37 episodes
Vintage History Gribbin & Howarth
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Two History teachers, united by their passion for wine and the past needed an excuse to drink. So... we made up a podcast. As we drink a bottle of wine from a wonderful year of history, we will discuss some of the key events including an event, and invention or idea and a person of interest.All within a couple of glasses!
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2022 Significance Playoffs
We finished 2022 by looking at all of the events, ideas and people that we had researched and discussed in a World Cup knock out format. Some surprises unfolded as you might expect and the eventual trio of winners might surprise you (although maybe not if you have been in our History lessons...)
Music: A few moments later by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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1843: The release of A Christmas Carol, the opening of the Thames Tunnel and the birth of Frederick George Abberline
The Christmas Special is set in 1843. We look at the release of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas", the opening of the Thames Tunnel overseen by Marc Isambard Brunel and the birth of Chief Inspector Frederick George Abberline of MET and Ripper fame.
Music: A few moments later by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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1666: The Great Fire of London, Sir Isaac Newton's use of prisms and Mary Astell
Another hot episode coming up with the events and fallout of the Great Fire of London, the work of Sir Isaac Newton on the diffraction of light using prisms and the birth of English protofeminist writer Mary Astell.
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1934: The Night of the Long Knives, Bonny and Clyde and the invention of Cat's Eyes
This time we go back to 1934 and examine when Hitler purged the Nazi 'party' quite literally, Bonnie and Clyde met their grizzly end and cats eyes became a feature of British roads thanks to Percy Shaw. All whilst drinking a dubious bottle of German white...
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2020: The impeachment of Trump, George Floyd Jr and COVID19 vaccines
As up to date as we dare to go this time with 2020: the year of lockdown. We re-donned our facemasks and reminisced about the year that saw us stay indoors. We have focused our attention on the impeachment of Donald Trump, the death of George Floyd Jr and the rollout of COVID19 vaccines.
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1918: Armistice, Katherine Johnson & Plastic Surgery
1918 was the selection this week as we recorded on 11th November. We sampled the spirit of the Armistice, the mathematical genius of NASA "computer" Katherine Johnson and Harold Gillies' work on the birth of plastic surgery.
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