, we have a roundtable with the lead editor and three contributors to the new collection, Notions of Privacy at Early Modern European Courts: Reassessing the Public and Private Divide, 1400-1800 (AUP, 2024). We discuss whether the term 'privacy' is problematic in terms of early modern court life and what expectations monarchs themsel…
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Book Series Feature: New 'Monarchy, History & Culture' series at AUP
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This episode features a new book series 'Monarchy, History and Culture' at AUP. The series seeks to publish studies on monarchy, both individual and comparative, from the ancient world to the French Revolution. In this episode, we interview two of the series editors to discuss what kind of work they are hoping to feature and tips for authors who wo…
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Publication Feature: Floral Culture and the Tudor and Stuart Courts
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Today’s episode celebrates the publication of Floral Culture and the Tudor and Stuart Courts, ed. Susannah Lyon-Whaley (Amsterdam University Press, 2024). These interdisciplinary essays engage with flowers as real, artificial, and represented objects across the Tudor and Stuart courts in gardens, literature, painting, interior furnishing, garments,…
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In this episode, hosted by Susannah Lyon-Whaley, we have a roundtable highlighting recent research on royal mistresses and the important part they played in the French and English monarchies. Guest Biographies: Tracy Adams is a professor in European Languages and Literatures at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She has also taught at the Uni…
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Young Queens Feature (Part 2): Interview with Nicola Tallis
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We are back with Part 2 of our feature on 'Young Queens', featuring Dr Nicola Tallis and her new book, Young Elizabeth! In this interview we discuss how important it is to examine Elizabeth's childhood in order to understand the great queen that she became. As a point of connection with the interview with Leah Chang on her Young Queens book, we dis…
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'Carer's Caress' host, Alexis reflects on personal growth and the lessons learned from care giving. Emphasizes the importance of effective communication also acknowledges the impact negative expressions, can have on our relationships/partnerships. This episode also speaks of the signignifance of reaching out and seeking assistance. The power of dre…
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In this episode, 'Carer's Caress' host Alexis. Shares her reflections on the passing of time and the importance of finding comfort while confronting change. Alexis explores resolutions that come with new year and growing older. She candidly discusses her journey towards self-improvement and care giving. I mentioned four songs, that infuse me with h…
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Young Queens Feature (Part 1): Interview with Leah Redmond Chang
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We open 2024 with a two-part feature on Young Queens, featuring two new books which look at young royal women in 16th century Europe. Our first interview is with Leah Redmond Chang, author of Young Queens (Bloomsbury, 2023). In this episode we talk about the three women featured in her book (Catherine de Medici, Elisabeth de Valois and Mary Queen o…
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Warmth and commitment stand out as I reflect Christmas cheer. Encourage giving back during this time by donating food, clothes or volunteering. I speak on cherished memories of my mum. I appreciate everyones positive feedback through my email alexandrafrsth@gmail.com I'm pleased to know listening has been caressed you and been of help, welcome new …
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Description from my friend's Instagram page - confessionsofasimplemum Welcome! My writing journey began based on a long time dream of wishing to start a blog, not really knowing why, just knew it was something I wanted to do. I have a passion for reaching out to people, sharing my faith, stopping the stigma of mental illness. I wish to encourage ot…
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Interview with James Taffe: Christmas with the Tudors
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This episode features Dr James Taffe speaking with Dr Johanna Strong about his latest publication, Christmas with the Tudors, out now! They discuss the book more generally as well as Christmas traditions of the Twelve Days of Christmas, gifts, and the role of queens in celebrations. To buy Christmas with the Tudors, head to Amazon UK, Amazon USA, A…
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In this episode, Alexis opens up about the subtle yet impactful shifts in her relationship with her husband Craig. Caught between moments of admiration and doubt, Alexis grapples with the blurred lines in being a romantic partner and feeling like she's living with a roommate. As she navigates these complexities she finds solace in their son Oscar a…
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This episode delves into personal struggles and community crisis, host shares a recent bout of depression and demonstrates the power of empathy in difficult times. Explains an unexpected remedy from her son. Stating that "chicken nuggets, make everything better." Finishing with a callout to victims of bushfire devastation throughout South East QLD …
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Interview with Valerie Schutte: Royal Studies Journal Cluster
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This episode, we are joined by Dr Valerie Schutte for a conversation about her forthcoming Royal Studies Journal Cluster, due for publication next month. Valerie Schutte has published widely on royal Tudor women, book dedications, and queenship. She has published two monographs: Mary I and the Art of Book Dedications: Royal Women, Power, and Persua…
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Although we're committed to our responsibilities when caring for another. Remember, we ourselves also have the right to be happy and cared for. I realized my habitual routine, had become 'all about others' I power through using this famous Charles Dickens quote as a mantra "it is a far, far better thing I do now than I've ever done. With a focus on…
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An introduction and brief disclaimer. In this debut episode I embrace joy, laughter and self-expression and narrate poetry I've written personally. Names have been changed for privacy. Whilst not a mental health professional, shared content are true accounts of my personal caregiving journey. 'Carers Caress' is a testiment to the resilience found i…
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Interview with Eilish Gregory: Later Stuart Queens, 1660-1735
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Later Stuart Queens, 1660–1735: Religion, Political Culture, and Patronage (edited by Eilish Gregory and Michael Questier) is part of Palgrave Macmillan’s Queenship and Power series and seeks to re-insert queens into the mainstream of Stuart and early Georgian studies. It will be published in December 2023. Today we are speaking with Dr. Eilish Gre…
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Interview with Susan North: Dressed to Impress: Courtly Fashion in the V & A Collections
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This podcast shines a spotlight on three items of dress in the V&A collections with a courtly or royal theme. Susan North, Curator of Fashion 1550-1800 at the Victoria & Albert Museum, speaks about their style, materials, where and when they would have been worn, and caring for them. In this podcast, we discuss: A resplendently embroidered mantua, …
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Interview with Dr Sarah Bendall: The Women Who Clothed the Stuart Queens
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Sarah A. Bendall is a material culture and gender historian at the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, ACU. Her first book, Shaping Femininity, was published with Bloomsbury in 2021. It was shortlisted for the Society of Renaissance Studies (UK) biannual book prize in 2022 and awarded highly commended. She is co-investigator on the AHRC-f…
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Interview with Dr. Erin Griffey: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Early Modern Queens, Beauty, and Cosmetics
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Dr. Erin Griffey is a specialist in early modern visual and material culture at the University of Auckland and a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. She has published widely on court culture, especially the early seventeenth-century British queen Henrietta Maria and the Stuart court. She has written On Display: Henrietta Maria and the Materials o…
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Interview with Kings & Queens 13 Host: Professor Kathleen Wilson-Chevalier
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In this episode, we interview Professor Kathleen Wilson-Chevalier, the host of the upcoming Kings & Queens 13 conference in May 2024 at The American University of Paris. In this interview, Kathleen tells us all about the inspiration behind the theme "Gift-giving and Communication Networks". We also discuss the conference's commemoration of the 500t…
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This episode features an interview with Polly Putnam and Holly Marsden, two of the team responsible for Historic Royal Palaces' innovative 'Crown to Couture' exhibition which is running until 29 October 2023. To find out more about the exhibition, follow this link and most importantly, have a listen to this episode to hear more about the inspiratio…
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Special Feature: RSJ Special Issue on Iberian Household's (IN SPANISH!)
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This very special episode features Diana Pelaz Flores, guest editor of the current Royal Studies Journal special issue 'The Iberian Queen's Households: Dynamics, Social Strategies and Royal Power' (Vol 10.1, June 2023). Diana is the 'host' of this episode, in conversation with Lledó Ruiz Domingo and Paula Del Val Vales, who both contributed article…
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Interview with Adriana Concin: Winner of the 2023 RSJ PGR/ECR Article Prize
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This episode features an interview with the winner of the Royal Studies Journal 2023 Postgraduate/Early Career Scholar Article Prize. In this interview we'll be discussing her prizewinning article and the disastrous Medici/Habsburg marriage that inspired it! Guest Bio: Adriana Concin is the Assistant Curator of Paintings and Drawings at the Victori…
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Interview with Rob Runacres: Fencing and Royal Education
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In this episode, Rob Runacres (University of Winchester) speaks about aspects of his doctoral research on fencing and HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) in early modern European courts and royal education. Rob’s two translations from French primary sources are available from Fallen Rook Publishing (https://www.fallenrookpublishing.co.uk/). The…
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Queens' Roles in Warfare, Conflict, and Military Life
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Join us for this episode featuring postgraduate research students Louise Gay and Ashlee Johnson, who speak to Dr Johanna Strong about their research into queens' roles in warfare, conflict, and military life in medieval Europe. Louise is a PhD student at the Université Sorbonne Paris Nord examining thirteenth- and fourteenth-century French and Engl…
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Interview with Dr Nicola Clark & Dr. Caroline Dunn: Ladies-in-waiting in the medieval and early modern English court.
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In this episode we are joined by Nikki Clark and Caroline Dunn to speak about their work on the role of ladies-in-waiting in the medieval and early modern English court. We’ll hear their reflections on how the role changed over time and what life was like for these women as well as their thoughts about Queen Camilla’s decision to eliminate this pos…
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Interview with Dr Alice Hunt: Coronation Special Part 2: A History Of Coronations In England & Britain.
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This episode is the second of two episodes on the history of coronations in England and Britain in connection with the upcoming coronation of King Charles III. In this episode we are talking to Alice Hunt, author of The Drama of Coronation. We’ll be getting her thoughts on the legacy of the medieval and early modern ceremonies on the upcoming coron…
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Interview with Dr José Manuel Cerda: Coronation Special Part 1: A History Of Coronations in England And Britain.
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This episode is the first of two episodes on the history of coronations in England and Britain in connection with the upcoming coronation of King Charles III. In this episode we are talking to José Manuel Cerda about his new book Coronation: The British Monarchy in only one word (Coronación. La monarquía británica en una sola palabra) and his thoug…
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Interview with Dr Cathleen Sarti: Deposing early modern European monarchs
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In this episode, we continue this month's theme on deposed or deposing monarchs with an interview with Dr Cathleen Sarti about her work on this topic in early modern Europe. Below we have some recommendations from Cathleen if you would like to know more about the topic or follow up on some of the works she mentions in the interview: Sarti, Cathleen…
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Interview with Alex Bescoby: The deposed monarchy of Myanmar--past & present
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Alex Bescoby is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, writer and presenter from Manchester, UK, with a love of history, travel and storytelling. A Cambridge University history and politics graduate, he has written for BBC News, the Telegraph, National Geographic and Lonely Planet. His long- and short-form films have been shown by global broadcast…
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Roundtable Feature: Representing Monarchy on Screen
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This episode is a roundtable hosted by Johanna Strong featuring four scholars (Elena Woodacre, Sarah Betts, Lucy Coatman and Jessica Storoschuk) discussing representations of monarchy on the small and silver screen. Topics of discussion include Netflix's The Crown and The Empress, K-Dramas on the Joseon dynasty, Marie Antoinette in Sofia Coppola's …
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New Directions: Dr Helen Newsome & 'The Queen's Post'
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In connection with International Women's Day, we have a feature on the research of Dr Helen Newsome and her work on the letter writing of queens. In this episode we discuss her work on editing the impressive letter collection of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots and her new research project 'The Queen's Post'. To find out more about Dr Newsome's resea…
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