History Obscura

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The Peppermint Humbugs Jul 10, 2021

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Can you guess the extra-special ingredient? No, it's not love...

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The Utmost Island: Chapter Six Jul 03, 2021

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There's plague about in the estate. Whilst I avoid the deadly miasma, here's a lovely prerecorded chapter of The Utmost Island.

I don't suppose you'd spot your favourite host a cup of tea, by any chance? One needs to keep up their strength in times like these.

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Leeuwenhoek’s Animalcules Jun 26, 2021

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Would you believe reports of so-called "little animals" living in your drinking water?

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A Science Palace & Bizarre Death Jun 13, 2021

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This is the story of a very lucky, very intelligent, and sometimes quite foolish Renaissance Man.

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The Tudors: Part Three Jun 05, 2021

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Everyone knows about his hard-headed, serial-marrying son, but what of the founder of the dynasty himself?

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Farewell, Good Cat May 29, 2021

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Here are a few brief kitty tales to soothe us all to sleep.

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The Tudors: Part Two May 16, 2021

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The War of the Roses and the Step-Tudor who was a Mad King.

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The Tudors: Part One May 11, 2021

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This epic tale begins in Wales, some 800 years ago...

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Lucy’s Bones May 11, 2021

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This is the story of our dearly departed mutual cousin...or, aunt?

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Cotard’s Delusion May 11, 2021

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Doctor Jules Cotard was the first physician to research and describe a specific type of psychosis in which patients believe they do not exist, or, that they are dead. These are collected stories of various patients from the last 200 years.

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