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Episode 23 of School Britannia Podcast, a fortnightly show serving you British History gems from the perspective of two Aussie upstarts. Why did people use gunpowder to fight the Great Fire of London? Who was Lady Mary Wortley Montagu? Where have we been all this time?? All this and more! Editing by Eleanor with much assistance from Claire www.clairegawne.com Music by Jamie Pettinger Artwork by Lucy Maddox www.lucymaddox.com SOURCES Great Fire of London: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Great-Fire-of-London/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Fire_Brigade https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/museum/history-and-stories/early-fire-brigades/ https://londontopia.net/history/history-london-fire-brigade/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/03/not-our-mission-private-fire-crews-protect-the-insured-not-the-public http://www.firefighterfoundation.org.uk/history/ Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Smallpox: BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/02/2007_14_fri.shtml BBC Radio 4 Science Stories: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lady-mary-montagus-smallpox-experiment/id1112598040?i=1000426901064 US National Library of Medicine: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/smallpox/sp_variolation.html Who was Lady Mary Wortley Montagu? Eamonn Gearon for the National Trust: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/who-was-lady-mary-wortley-montagu Boston University School of Public Health: http://sphweb.bumc.bu.edu/otlt/MPH-Modules/EP/EP713_Causality/EP713_Causality2.html World Health Organisation: https://www.who.int/biologicals/vaccines/smallpox/en/ The Wellcome Foundation http://blog.wellcomelibrary.org/2016/05/lady-montagu-and-the-introduction-of-inoculation/ Medicine and Society in Early Modern Europe, Mary Lindemann, University of Miami - August 2010 http://services.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/history/european-history-after-1450/medicine-and-society-early-modern-europe-2nd-edition?format=PB This Podcast Will Kill You, Episode 3: Gnarlypox https://thispodcastwillkillyou.com/2018/02/10/episode-3/

A very festive bonus episode of School Britannia Podcast, a fortnightly show serving you British History gems from the perspective of two Aussie upstarts. How did a stroll through an Edinburgh graveyard inspire one of the most iconic grinchy characters in history? And Christmas trees are as old are Jesus... aren't they? All this and more in this bonus Christmas episode! Editing by Claire www.clairegawne.com Artwork by Lucy Maddox www.lucymaddox.com Sources: https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100337215 https://www.historytoday.com/archive/first-christmas-tree http://projectbritain.com/Xmas/trees.html https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Christmas-Tree/

Episode 22 of School Britannia Podcast, a fortnightly show serving you British History gems from the perspective of two Aussie upstarts. Why did researching women’s suffrage melt Claire’s brain? And why do we remember, remember, the 5th of November...? All this and more! Editing by Claire www.clairegawne.com Artwork by Lucy Maddox www.lucymaddox.com Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage_in_the_United_Kingdom https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-politics/9933592/Women-voted-75-years-before-they-were-legally-allowed-to-in-1918.html https://www.bl.uk/votes-for-women/articles/the-campaign-for-womens-suffrage-an-introduction https://www.bl.uk/votes-for-women/articles/women-quite-unknown-working-class-women-in-the-suffrage-movement https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11914757/Racism-and-the-suffragettes-the-uncomfortable-truth.html https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/oct/23/voteless-women-workers-seek-parliamentary-representation-archive-1903 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffragette#Hunger_strikes_and_force-feeding https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2015/10/what-did-suffragette-movement-britain-really-look https://doi.org/10.1080/09612029500200088: Laura E. Nym Mayhall (1995) Creating the ‘suffragette spirit’: British feminism and the historical imagination1 , women'sHistory Review, 4:3, 319-344 Gunpowder, Treason and Plot, Channel 4 2001 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StwIeUnz0FQ Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes History of York: http://www.historyofyork.org.uk/themes/tudor-stuart/guy-fawkes FBI, Hate Crimes: https://ucr.fbi.gov/hate-crime/2017/topic-pages/victims

A very spooky bonus episode of School Britannia Podcast, a fortnightly show serving you British History gems from the perspective of two Aussie upstarts. Who are the mysterious beasties on the shore? And what's been happening at old Major Weir's house....? All this and frights galore!

Episode 21 of School Britannia Podcast, a fortnightly show serving you British History gems from the perspective of two Aussie upstarts. Why did people suddenly lose their mind about witches? And do Druids really prance around in forests wearing robes? All this and more in this extra spooky episode! Editing by Claire www.clairegawne.com Artwork by Lucy Maddox www.lucymaddox.com Sources: History Extra - Witch Trials and Feuding Queens (podcast) Lancaster Castle: http://www.lancastercastle.com/history-heritage/further-articles/the-pendle-witches/ Historic UK: https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Witches-in-Britain/ James I/IV and Witches: https://www.historyextra.com/period/stuart/king-james-vi-i-hunted-witches-hunter-devilry-daemonologie/ Wonderful Discovery of Witches - Thomas Potts http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18253/18253-h/18253-h.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft_Acts#Witchcraft_Act_1562 Witches, University of Edinburgh - https://witches.is.ed.ac.uk/extravisual/ Watch Paranorman - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ParaNorman Witches, Midwives and Nurses by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English: https://www.feministes-radicales.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Barbara-Ehrenreich-and-Deirdre-English-Witches-Midwives-and-Nurses-A-History-of-Women-Healers.-Introduction..pdf Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici: https://libcom.org/files/Caliban%20and%20the%20Witch.pdf Malleus Maleficarum: http://www.malleusmaleficarum.org/downloads/MalleusAcrobat.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druid https://www.grunge.com/79449/false-facts-everyone-believes-druids/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/halloween_1.shtml

Episode 20 of School Britannia Podcast, a fortnightly show serving you British History gems from the perspective of two Aussie upstarts. When did the youths get so darn rowdy? And why all the hullabaloo about foxes? All this and more! Editing by Claire www.clairegawne.com Artwork by Lucy Maddox www.lucymaddox.com Sources: https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/longview/longview_20030408.shtml https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_corporal_punishment#United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burston_Strike_School http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/2867923.stm https://libcom.org/history/timeline-uk-schoolchildrens-strikes https://www.theguardian.com/education/2010/nov/10/student-protest-fees-violent BBC -Bid to close loopholes in Scottish fox hunting ban https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-46813439 The Conversation: http://theconversation.com/no-wonder-fox-hunting-is-still-prevalent-the-ban-is-designed-to-fail-british-wildlife-110454 Historic UK: https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Fox-Hunting-in-Britain/ Fox Hunters: http://www.foxhunters.com.au/fox-hunting-shooting-down-under/ Masters of Foxhounds Association: https://thehuntingoffice.org.uk/mfha/mfha-about.html The Hunting Office: https://thehuntingoffice.org.uk/ The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/nov/19/hunting.immigrationpolicy League Against Cruel Sports: https://www.league.org.uk/fox-hunting The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/26/foxhunting-ban-being-ignored-say-environmental-groups Hunt Saboteurs: https://www.huntsabs.org.uk/ BBC 3 - Battle In The Country, Hunt Saboteurs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsAJo1-191o Unilad - The Dark Side of Britain, The Hunt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSvD09AaAXY Peta - 10 Facts about Foxes: https://www.peta.org.uk/blog/10-fascinating-facts-about-foxes-with-photos/ British Trust for Ornithology - Mammal Monitoring - https://www.bto.org/our-science/projects/bbs/latest-results/mammal-monitoring Wikipedia - red foxes in Australia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_foxes_in_Australia New Scientist - Urban Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2116583-there-are-five-times-more-urban-foxes-in-england-than-we-thought/#ixzz5yq2yth7W How Stuff Works.com, Fox Hunting: https://adventure.howstuffworks.com/outdoor-activities/hunting/principles/fox-hunting.htm League against cruel sports - foxes: https://www.league.org.uk/foxes https://www.countryside-alliance.org/our-work/campaigns/campaign-for-hunting Scottish Government: https://www.gov.scot/news/new-legislation-on-fox-hunting/

Episode 19 of School Britannia Podcast, a fortnightly show serving you British History gems from the perspective of two Aussie upstarts. Why does everyone keep comparing Boris Johnson to King Charles I? And what sparked the strike at the Bryant & May match factory? All this and more! Editing by Claire www.clairegawne.com Artwork by Lucy Maddox www.lucymaddox.com Sources: The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/10/brexit-chants-of-shame-as-suspension-of-parliament-descends-into-chaos UK Parliament: https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/occasions/prorogation/ UK Parliament: https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/parliamentaryauthority/civilwar/overview/petition-of-right/ Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prorogation_in_the_United_Kingdom BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49722087 BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/charles_i_king.shtml Crash Course European History, the English Civil War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyk3bI_Y68Y The Guardian - Why comparisons between Boris Johnson and Charles I aren’t just lazy rhetoric: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/29/boris-johnson-charles-i-king https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matchgirls%27_strike https://medium.com/study-of-history/a-short-history-c52a80c69d5e http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/work/england/london/article_1.shtml https://strangeremains.com/2015/03/01/the-horrific-disease-that-causes-jaw-bones-to-glow-in-the-dark-and-rot-away/ https://theconversation.com/meet-the-matchstick-women-the-hidden-victims-of-the-industrial-revolution-87453 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Besant http://www.unionhistory.info/matchworkers/matchworkers.php

Episode 18 of School Britannia Podcast, a fortnightly show serving you British History gems from the perspective of two Aussie upstarts. How did the printing press change English spelling? And was the Brontë family's story a romantic gothic tale of high drama, or were they just victims of a super contagious and deadly disease? All this, and more! Editing by Claire www.clairegawne.com Artwork by Lucy Maddox www.lucymaddox.com Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Caxton https://www.bl.uk/treasures/caxton/homepage.html https://www.bl.uk/medieval-literature/articles/william-caxton-and-the-introduction-of-printing-to-england https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformation#Literacy https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Caxton https://www.washington.edu/news/2012/11/16/documents-that-changed-the-world-gutenberg-indulgence-1454/ 13 years of Catholic Education Very Well Health - R0 for determining the spread of diseases - https://www.verywellhealth.com/some-diseases-spread-some-dont-how-to-know-which-will-1958758 The Independent - The Brontës didn’t die from melancholy, weather or death wishes – they died from TBhttps://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/bronte-sisters-emily-charlotte-anne-branwell-death-contagious-tb-tuberculosis-romantic-a8595516.html Thorax - https://thorax.bmj.com/content/73/8/702 Plos - The natural history of varicella zoster virus infection in Norway: Further insights on exogenous boosting and progressive immunity to herpes zoster https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0176845&type=printable This Podcast Will Kill You - Tuberculosis http://thispodcastwillkillyou.com/2018/02/10/episode-9-tuberculosis-a-slow-burn/ Anne Bronte - Haworth Sanitation and the Babbage Report http://www.annebronte.org/2017/03/22/haworth-sanitation-and-the-babbage-report/ Stuff You Missed In History Class - Growing Up Brontë - https://www.missedinhistory.com/podcasts/growing-up-bronte.htm Stuff You Missed In History Class - From Brontë to Bell and Back Again https://www.missedinhistory.com/podcasts/from-bronte-to-bell-and-back-again.htm Wikipedia - The Brontes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bront%C3%AB_family#Origin_of_the_name

Episode 17 of School Britannia Podcast, a fortnightly show serving you British History gems from the perspective of two Aussie upstarts. Why is Edinburgh such a popular festival spot? And how did Britain become part of a united Europe? Ellie is back to tell you all about it, and more! Editing by Claire www.clairegawne.com Artwork by Lucy Maddox www.lucymaddox.com Sources: https://www.edinburghfestivalcity.com/the-city/history-of-the-festivals https://www.theskinny.co.uk/comedy/opinion/how-comedy-captured-the-edinburgh-fringe-part-1 https://www.edfringe.com/learn/news-and-events/record-edinburgh-audiences-as-fringe-comes-to-a-close https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Walter http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/war/blitz.htm https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle-2-15039/culture/edinburgh-festivals/brexit-could-have-a-disastrous-impact-on-edinburgh-international-festival-1-4776482 https://www.conventionedinburgh.com/edinburgh/get-to-know-edinburgh/creative-capital/ https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/history_en https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Europe https://www.cvce.eu/obj/the_new_european_parliament-en-e40aba1b-45f1-43bf-bbd1-a34bb52f15db.html https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union https://europa.eu/european-union/sites/europaeu/files/docs/body/winston_churchill_en.pdf https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Coal_and_Steel_Community https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=LEGISSUM:xy0026

Episode 16 of School Britannia Podcast, a fortnightly show serving you British History gems from the perspective of two Aussie upstarts. What happens when Prince Consorts get bored? And what happens when strongmen get bored? It’s a summer boredom busting bonanza and we have another lovely guest joining us to tell you all about it - and more! Editing by Claire www.clairegawne.com Artwork by Lucy Maddox www.lucymaddox.com Sources: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Great-Exhibition-of-1851/ https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a26553537/great-exhibition-queen-victoria-joseph-paxton/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Palace http://fiveminutehistory.com/the-great-exhibition-and-the-19th-century-cult-of-progress/?cn-reloaded=1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Exhibition#cite_note-Kishlansky,_Mark_2008-1 https://www.bl.uk/victorian-britain/articles/the-great-exhibition https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/whats-on/things-to-do/lost-edinburgh-edinburgh-international-exhibition-1886-1-2895307 https://www.transceltic.com/scottish/history-of-highland-games https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle-2-15039/a-history-of-the-scottish-highland-games-1-4132939 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2018/aug/07/short-guide-strong-woman-lifted-332-5kg-dinnie-stones-scotland http://www.thedinniestones.com/ https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/a-brief-history-of-the-highland-games/ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-43961606 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWbZTzMtw1E http://www.ironmind.com/news/Dinnie-Stones-Aloft-Emmajane-Smith-Makes-Historic-Lift/ https://barbend.com/donna-moore-breaks-womens-atlas-stone-record-148-9-kilo-lift/ http://theworldsstrongestman.com/history-atlas-stones/

Episode 15 of School Britannia Podcast, a fortnightly show serving you British History gems from the perspective of two Aussie upstarts. Why is it such a big deal that the Normans invaded 1000 years ago? And what does that have to do with the words we use today? We have another lovely guest joining us to tell you all about it - and more! Editing by Claire www.clairegawne.com Artwork by Lucy Maddox www.lucymaddox.com Sources: https://history.blog.gov.uk/2016/01/05/the-death-of-edward-the-confessor-and-the-conflicting-claims-to-the-english-crown/ https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Norman-Conquest/ https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/1066-and-the-norman-conquest/what-happened-battle-hastings/ https://www.britishbattles.com/norman-conquest/battle-of-hastings/ https://www.economist.com/christmas-specials/2016/12/24/how-norman-rule-reshaped-england https://www.ancient.eu/article/1323/the-impact-of-the-norman-conquest-of-england/ https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/documents/innervate/10-11/1011rothhistoryofenglish.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3oI_AtNyID7bCxJVZ7y5nSkZ5toB5LvVR_5AsL8IKKXiBUZGijfHmYOKA Mother Tongue, Bill Bryson Thank you to Prof Leo Carruthers for his History of English course back in 2011-2012

Episode 14 of School Britannia Podcast, a fortnightly show serving you British History gems from the perspective of two Aussie upstarts. Why are pockets on women’s clothes so revolutionary? And when did corsets first appear? We have our very first guest on the show to tell you all about it - and more! Editing by Claire www.clairegawne.com Artwork by Lucy Maddox www.lucymaddox.com Sources: https://pudding.cool/2018/08/pockets/ https://www.ibisworld.com/industry-trends/global-industry-reports/manufacturing/handbag-purse-manufacturing.html http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/a/history-of-pockets/ https://www.vox.com/2016/9/19/12865560/politics-of-pockets-suffragettes-women https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-killer-mobile-device-for-victorian-women/ https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/the-rational-dress-societys-gazette Corsets and Crinolines by Norah Waugh https://underpinningsmuseum.com/blog/ https://helenrappaport.com/footnotes/rational-dress/

Episode 13 of School Britannia Podcast, a fortnightly show serving you British History gems from the perspective of two Aussie upstarts. How did one man’s autobiography change history? And why is getting enough vitamin D such a big deal? All this and more! Editing by Claire www.clairegawne.com Artwork by Lucy Maddox www.lucymaddox.com Sources: https://wwnorton.com/college/history/america-essential-learning/docs/OEquiano-Autobiography-1789.pdf https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b07wtkg5 https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/shackled-language-representation-and-self-representation-english-speaking-black-voices https://medium.com/@theacropolitan/olaudah-equiano-the-black-propagandist-c21f290a9143 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5133108/ https://europepmc.org/backend/ptpmcrender.fcgi?accid=PMC1294978&blobtype=pdf https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/112/2/e132 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriette_Chick https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/chm/research/current/early_women_biochem/people_harriette_chick/ https://academic.oup.com/jn/article/138/5/827/4670110 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2630160/

Episode 12 of School Britannia Podcast, a fortnightly show serving you British History gems from the perspective of two Aussie upstarts. How is a Boston Marriage different from a legal marriage? And why did Anne Lister write so much of her diaries in code? All this and more! Editing by Claire www.clairegawne.com Artwork by Lucy Maddox www.lucymaddox.com Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_marriage#Wellesley_marriage https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/09/but-were-they-gay-the-mystery-of-same-sex-love-in-the-19th-century/262117/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladies_of_Llangollen?fbclid=IwAR0_OKXxhMGLqeZstEs43tzee8HqzzEM7ZBBx8Qi6a9HTpB-Go3z3NWU1Ds https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/uk/wales/724170/Wales-A-tale-of-two-ladies-ahead-of-their-time.html https://longreads.com/2018/04/17/the-ladies-who-were-famous-for-wanting-to-be-left-alone/ https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/09/but-were-they-gay-the-mystery-of-same-sex-love-in-the-19th-century/262117/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Roper Surpassing the Love of Men: Romantic Friendship and Love Between Women from the Renaissance to the Present (1981) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/the_life_and_loves_of_anne_lister https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000630x/gentleman-jack-series-1-episode-5 https://www.annelister.co.uk/ https://wyascatablogue.wordpress.com/exhibitions/anne-lister/anne-lister-the-journals/

Episode 11 of School Britannia Podcast, a fortnightly show serving you British History gems from the perspective of two Aussie upstarts. Why are Australians so baffled by British bathrooms? And who owns all the land in Britain? All this and more! Editing by Claire www.clairegawne.com Artwork by Lucy Maddox www.lucymaddox.com Sources: https://www.topic.com/a-brief-and-very-british-history-of-workplace-bathrooms https://www.homebuilding.co.uk/bath-design-choosing-the-right-bathtub/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath,_Somerset#Iron_Age_and_Roman https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/165733/what-french-phrase-is-the-origin-of-gardyloo https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle-2-15039/gardyloo-the-grim-story-of-unsanitary-edinburgh-1-4073295 https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/The-Throne-of-Sir-John-Harrington/ https://www.thomas-crapper.com/The-History-of-Thomas-Crapper.html https://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/visiting/crow/crow-timeline https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/46924566.pdf https://www4.uwsp.edu/english/rsirabia/notes/212/enclosureacts.pdf https://assets.cambridge.org/97805218/27713/excerpt/9780521827713_excerpt.pdf Jane Austen The Secret Radical by Helena Kelly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bryce,_1st_Viscount_Bryce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_trespass_of_Kinder_Scout https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/mar/20/report-calls-for-reform-of-unhealthy-land-ownership-in-scotland https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/apr/17/who-owns-england-thousand-secret-landowners-author http://map.whoownsengland.org/ https://www.gov.uk/right-of-way-open-access-land/use-your-right-to-roam

Episode 10 of School Britannia Podcast, a fortnightly show serving you British History gems from the perspective of two Aussie upstarts. Can Australians talk about lighthouses without mentioning Round The Twist? And what do lighthouses have to do with The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde? All this and more! Editing by Claire www.clairegawne.com Artwork by Lucy Maddox www.lucymaddox.com Sources: Round The Twist (Episode 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-aoeituE38 https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/south-foreland-lighthouse/features/the-history-of-the-lighthouse- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_lighthouses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stevenson_(civil_engineer) http://robert-louis-stevenson.org/lighthouses/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Rock_Lighthouse Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde BBC - First shown 16 Jun 2007 http://robert-louis-stevenson.org/ Muppet’s Treasure Island The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Episode 9 of School Britannia Podcast, a fortnightly show serving you British History gems from the perspective of two Aussie upstarts. Were the Luddites actually afraid of technology? And is Reading really as bad as Ellie remembers? And we have our first guest on the podcast! All this and more! Editing by Claire www.clairegawne.com Artwork by Lucy Maddox www.lucymaddox.com Sources: A Much-Maligned Town: Opinions of Reading 1126-2008, ed. Adam Sowan. Two Rivers Press, Reading, 2008. History of the Abbey Quarter The English Civil War (in three minutes) Why did Jane Austen go to school in Reading? - Reading Museum https://www.luddites200.org.uk/theLuddites.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-the-luddites-really-fought-against-264412/ http://www.historyhome.co.uk/c-eight/distress/oath.htm http://historymesh.com/event/pre-industrial-revolution-textile-industry/?story=textiles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite

Episode 8 of School Britannia Podcast, a fortnightly show serving you British History gems from the perspective of two Aussie upstarts. Which university in Britain was the first to allow women to study medicine? And remember that time America invaded Britain? All this and more! Editing by Claire www.clairegawne.com Artwork by Lucy Maddox www.lucymaddox.com Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Jones http://www.whitehavenandwesternlakeland.co.uk/johnpauljones/raid.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/content/articles/2005/06/21/coast05_stage2_feature.shtml https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/05/01/the-u-s-navy-invaded-britain-in-1778-it-didnt-go-well/?utm_term=.d29e23277350 http://www.jpj.demon.co.uk/whitehaven.pdf

Episode 7 of School Britannia Podcast, a fortnightly show serving you British History gems from the perspective of two Aussie upstarts. How did Robinson Crusoe help the British circumnavigate Australia? And where did the British Museum get all that stuff…? All this and more! Editing by Claire www.clairegawne.com Artwork by Lucy Maddox www.lucymaddox.com Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungaree https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Flinders http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/flinders-matthew-2050 https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/bungaree/ http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2012/09/03/3581640.htm https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-25/matthew-flinders-remains-discovered-london/10748938 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-25/bungaree-australian-circumnavigate-country-matthew-flinders/10749476

Episode 6 of School Britannia Podcast, a fortnightly show serving you British History gems from the perspective of two Aussie upstarts. Who introduced the British to tea? And what make an objection conscientious? All this and more! Editing by Claire www.clairegawne.com Artwork by Lucy Maddox www.lucymaddox.com Show Notes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscientious_objector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_of_Tebessa https://www.jstor.org/stable/44231332?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents http://archive.ppu.org.uk/learn/infodocs/cos/st_co_wwtwo.html https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/conscientious-objectors-in-their-own-words https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/richmond-castle/richmond-graffiti/ https://everydaylivesinwar.herts.ac.uk/2015/04/the-female-force-of-conscientious-objection-in-world-war-one/ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/aug/03/guardiansocietysupplement http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/womeninuniform/wwii_intro.htm https://www.parliament.uk/documents/joint-committees/human-rights/Briefing_from_Forces_Watch_Conscientious_objection.pdf

Episode 5 of School Britannia Podcast, a fortnightly show serving you British History gems from the perspective of two Aussie upstarts. Did Punch really have another wife before Judy? And where do you hide a clergyman when being a Catholic priest is illegal? All this and more! Editing by Claire www.clairegawne.com Artwork by Lucy Maddox www.lucymaddox.com Sources: Punch and Judy show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyLsO6LpLSI https://littleangeltheatre.com/blog/ten-facts-about-punch-judy/ http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/thats-the-way-to-do-it!-a-history-of-punch-and-judy/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAvqDiBRDAARIsADWh5TeWhK-OAW3Ly8mQs9WilBkqoelism7v8CIuXZhlAEKHEyhHu73G9MQaAiSXEALw_wcB http://thepjf.com/history_of_punch_and_judy.html

Episode 4 of School Britannia Podcast, a fortnightly show serving you British History gems from the perspective of two Aussie upstarts. This episode we’re asking who wrote the first autobiography in English? And did Queen Elizabeth I really have a pirate working for her? All this and more! Editing by Claire www.clairegawne.com Artwork by Lucy Maddox www.lucymaddox.com Sources: https://www.nmrn.org.uk/research/piracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Drake https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309618990_THE_BRITISH_CONTRIBUTION_TO_THE_DEVELOPMENT_OF_PIRACY_IN_THE_GOLDEN_AGE_OF_PIRACY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Morgan https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/how-the-british-exploited-piracy-to-rule-the-arabian-gulf-1.643428

Episode 3 of School Britannia Podcast, a fortnightly show serving you British History gems from the perspective of two Aussie upstarts. We’re celebrating LGBT History Month here in the UK, and we were wondering - when was the first Pride March in Britain? And who are some of the amazing queer people who contributed to the history of our adopted home country of Scotland? All this and more! Editing by Claire www.clairegawne.com Artwork by Lucy Maddox www.lucymaddox.com https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/06/29/pride-in-london-what-it-means-to-the-local-and-global-lgbt-community/ https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/peter-g-tatchell/lgbt-pride_b_17418306.html https://web.archive.org/web/20071023022039/http://knittingcircle.org.uk/pridehistory.html http://www.c-h-e.org.uk/history.shtml https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/aug/31/pride-film-gay-activists-miners-strike-interview http://lgsm.org/our-history/228-lesbians-and-gays-support-the-miners http://www.lgbtarchive.uk/wiki/London_Pride https://www.broadgate.co.uk/news/the-history-of-pride-in-london https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/40459213 https://www.lgbthistory.org.uk/

Episode 2 of School Britannia Podcast, a fortnightly show serving you British History gems from the perspective of two Aussie upstarts. Did you hear about that time an elephant walked on the Thames? Who is 'she' who sells seashells by the sea shore? All this and more! Editing by Claire www.clairegawne.com Artwork by Lucy Maddox www.lucymaddox.com Sources: http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/palaeofiles/history/anning.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anning#Impact_and_legacy https://jurassiccoast.org/fossilfinder/favourites/ichthyosaur/ https://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/anning.html https://www.missedinhistory.com/podcasts/mary-anning-princess-of-paleontology.htm Woolf, Virginia. Orlando. London, Penguin Random House, 2016. ART UK – Frost Fairs on the Frozen Thames https://artuk.org/discover/stories/frost-fairs-and-the-frozen-thames HISTORIC UK – The Thames Frost Fairs https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Thames-Frost-Fairs/ WIKIPEDIA – Thames River frost fairs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Thames_frost_fairs NATIONAL TRUST – Frost Fairs on the Thames https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/frost-fairs-thames/ Visit Soldotna – frozen river fest https://visitsoldotna.com/events/frozen-riverfest/

The inaugural episode of the School Britannia Podcast, a fortnightly show serving you British History gems from the perspective of two Aussie upstarts. Why did Hadrian build a giant wall across the middle of the country and who exactly was he trying to keep out? Why was Robert Burns so into haggis? All this and more! Editing by Claire www.clairegawne.com Artwork by Lucy Maddox www.lucymaddox.com Sources used for this episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian%27s_Wall https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/hadrians-wall/hadrians-wall-history-and-stories/history/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Burns Robert Burns The Peoples Poet BBC Documentary - YouTube