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57.5 Degrees of Pain Sep 2022 9:40pm, 15 Sep 2022 9,780 posts	Quote Pin 57.5 Degrees of Pain Having recently become fascinated by the early Stewarts (Scottish school history ignored everything between Bannockburn and Mary Queen of Scots, but it's an even racier soap opera than the better known Stuart sequel in the 17th century) I wonder how many more decades the History of Britain podcast will continue. The better known arc or English history will be lengthy enough without loads from Scotland and plenty from Ireland and Wales too.
Nellers Sep 2022 9:53pm, 15 Sep 2022 39,719 posts	Quote Pin Nellers He's a fulltime podcaster so it's his job. I think he'll just keep going. He does concentrate on "english" history but he doesn't ignore Scotland, Wales or Ireland. THey get mentioned and included where the paths cross, and they get their own episodes where they concurrent history gets covered. I suspect there'll be more Scottish history as things progress and the conflicts and allegiences develop.
57.5 Degrees of Pain Sep 2022 10:07pm, 15 Sep 2022 9,784 posts	Quote Pin 57.5 Degrees of Pain As far as I've got (post Roman) there is not a lot of recorded Scottish history to include. But as you say, the tangled webs of Medieval history will involve a great deal of conflicts and allegiences. I assume there will be a lot of French connections too as the Normans taking over England morphs into an English claim to much of France and the Scots getting involved in the ménage à trois.
Neil_E_There Oct 2022 7:31pm, 30 Oct 2022 1,461 posts	Quote Pin Neil_E_There Started listening to Season 2 of Harland on the Limelight podcast. That'll do for my Halloween fair.
Nellers Oct 2022 7:38pm, 30 Oct 2022 39,842 posts	Quote Pin Nellers I got that through from the Limelight stream but I'm not going to bother. Too much in the queue already!
GregP Nov 2022 7:44am, 15 Nov 2022 140,496 posts	Quote Pin GregP Following yet another recommendation (I think it was The Times over the weekend), I made a third attempt to listen to SmartLess last night. Another failure. Managed about five minutes this time so my tolerance for it is increasing.
Nellers Nov 2022 8:29am, 15 Nov 2022 39,890 posts	Quote Pin Nellers Another series of “Within the Wires” is running at the mo. If you’ve not come across it before it’s an audio drama series but told through the gimmick of “in universe recordings”. Previous series have been meditation tapes, dictaphone recordings, journal entries, museum audio tours etc. It’s all set in an alternative present day(ish) where history diverged from ours around WW1 when a combination of war and disease almost brought civilisation down. I really enjoy the series. It’s interesting the way you find more out about the world bit by bit as background info to the stories being told. Worth a go if you haven’t already.
57.5 Degrees of Pain Nov 2022 10:12pm, 15 Nov 2022 10,259 posts	Quote Pin 57.5 Degrees of Pain Has 'Our Fake History' had a recommendation here? Entertaining look at the truth behind historical stories.
Nellers Nov 2022 6:21am, 16 Nov 2022 39,894 posts	Quote Pin Nellers I must have mentioned it at some stage, 57.5 Degrees of Pain. I love it.
GregP Nov 2022 12:51pm, 17 Nov 2022 140,707 posts	Quote Pin GregP Can we circle back to SmartLess , please? It's been recommended all over the shop, so surely someone else has tried it. I'm worried I'm in a minority of one in not liking it. Ordinarily I'd just try and coax Nell into giving it a go but he's up to his backlog in backlogs.