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  1. Reinventing... Mary I of England (none of Scotland) with Dr Johanna Strong

    2D AGO

    Reinventing... Mary I of England (none of Scotland) with Dr Johanna Strong

    On the 18th February in the year of our Lord 1516, a girl was born at Greenwich Palace to the happy parents Henry VIII and Katharine of Aragon. This girl would grow up to be the future Mary I of England, elder sister to both Edward VI and Elizabeth I, as well as wife to Philip II of Spain. In her short 42 year life, she achieved many first, not least of all to be the first Crowned Queen of England in her own right. Posthumously, she was undeservedly given the moniker of 'Bloody Mary', as well as getting confused with Mary Queen of Scots. Today we talk to Dr Johanna Strong, who will set the record straight once and for all. Who was Mary, what did she achieve and how we should remember her. Welcome, Jo! Find Dr Johanna: https://drjohannastrong.ca/ https://www.instagram.com/_johanna.strong_/?hl=en https://www.linkedin.com/in/johanna-strong/ https://x.com/jo_strong_ https://winchester.academia.edu/JohannaStrong https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Johanna-Strong Read Dr Johanna: https://drjohannastrong.ca/recent-publications/ Find Baroque: https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ https://www.reignoflondon.com/ https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast Support Baroque: https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/ https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque 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/ For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    56 min
  2. Playing Henry VIII with Mark Goldthorp

    FEB 9

    Playing Henry VIII with Mark Goldthorp

    Today we're talking to Mark Goldthorp, who played Henry VIII in the recent production of Anne Boleyn: The Musical at Hever Castle, produced by Historalia. Let's find out what it was like to step into the shoes of this infamous monarch and why this musical is so unique... Welcome, Mark!   Find Mark: https://mamma-mia.com/uk-and-international-tour/cast/mark-goldthrop https://www.instagram.com/markgoldthorp/ Find the Musical: https://www.instagram.com/anneboleynthemusical/ Find Rebecca Night: https://www.instagram.com/rebeccanighthp/ Find Baroque: https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ https://www.reignoflondon.com/ https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast Support Baroque: https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/ https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque 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/ For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    30 min
  3. Salt People of the Cloud Houses: A Brief History of Dutch Manhattan with Fawn Brokaw Doyle

    FEB 6

    Salt People of the Cloud Houses: A Brief History of Dutch Manhattan with Fawn Brokaw Doyle

    Today we're talking to Fawn Brokaw Doyle, author of a historical fiction novel Salt People of the Cloud Houses, which traces her eight times great grandmother Sarah Rapalje, who was the first European child born in the area we now call New York... Welcome, Fawn! Get Salt People of the Cloud Houses: https://books.fawnbrokawdoyle.com/ Get Prequel: https://www.fawnbrokawdoyle.com/free-prequel Find Fawn: https://www.instagram.com/fawnbrokawdoyle_author/ https://jonathancrain.substack.com/p/from-family-tree-to-historical-fiction https://www.fawnbrokawdoyle.com/ Find Baroque: https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ https://www.reignoflondon.com/ https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast Support Baroque: https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/ https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque 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/ For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    22 min
  4. Lying Abroad: The Invention of Diplomacy with Carol Chillington Rutter

    FEB 3

    Lying Abroad: The Invention of Diplomacy with Carol Chillington Rutter

    Please welcome historian Carol Chillington Rutter to the show, and today we're talking about the life and times of Henry Wotton, a Tudor and Jacobean Italian ambassador who helped prevent a pan-European war. Who was he? Let's find out more... Welcome, Carol! Carol's books are published with Manchester University Press. A great thank you to Carol for joining us today, and if you would like to see Carol at this year's Oxford Literary Festival, the bookings are open, please see link in the description below for Carol's chat with Clare Jackson on Henry Wotton and James VI & I. Get Lying Abroad: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526172068/ Get Shakespeare in Performance: Antony and Cleopatra: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526194701/ Get Shakespeare in Performance: The Henry VI Plays: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9780719080937/ See Carol at Oxford Literary Festival 2026: https://oxfordliteraryfestival.org/literature-events/2026/march-24/history-makers-james-vi-and-i-and-henry-wotton Find Susan: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/people/rutterprofcarol/ https://thevineyagency.com/carol-chillington-rutter/ https://theorg.com/org/shakespeare-birthplace-trust/org-chart/carol-chillington-rutter Find Baroque: https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ https://www.reignoflondon.com/ https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast Support Baroque: https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/ https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque 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/ For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    53 min
  5. Reinventing... Charles I: The Final Days with Mark Turnbull

    JAN 30

    Reinventing... Charles I: The Final Days with Mark Turnbull

    On the 30th January in the year of our Lord 1649, the King of England, Scotland and Ireland - Charles I - was led to his execution. Let's find out more about the days leading up to his death and whether it could have been stopped. With us today we have author and historian Mark Turnbull. He has published Charles I's Private Life with Pen & Sword. Welcome back, Mark! Get Mark's Books: 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 Find Mark: https://www.allegianceofblood.com/ Find Baroque: https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ https://www.reignoflondon.com/ https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast Support Baroque: https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/ https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque 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/ For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    31 min
  6. The House of Pole with Adam Pennington

    JAN 27

    The House of Pole with Adam Pennington

    Please welcome to the podcast Adam Pennington, who has written a book about The House of Pole, Henry VIII's cousins. Published by Pen & Sword. At the centre we have the matriarch Margaret Pole, daughter of the Duke of Clarence, the infamous victim of Malmsey wine. Her son Reginald would go on to be the greatest supporter of Mary I, and Margaret's grand-daughter Dorothy would become a friend of Elizabeth I. You might say they were poles apart... Let's find out more. Welcome, Adam! Get House of Pole: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Henry-VIII-and-the-Plantagenet-Poles-Hardback/p/50816/aid/1238 Catch Adam this weekend at the Katharine of Aragon Festival: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/peterborough/peterborough-cathedral/the-exeter-conspiracy-henry-viii-s-destruction-of-his-own-family-with-adam-pennington/2026-01-29/18:45/t-jxkllep Katharine of Aragon Festival 2026: https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/about/history/katharine-of-aragon/kofa_26/ Find Adam: https://www.instagram.com/thetudorchest https://x.com/TheTudorChest https://tudorblogger.substack.com/p/guest-post-q-and-a-with-adam-pennington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7MO9CM5T2k Find Baroque: https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ https://www.reignoflondon.com/ https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast Support Baroque: https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/ https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque 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/ For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 12m
  7. The Women of the Burgundian Court 101 with Susan Abernethy

    JAN 20

    The Women of the Burgundian Court 101 with Susan Abernethy

    Please welcome back historian Susan Abernethy to the show, and today we're talking about the backbone of the medieval Burgundian court, in short, its most formidable women. This is an intro to this world, there is so much to explore! Where is Burgundy? How was the Burgundian court and the Tudors connected? What language did they speak and when did this duchy lose its independence? Susan has just written a book on this topic, published by Pen & Sword. Tune in and find out more... Get Ladies of Medieval Burgundian Court: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Formidable-Women-who-Shaped-Medieval-Europe-Hardback/p/56701/aid/1238 Get Catherine of Braganza: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-IIs-Portuguese-Queen-Hardback/p/52501/aid/1238 Get Susan's Books: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Susan-Abernethy/a/6071 Find Susan: https://thefreelancehistorywriter.com/author/thefreelancehistorywriter/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-abernethy-16b57340 https://www.instagram.com/yoginisusan2010/ https://bsky.app/profile/susanabernethy2.bsky.social Find Baroque: https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ https://www.reignoflondon.com/ https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast Support Baroque: https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/ https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque 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/ For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    26 min
  8. Visit Blighty: The Cutty Sark

    JAN 17

    Visit Blighty: The Cutty Sark

    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!   Read Cutty Sark: https://shop.rmg.co.uk/products/the-cutty-sark-pocket-manual Cutty Sark Mementoes: https://shop.rmg.co.uk/search?page=1&q=cutty+sark Find Royal Museums Greenwich: https://www.rmg.co.uk/ https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/cutty-sark https://www.rmg.co.uk/cutty-sark/top-things-to-do Visit Greenwich (...best place to be): https://www.visitgreenwich.org.uk/whats-on/ Find Baroque: https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ https://www.reignoflondon.com/ https://www.instagram.com/ifitaintbaroquepodcast/ Support Baroque: https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/ https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque 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/ For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    34 min
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  • Creator
    Reign of London Tours
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    218
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Natalie Lomako
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