28 episodes
Past Loves - A History Of The Greatest Love Stories Holly
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Join our host Holly, with a range of guests from the world of heritage and academia, as we take a trip into the most gut-wrenching and heart-warming depths of history to explore affection, infatuation and attachment across time. As we ask, what is the best love story of all time?
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Marie & Pierre Curie | Love, Partnership and Radioactivity with Lauren Redniss
Welcome to another episode of Past Loves - the history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.This week I am joined by author and artist, Lauren Redniss, to discuss the love story between Marie and Pierre Curie.From Marie's early commitment to pursing education to the infamous story around the couple's Nobel Prize win, we delve into the personal and professional lives of Marie and Pierre. Theirs was a great love story and intellectual partnership which r...
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Benjamin and Mary Anne Disraeli | A Strange Romance With Daisy Hay
Welcome to another episode of Past Loves - the history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.This week I am joined by author and Associate Professor in English Literature and Life Writing at the University of Exeter, Daisy Hay, to discuss the love story between Benjamin and Mary Anne Disraeli.Daisy's research into the lives and love of Benjamin and Mary Anne is rooted in extensive archival work in the Reading Room at the Bodleian Library where Mary Anne's rem...
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Selina & Lawrence Kay-Shuttleworth | A Love Story In Letters With Isobel Staton
Welcome to another episode of Past Loves - the history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.This week I am joined by University of York doctoral student Isobel Staton to discuss the love story between Selina and Lawrence Kay-Shuttleworth.Love letters provide us with the perfect way into the relationships of couples in the past. But it takes endless hours of archival research to piece together these stories. In this episode, we're given incredible access to t...
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Virginia Woolf & Vita Sackville-West | Loving In Squares With Sarah Gristwood
Welcome to another episode of Past Loves - the history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.This week I am joined by best-selling biographer, historian and broadcaster, Sarah Gristwood as we delve into the unique relationship between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West. The relationship between Vita and Virginia is as complex and heart-breaking, as it was intensely passionate. They met one evening at a dinner party, both equally fascinated by each o...
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Edith Craig, Christopher St. John & Tony Atwood | A Creative Retreat to Smallhythe Place With Susannah Mayor
Welcome back to the next episode of Past Loves - the weekly history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.This week I am joined by Senior House and Collection Officer of Smallhythe Place, Susannah Mayor, to discuss the fascinating relationship between Edith Craig, Christopher St. John and Tony Atwood. Together Edy, Chris and Tony created a space to live freely, passionately and creatively. Now an oasis which celebrates the history of theatre, and particu...
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Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine | The Medieval Power Couple With Matthew Lewis
Welcome back to the next episode of Past Loves - the weekly history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.This week I am joined by author Matthew Lewis to discuss the fascinating and sprawling relationship between Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Eleanor of Aquitaine had already lived an extraordinary medieval life before she ever met Henry II when she was thrust into the role of French Queen at an early age. But when her marriage was annulled, and her futu...