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Ray's Rants looking back to the 1960s 70s and 50s in the UK. The British music scene, Jimi Hendrix and The Rolling Stones. The pubs and clubs, Watney's Red Barrel beer, Babycham, Cherry B the night life. The cars, the workplace, television and pirate radio. Kids and schools back in the early days. 60s fashion and clothes, flairs and miniskirts. more

Hey I'm Tom! I'm a film-maker, adventurer and former BBC journalist. Join me in conversation with those who chose a life of adventure, those who don't take normal as normal and those with incredible stories to tell.If you think you know someone who has a Great British Adventure story to tell, please get in contact: https://linktr.ee/tombryanyeah more

A podcast to broadcast the reports of the Provisional Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain! more

Reducing Railway Risk: a series about many aspects of running the GB railway, and how its contributors work to deliver a better, safer railway. more

Welcome to Hidden Heritage the podcast that brings you inside Great Britain's favourite destinations with help from custodians, historians, artisans and experts.From the same team that brought you the No.1 History podcast Duchess, Hidden Heritage uncovers the fascinating stories behind the UK brightest hidden gems. With the help from the biggest voices within British heritage, Hidden Heritage will explore some of the key challenges facing national heritage today and how they can be addressed.Hosted by Lady Violet Manners, founder of HeritageX and Executive Producer of the hit podcast Duchess, this podcast shares the untold & unique stories that celebrate UK heritage. From landmarks to architecture, artefacts to myths & legends, Hidden Heritage will highlight a side to British history you have never seen before.This is Hidden Heritage. more

Zavřete oči a přeneste se do chladné Británie a nehostinné krajiny v těch nejsevernějších koutech Evropy, kde se skrývají příběhy, které vás uchvátí a zároveň vyděsí. Každý díl podcastu vás provede temnými uličkami Británie, kde se skrývají případy brutálních vražd, ale i zasněženou Skandinávií, která skrývá tolik tajemství, ze kterých vám bude tuhnout krev v žilách. Temný sever je podcast Holky z forenzního, který odhaluje nejtemnější zákoutí Velké Británie a Skandinávie.Podcast není vhodný pro posluchače mladších 18 let, ani pro citlivé povahy. more

Hailed more as a literary masterpiece than an accurate account of historical facts, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second by Thomas Babington Macaulay is an admirable mix of fact and fiction. Modern day readers may find much that is offensive and insensitive in this five volume work which covers a particular period in the long and eventful history of Britain. However, it is certainly a book that leads the reader on to further research into the events and people mentioned.The book opens with an elaborate and detailed introduction which describes the writer's motives and reasons for embarking on this project. He goes on to trace the early civilizations that preceded the establishment of the British Monarchy. He credits the British people with resisting all foreign influences beginning with the Romans and going on to the French, Dutch and Germans who had an important role to play in the affairs of the country. The British character and traditions are lauded and commended above all others. This was something which was characteristic of the Victorian age in which Macaulay lived, when the British Empire was at the height of its powers.He was still working on the fifth volume and the reign of William III when he died at the relatively young age of 59. For Macaulay and his contemporaries, Britain at that time represented the zenith of civilization. Macaulay himself was assigned the task of introducing English in British colonies, especially in India. Some of his controversial ideas included dividing the world into 'civilization and barbarism' and his contempt of indigenous cultures. His famously insular outlook which he himself took great pride in was something which permeated through all his writings.The History of England... was seen as an essentially Whig representation of events. It inspired a generation of British politicians and thinkers, the most notable among them being Winston Churchill. The philosophy and viewpoint it represents evokes a past era in which the politics of the world was completely different. Macaulay is also famous for having insisted on personally visiting many of the places he describes and thus introducing the concept of social history in addition to a mere political discourse.In spite of all the attacks it received both when it was first published and later, the book remains a highly readable account of the history of the tiny island nation which went on to become a superpower. more

To celebrate Paines Plough's 50th birthday, we presents 'Come to Where I'm From'. Since 2010, we've invited playwrights to write and perform a mini-play, with just the title of the project as their prompt: 'Come to Where I'm From'. Together, these plays make up a theatrical tapestry of the nation a playwrights' guide to Great Britain.If you would like to see us continue to be an advocate, a voice and a thriving platform for writers and the future of new writing around the country, please consider donating to our 50for50 campaign at this link: www.painesplough.com/50-for-50/ more

We're Allan Lipp and Mhairi Ross, also known as Stormy and Steth join us on an extraordinary 2000 nautical mile journey as we embark on a world-record attempt to circumnavigate Great Britain by rowing boat. https://www.thelongrowhome.co.uk/ more