Today we're talking to curator Louise Macfarlane at Royal Museums Greenwich!

Uncover Cutty Sark's secrets: Did she always carry tea? Was there ever a murder aboard the ship? How did the museum deal with the devastating fire in 2007?

Tune in and climb aboard!

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Cutty Sark Mementoes:

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https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/cutty-sark

https://www.rmg.co.uk/cutty-sark/top-things-to-do

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https://www.visitgreenwich.org.uk/whats-on/

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https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Did you know that Vikings did raids on the Baltics? What did it mean 'to go viking'?

Tune in and get a glimpse of the much expanded world of vikings, thanks to Alex Harvey's latest research.

The paperback of his best-selling book The Forgotten Vikings is out now, published by Amberley.

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Alex' First Book Riddles of the Isle:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Riddles-Isle-History-Axholme-Normans/dp/1739191641

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https://bsky.app/profile/alexharvv.bsky.social

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/h/alex-harvey.html

More from Alex:

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/how-a-new-book-by-a-yorkshire-archeologist-lifts-the-lid-on-britains-forgotten-vikings-4898331

https://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/about/news/news2024/epartment-alumnus-vikings-book2/

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https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Today we're talking to Margarette Lincoln and her book on our fair capital, titled London and the 17th Century: The Making of the World's Greatest City, published by Yale University Press.

Let's find out how did London change from the reigns of James VI & I to Glorious Revolution? What was the landscape like? And what is it about The Queen's House and the Banqueting House that makes them so precious and unique?

Tune in and see for yourself...

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https://www.margarettelincoln.com/

https://www.waterstones.com/author/margarette-lincoln/15071

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https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Today we’re talking to Gareth Russell, a historian and author, whose book on the late Queen Mum we’ll be discussing today.

Did you know she had met the mother of Nicholas II? Or that she was born in Scotland? Would it surprise you to learn one of her suitors was called James Stuart?

Let's find out more...

Gareth's book was published with William Collins in the UK and Atria Books / Simon & Schuster in the USA.

Welcome back, Gareth!

Get Do Let's Have Another Drink:

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https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Do-Lets-Have-Another-Drink!/Gareth-Russell/9781668006955 (USA)

https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780008542658/do-lets-have-another-drink-the-singular-wit-and-double-measures-of-queen-elizabeth-the-queen-mother/ (AUS)

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https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Palace/Gareth-Russell/9781982169077 (USA)

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Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Today we're talking to Claire, the polar expert at Royal Museums Greenwich.

The topic - Lady Jane Franklin, the wife of explorer Sir John Franklin, who never came back from his third voyage to the Arctic.

Let's find out more about this fascinating unconventional Victorian couple.

Welcome, Claire!

P.S. we have new tracks on our episode tonight, courtesy of jimmy cheeseburgah, please enjoy our new interval!

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On the 17th December in the year of our Lord 1619, a boy was born to Elizabeth Stuart and Frederick V of Bohemia.

He would grow up to be his uncle's fierce cavalier commander with the ever-romantic moniker - Rupert of the Rhine.

To give dynastic context - Rupert was grandson to James VI & I, nephew to Charles I, and uncle to the future George I.

If you ever needed a link between the Stuarts and the Hanoverians, this is it.

With us today we have author and historian Mark Turnbull.

He has published Rupert's biography with Pen & Sword.

Welcome back, Mark!

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https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-Is-Private-Life-Hardback/p/23661/aid/1238

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Prince-Rupert-of-the-Rhine-Hardback/p/52608/aid/1238

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Have you ever heard of Frederick Rutland? The British hero of WW1, who ended up working as a freelance spy for America, as well as Japan? Let’s find our more, today we’re talking to Ronald Drabkin, who has written a biography of Frederick: Beverly Hills Spy.

Called so because during his espionage days, Fred lived it up large in Hollywood.

Published by Harper Collins.

Welcome, Ronald!

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https://www.harpercollins.com/products/beverly-hills-spy-ronald-drabkin?variant=41059561013282 (USA)

Find Ronald:

https://www.instagram.com/rondraconian/

https://muckrack.com/ronald-drabkin/articles

https://www.usni.org/people/ronald-drabkin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Drabkin

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Today we’re talking to Andrew Taylor, the author of the best-selling series Ashes of London, set in the 17th century.

Published by Harper Collins.

Welcome, Andrew!

Get Ashes of London:

https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/the-ashes-of-london-james-marwood-cat-lovett-book-1-andrew-taylor?variant=40027853750350 (UK)

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-ashes-of-london-andrew-taylor?variant=42098041749538 (USA)

Read the whole Marwood & Lovett series:

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/search?term=andrew+taylor

https://www.waterstones.com/author/andrew-taylor/58423

Find Andrew:

https://harpercollins.co.uk/blogs/authors/andrew-taylor-crime-writer-5636

https://andrew-taylor.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/andrewjrtaylor/

https://bsky.app/profile/andrewjrtaylor.bsky.social

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

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https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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