Joe D Heathcote (@joe-dubghlas.bsky.social)

Consistently Eccentric HistoryConsistently Eccentric HistoryRobert Fortune - Was practically never home for teaDr John Donne - (or) I have Donne a lot more than just write a poem Richard the Lionheart - Going on Crusades can be taxingJasper Maskelyne - Having a magical time in war (perhaps)The Cadbury Brothers - Keeping it fancy since 1870Sir Julius Caesar - (or) what do you mean the king needs to stick to a budget?Mother Shipton - How to make profit from a prophetDr Roderigo Lopez - Sex, spies and enemas in Elizabethan England The Dublin and Gorbels Whiskey/Whisky floods - Another reason to consider a dry JanuaryHannah Snell - A life too fantastical to be true?The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster - A coastal Christmas calamity in CornwallThe Hong Kong Plague of 1894 - trading lives for profit in the EmpireSabrina Sidney - (or) The story of a Georgian incelLady Marjory Allen of Hurtwood - The architect of many childhoodsThe Rum Rebellion - Trying to say bye Bligh to authority in AustraliaAdrian Carton de Wiart - (or) Eye would give my left hand for the British ArmyBONUS EPISODE - Sir Richard Owen and the Walrus Enquiry King Athelstan - (or) a series of convenient deathsDick Kerr Ladies - Kicking off during WWIBlack Sam Bellamy - Can a pirate also be a Goodie?BONUS EPISODE - Was Jack the Ripper a Scouser?James and Florence Maybrick - Arsenic makes the heart grow fonder?Howard Carter and Tutankhamun - Do you dig 19 year old Egyptians?The Croydon Poltergeist - (or) Weird things happen in the suburbsMore maybe-battles in England (Last Battle Part 2) - Everybody hates the StuartsBONUS EPISODE - The Marmite incident - (or) What we get up to before hitting the record buttonThe last battle on English soil (Last Battle Part 1) - (or) if a plane falls in the marsh, does it make a sound?Old Tom Morris - enjoying sollybodkins on the coast of ScotlandThe Manchester Mummy - It is a mistake to believe your doctor is whiter than whiteMore would-be assassins of Queen Victoria (part 2 of 2) - Blunt force and ignorance Attempts to kill Queen Victoria (part 1 of 2) - Shooting for notoriety Catherine Hayes - A red hot affair in Georgian EnglandThe Queen Mum - From Victorian to Millennium and everything in between John Evans - Claiming the wild west for the WelshArthur English - Retiring in Canada involves a lot of hanging aroundHertha Ayrton - Breaking into a male dominated industry is a gasHenry Cavendish - Who needs a social life when you have access to acid?John Lethbridge - Barrels of laughs (and profit) under the seasChief Mouser to the Cabinet Office - The only real Great Office of State in the UKThe Calendar Act of 1750 - Do you want to be accurate, or do you want to be English?Elizabeth of York - It is hard to become a Queen when your uncle is a DickJonathan Martin - Absolutely mad about worshipping God in the right wayIsabella and Catherine of Valois - because every childhood should include marrying the King of EnglandThe first official attempt to swim the Atlantic Ocean - a bonus conversation with JackCedric Allingham - (or) a hundred miles north of Dundee, I once stumbled upon ETKowloon Walled City - For tea? We will create anarchy!Catherine of Braganza - If I give you tea will you stop accusing me of treason?The London Beer Flood - (or) acts of God only apply if you are poorThe Patron Saints of the British Isles - (or) How Wales did it rightThe Loch Line - Sailing against the winds of change (and all reason)The Halifax Gibbet - Cutting your losses in Yorkshire in a very literal senseSir Patrick Moore - (or) Lie me to the moon Sir Gilbert Heathcote - Tangential family history from London, New York and DerbyshireClaude Grahame-White - Why build one plane when you can build dozens?The colony of New Caladonia (Darien Part 2) - Wherein things start badly and it gets worse from thereWilliam Paterson (Darien Part 1) - A man with a scheme Edward Wightman - Burning with a passion for the LordThe Invasion of Fishguard - Excusez-moi, où est Cardiff ?John O Gaunt - With family like this, who needs enemies?Jack Whicher - On the Road to catching a murdererSuffragettes - Or, why you will be able to vote in 11 yearsBlack Dogs of Britain - What is it with the Devil and bridges?George Wombwell - A man who saw the natural world purely in terms of profit marginsColonel Thomas Blood - All I want for Christmas is an extensive range of Irish estatesJohn Snow - The smell of that poo might knock you out, or will it?Isabella Bird - It is a rocky road to freedom when you are a Victorian womanEmperor Norton - Who says America should be a republic?Borley Rectory - A ghost story full of BullUlric Cross - How to be overqualified, no matter the jobA second helping of alphabet themed mini-stories (M-Y)Eleventy First Alphabetical extravaganza! (A-L)The Peasants Revolt - Because there is never a wrong time to teach a child to fight the powerMr Cratwell and Stump-leg - willing to execute even the weirdest of commandsElizabeth II - A bumper takeover episode, curated by HRH Oliver Green!Boudica - For your seventh birthday? A lesson in mortality with a Celtic Queen.Thomas Topham - Who needs to be nice when you can be super buff?Explaining 1066 to a child - All history is weird the first time you hear it.The Eureka Stockade - Prospecting is no fun without prospectsThe Harrow and Wealdstone Disaster - At some point a train is just a 250 tonne battering ramDaniel Mendoza - Fighting Jewish stereotypes (literally)Septimius Severus - Ruling with an iron fist from North Africa to North LanarkshireWilliam McGonagall - Because not every Scottish Poet can be Robert BurnsThe Ghost of Cock Lane - Scratching the Georgian itch for the macabreMadame Tussaud - Truth, like wax, can be quite malleable The Eastbourne Manslaughter Case - (or) A Depressing History of Corporal Punishment in SchoolsAlexander Bain - It is never a good time to trust the EnglishHarold Cole - Always unfair in love and war Two Philip Herberts - A multi-generational tale of violence and privilege Emily Wilding Davison - Whipping up trouble for politicians is a full time job Archibald Leitch - It takes a long time to build a reputation in footballUmrao Singh - A simple love story between a man and his gunBess of Hardwick - Building a legacy is easy when you can afford the best architects The Eddystone Lighthouse - Built with the implied consent of the Sun (King)Helen Duncan - Witch offence should we charge her with?1396 Perth Battle Royale - Red hot Clan on Clan action, now by Royal decreeWilliam Burkitt - It can be Hull searching for true loveJessie Jordan - I spy with my little eye... Military installations in Aldershot A quick British pre-history - Land bridges, ice ages, bears, oh my! Sweet FA - A darker joke from history than anything we have ever said on this podcastAubrey Beardsley - A Decadent who barely got two decadesJohn Tawell - Had women quaking in their bootsHill 60 - Say it is mine, or I will make it mine... using mines!Perce Blackborow - Stowaway to the starsWhipping Tom and Pals - Historical misogynists were really fixated on bottoms Countess Constance Markievicz - Troubleshooting issues in IrelandLouisa May Merrifield - Oh I do like to be beside the seaside (when committing crimes)The Anglo-Zanzibar War - Can we wrap this up? I have things to do this afternoon.Spontaneous Human Combustion - (or) Liar, liar pants on fire.Gnaeus Julius Agricola - Brave (or foolish) enough to go to Scotland to pick a fightThe Red Barn - A story of Sussex and betrayalThomas Overbury - You can stick your friendship right up your bottomSophia Dorothea - Play nice with your cousin or you will be grounded little lady.Andrew Watson - To be young, gifted and three quarters ScottishElsie Inglis - Improving Serbian-Scottish relations since 1914John Cooke - Pure(itan) enough to honestly believe everyone was equal under the lawThe assassination of Spencer Perceval - or; If only you had read the damn pamphlet!Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Variolation is the spice of lifeThe Quakers vs York Asylum - Retreat can be the best form of attackFlodden field part 2 - My cannon is bigger than your cannonFlodden field part 1 - Hammering together an Auld AllianceWilliam Williams - Not willing to hang around in Cornwall but was fine to hang in the USAThe First Ascent of the Matterhorn - Who needs preparation when you are young, rich and English?The Lewes Avalanche - A lot happens in this town so why not drop in?Freya Stark - Who needs men? I have no right-ear!John Punch - Surprise slavery in Virginia sadly surprises nobodyThe Harris List - A Georgian guide that is good for chuckingFrancis Galton - My intelligence is genetic but my mental breakdowns are always self-inflictedThe Great Heathen Horde - Even legless vikings can make a mark in the North EastMary Ann Cotton - She makes me feel all weird in my tummyDadabhai Nasroji - Assuming the best in politicians was a bold moveNecromancy with John of Nottingham and Roger Bolingbroke - Presented explicitly against the wishes of the Royal FamilyBartholomew Roberts - Roedd y Môr-leidr ffansi yn y byd yn Gymraeg, wyddoch chiThomas Neill Cream - A man who was definitely not Jack the Ripper Unsinkable Sam - Hydrophilic Hairball Causes Havoc! Jack Gladstone - The British can even make a tropical paradise depressingEdward C Walker - Making friends with naked ambitionHengist and Horsa - Who says History needs facts?Yarmouth Bridge Disaster - What do you expect when it was designed by clowns?George Plantagenet - A primer on how to how to avoid becoming a kingLucy Maria Boston (with Ollie Green) - Life begins at (checks notes) 62?Lampleigh vs Braithwaite - I beg your pardon, I appear to have broken your servant.Death and the Thames omnibus - Mostly liquid history.Royce and Rolls - A workaholic a toff and a middle manager walk into car...St. Scholastica Day Riot - Lazy students! All they ever do is wine and complain.Thief Taker General vs Honest Jack - Carpentry all just get along?Sophia Duleep Singh - It is the lioness that you need to be afraid ofThe Chubb Brothers - Who do you call when you need to lock up a Hulk?John Franklin - Throw another shoe on the barbie!Rupert Bear (Mutiny Edition part 2) - Guest starring frogs and Paul McCartneyMary Tourtel (Mutiny Edition part 1) - A woman not afraid to bear all.John Atherton - Ghosts can be a pain in the arseWilliam Davidson - If you want a revolution you need to at least organise me a dinner first.The North Berwick Witch Trials - Sadly, everyone expects the Scottish inquisition.The Great Exhibition - Because we have to do something more spectacular than the FrenchThe Black Joke - A tale of redemption starring an inanimate object.William Chaloner - You got to fake it... then just keep faking it.The First FA Cup - Just make the rules up as you go.Dorothy Lawrence - Sometimes the final 30 miles are the hardest.Richard Grenville - Why did people keep giving this man access to boats?Edward the Confessor - Part 3Edward the Confessor - Part 2Edward the Confessor - Part 1 What is Consistently Eccentric all about? https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/5e9c7da787f38d39093e2d78