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Nick is joined by ITV Racing, Sky Sports, Sun Racing, PaddyPower, atttheraces and Eventmastersuk's Matt Chapman to discuss the latest from around the horse racing world. In Newmarket for the Craven meeting, they catch up with Nell Gwyn winner Kieren Shoemark, who also has the lowdown on Craven Stakes fancy Field of Gold. Also on today's show, Kate Harrington gives us the inside track on mother Jessie's two Guineas contenders Green Impact and Hotazhell. Legendary consignor Willie Browne reflects on smashing his own Craven Breeze-Up record, while Roger Teal has the latest on Lockinge contender Dancing Gemini, Plumpton's Craig Staddon looks forward to welcoming Willie Mullins and Al Asayl's Harry Peter-Hoblyn is this week's Weatherbys Bloodstcock Guest.

Nick is joined by ITV Racing, Sky Sports, Sun Racing, PaddyPower, atttheraces and Eventmastersuk's Matt Chapman to discuss the latest from around the horse racing world. In Newmarket for the Craven meeting, they catch up with Nell Gwyn winner Kieren Shoemark, who also has the lowdown on Craven Stakes fancy Field of Gold. Also on today's show, Kate Harrington gives us the inside track on mother Jessie's two Guineas contenders Green Impact and Hotazhell. Legendary consignor Willie Browne reflects on smashing his own Craven Breeze-Up record, while Roger Teal has the latest on Lockinge contender Dancing Gemini, Plumpton's Craig Staddon looks forward to welcoming Willie Mullins and Al Asayl's Harry Peter-Hoblyn is this week's Weatherbys Bloodstcock Guest.

How did a working class illiterate woman become King Charles II's favourite mistress?Nell Gwyn was an incredibly talented comedy actor who came from a working class background, and was part of a group of pioneering women who were the first allowed to take to the stage to play women's roles.Her personality was huge, audiences loved her ability to swear, and she was described as "the wildest creature to ever be seen at court." No wonder Charles loved her!What was the wild world of 17th century Restoration Theatre like? How did she change comedy acting? What did the general public think of her?Joining Kate to take us back to this world is Dr. David Taylor, Associate Professor of English at Oxford University.You can also watch both Kate and David in the History Hit documentary, Sex and Scandal: Royal Favourites, for more about Nell's extraordinary life. This episode was edited by Tom Delargy. The producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.If you'd like to get in touch with the show you can contact us at betwixt@historyhit.com.Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe.  You can take part in our listener survey here.All music from Epidemic Sounds.Betwixt the Sheets: History of Sex, Scandal & Society is a History Hit podcast.

How did a lowly orange seller become the most famous actress of her time and mistress of King Charles II?In 1660, King Charles II ruled that female stage roles must be played by women, leading to the rise of the 'Covent Garden Goddesses'. As a result, Nell Gwyn - born 375 years ago this month - went from being a humble orange seller to a celebrated actress and Charles II's most enduring and famous mistress.Professor Suzannah Lipscomb explores how Nell Gwyn became an 'It girl' - one of England's first celebrities and cherished folk heroine - with Professor Laura Engel and Charles Beauclerk, Earl of Burford, a direct descendant of Nell Gwyn and King Charles II.Presented by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Alice Smith, audio editor is Amy Haddow and the producer is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.Theme music from All3Media. Other music courtesy of Epidemic Sounds.Not Just the Tudors is a History Hit podcast.Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. You can take part in our listener survey, here: https://insights.historyhit.com/history-hit-podcast-always-on

Greg Jenner is joined in 17th-Century England by Dr Jonathan Healey and comedian Toussaint Douglass to learn about King Charles I and the causes of the British Civil Wars.This year marks the 400th anniversary of Charles I coming to the throne on 27th March 1625. Less than two decades later, his antagonistic relationship with Parliament would ignite a civil war, one that would end with his capture, trial and execution, and the rule of Oliver Cromwell. The war is remembered as a fight between Cavaliers and Roundheads, but what did each side actually believe in, and what were the causes of this conflict? Tracing the breakdown of the relationship between the King and Parliament, this episode takes in clashes over taxation, religion and the limits of royal power, disastrous wars, unpopular advisers, and Charles's attempts to rule without Parliament altogether. It also moves outside London, exploring popular uprisings against everything from the King's taxes and contentious church reforms to the 17th-Century cost-of-living crisis. If you're a fan of royals behaving badly, political bust-ups, rebellion and revolution, you'll love our episode on the causes of the British Civil Wars.If you want to hear more from Toussaint Douglass, check out our episode on abolitionist Frederick Douglass. And for more Stuart history, listen to our episodes on King James I and VI and scandalous actress Nell Gwyn.You're Dead to Me is the comedy podcast that takes history seriously. Every episode, Greg Jenner brings together the best names in history and comedy to learn and laugh about the past.Hosted by: Greg Jenner Research by: Matt Ryan Written by: Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow, Emma Nagouse, and Greg Jenner Produced by: Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow and Greg Jenner Audio Producer: Steve Hankey Production Coordinator: Ben Hollands Senior Producer: Emma Nagouse Executive Editor: James Cook

Join us this time as Jess tells us the history of Nell Gwyn and stories of her hauntings.

Nell Gwyn epitomised the wild spirit of the Restoration era. An orange-seller turned actress, turned royal mistress of King Charles II, she hustled her way to the very top with charm, wisecracks and withering putdowns. Sophie Shorland tells Ellie Cawthorne more about Gwyn's rags-to-riches story in this 'life of the week' episode. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Eleanor (Nell) Gwyn (c. 1650-1687) was an English actress and mistress of Charles II. Touted as a celebrity figure of the Restoration Period, she was praised for her beauty, recklessness, wit, and generosity. Nell is considered a folk heroine whose story mirrors the rags-to-riches story of Cinderella. For Further Reading: Nell Gwyn: Mistress to a King: By Charles Beauclerk, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2005 London’s Own Cinderella: The Story of Nell Gwyn Nell Gwyn Brittanica This month we're talking about Go-Getters. Women who purposefully—or accidentally!—acquired life-changing wealth, good fortune, or influence. History classes can get a bad rap, and sometimes for good reason. When we were students, we couldn’t help wondering... where were all the ladies at? Why were so many incredible stories missing from the typical curriculum? Enter, Womanica. On this Wonder Media Network podcast we explore the lives of inspiring women in history you may not know about, but definitely should. Every weekday, listeners explore the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of groundbreaking women throughout history who have dramatically shaped the world around us. In each 5 minute episode, we’ll dive into the story behind one woman listeners may or may not know–but definitely should. These diverse women from across space and time are grouped into easily accessible and engaging monthly themes like Educators, Villains, Indigenous Storytellers, Activists, and many more. Womanica is hosted by WMN co-founder and award-winning journalist Jenny Kaplan. The bite-sized episodes pack painstakingly researched content into fun, entertaining, and addictive daily adventures. Womanica was created by Liz Kaplan and Jenny Kaplan, executive produced by Jenny Kaplan, and produced by Grace Lynch, Maddy Foley, Brittany Martinez, Edie Allard, Lindsey Kratochwill, Adesuwa Agbonile, Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Taylor Williamson, Sara Schleede, Paloma Moreno Jimenez, Luci Jones, Abbey Delk, Hannah Bottum, Adrien Behn, Alyia Yates, and Vanessa Handy. Special thanks to Shira Atkins. Original theme music composed by Miles Moran. Follow Wonder Media Network: Website Instagram Twitter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Royals were the worlds first celebrities. Their wealth and power made them stand out from the mud-caked peasantry. People wanted to know them, or at least know all about them. As actors and eventually actresses started treading the boards and becoming famous for their theatrical turns both on stage and off, it's no wonder that these celebrity worlds were draw together. Whenever Hollywood royalty meets real royalty, it's a recipe for some serious drama! Let's journey through history to meet 10 actresses and two actors who starred in real life royal romances. Part 1: Nell Gwyn (1650 – 1687) & King Charles II of England Dorothea Bland (1761 – 1816) & King William IV of the UK Sarah Bernhardt (1844 – 1923) & King Edward VII of the UK Rita Hayworth (1918 – 1987) & Prince Aly Khan Join me every Tuesday when I'm Spilling the Tea on History! Check out my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/lindsayholiday Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091781568503 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyteatimelindsayholiday/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@historyteatime Please consider supporting me at https://www.patreon.com/LindsayHoliday and help me make more fascinating episodes! Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell Music: Butterflies in Love by Sir Cubworth #HistoryTeaTime #LindsayHoliday Please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com if you would like to advertise on this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lee is joined by John, Quentin and Nick to preview this years Craven Meeting from Newmarket, giving you their 3 best bets of the meeting as well as covering the main races from the 3days. Intro 3rd Best Bets 02:11 2nd Best Bets 08:29 Best Bets 16:04 Wednesday 17th 14.25 The Feilden 23:43 Wednesday 17th 15.00 Earl of Sefton 26:49 Wednesday 17th 15.35 Nell Gwyn 20:52 Thursday 18th 15.00 Abernant 33:50 Thursday 18th 15.35 Craven 37:23 Any Other Business 41:38

This was certainly an episode with a difference - we begin in a Natural History Museum packed with 4,000 taxidermy animals! The Woodland Trust site and museum now share space once owned by the famous Rothschild family who collected stuffed species, as well as live exotic animals that roamed the park. We tour Tring Park's fascinating historic features, from the avenue named after visitor Charles II to the huge stone monument rumoured to be for his famous mistress. Beneath autumn-coloured boughs, we also learn how young lime trees grown from the centuries-old lime avenue will continue the site's history, how cows help manage important chalk grassland and the vital role of veteran trees and deadwood in the healthy ecosystem. Don't forget to rate us and subscribe! Learn more about the Woodland Trust at woodlandtrust.org.uk Transcript You are listening to Woodland Walks, a podcast for the Woodland Trust presented by Adam Shaw. We protect and plant trees for people, for wildlife. Adam: Today I'm heading off to Tring Park, one of Hertfordshire's most important ecological areas. It's filled, I'm told, with wildflowers and some really interesting historic features, as well as some stunning views. But first but first, I was told to stop off at the Natural History Museum at Tring, which is really a very, very short walk from the woodland itself. I was told to do that because they said it might surprise you what you find. It definitely did that. Because here are rows and rows of what I'm told are historically important stuffed animals. So I'm at the the top bit of the the galleries here at the Natural History Museum at Tring and well, bonkers I think is a probably good word to describe this place and I mean, I feel very mixed about it. So we're, I'm passing some very weird fish, that's a louvar, never heard of that. But there's a a rhinoceros, white rhinoceros, a Sumatran rhinoceros. There's a dromedary, a camel. There is a rather small giraffe. There is a head of a giraffe. Coming round over here, there is an Indian swordfish from the Indian Ocean. Goodness gracious, it looks like something from Harry Potter. That's an eel, very scary looking eel. And then there is a giant armadillo and it really properly is giant, an extinct relative of the living armadillos, known from the Pleistocene era and that's the period of the Ice Age, from North and South America, that is absolutely extraordinary. And there are some very, very weird things around here. Anyway, that's certainly not something you'd expect to see in Tring. Goodness knows what the locals made of it back in the Victorian ages, of course this would have been their only experience of these kind of animals. No Internet, no television, so this really was an amazing insight into the world, beyond Britain, beyond Tring. There is something here, a deep sea anglerfish which looks like it's got coral out of its chin. I mean, it's properly something from a horror movie that is, that is extraordinary. Claire: My name is Claire Walsh and I'm the exhibitions and interpretation manager here at the Natural History Museum at Tring, and my job involves looking after all of the exhibitions that you see on display and any temporary exhibitions such as Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Adam: So this is a rather unusual place. I have only just had a very brief look and I've never seen anything quite like it. So just explain to our listeners what it is that we're seeing, what what is this place? Claire: So the Natural History Museum at Tring is the brainchild of Lionel Walter Rothschild, who was a member of the Rothschild banking dynasty. Walter Rothschild, as as we call him, was gifted the museum by his parents as a 21st birthday present. Adam: That's quite a birthday, who gets a museum for their 21st? That's quite something. Claire: Yes, yeah, so, so the family were a hugely wealthy family and Walter's parents owned Tring Park Mansion, which is the the the the big house next door to the museum, which is now a performing arts school, the land of which was formerly a a big deer park, and the Woodland Trust land and our museum is all part of that sort of estate. Adam: And so this is a Natural History Museum. But as I was saying, it's not like when I've seen normally. So explain to me what it is that differentiates this from other museums people might be acquainted with. Claire: So we have over 4,000 taxidermied animals on display from all over the world, some of the finest examples of Victorian taxidermy in the world and you can see everything on display from dressed fleas all the way through to wallabies, large deers, birds from all over the world. It really is an absolutely amazing place. Adam: I've never heard of the species called dressed fleas. Is that a species or is it fleas which have got frocks on? Claire: So these are fleas that have little outfits on so our our particular dressed fleas have little sombreros. They're from Mexico dressed fleas. We're very fortunate to have them on display and they're they are some of the most popular things in the museum. Adam: *laughs* Extraordinary. Yeah, I'll go stop and have a look at those. Now, but there was, am I right in saying that that Walter Rothschild in the sort of posh manor, actually had weird animals rolling around, these aren't just stuffed animals, you know, live weird animals, unusual animals, just part of the park? Claire: Yeah, so to take you back a little bit, Walter Rothschild first became really interested in natural history when he was about 7 and and he then decided to set up the museum. So throughout his teenage years, he started collecting different animals, living and dead. And the park at Tring was home to a lot of the animals so in in the park were lots and lots of living animals that he he kind of just kept there roaming free, so he had things like rheas, cassowaries, ostriches, emus, kangaroos. Adam: I, I've seen a picture, I think I've seen a picture of him in a sort of horse drawn carriage, except it's drawn by zebras. Claire: Yeah, so so he decided to train zebras to draw his carriage. So he started off with one zebra and then sort of moved on to having three zebras and a and a pony and he actually took the carriage along Regent Street all the way through the mall in London to Buckingham Palace where where the zebras met the Queen, which was a bit sort of worrying for Rothschild because actually zebras are really difficult to train and quite flighty sort of animals so he's a bit worried about the Queen petting his zebras and and something going wrong, but fortunately it was all fine. The zebras did come out to Tring when they retired as well, so they were also sort of roaming about. I think what you need to imagine is Tring at the time was a really kind of provincial country town, there was a lot farming going on and the Rothschilds came with this, massive amounts of wealth, but they really embedded themselves within the local community and and did lots of, you know, really helped people out. But Walter then started introducing all these animals into the park. He was really interested in adaptation of of different species of animals, so he actually rented out the island of Alhambra in the Seychelles to protect the giant tortoises, but also in Tring you have all of these different exotic animals from all around the world and I can't imagine what it must have been like to just be an ordinary agricultural labourer living in Tring and having the opportunity to walk through the park and just se all these amazing animals that you wouldn't have had the opportunity to see because there's no television. Adam: It's a really interesting back story to it, but I wonder what you feel about the purpose of the museum and this collection now, when there's a sense I already feel a bit uncomfortable going, is this quite right to be watching stuffed animals, is this in keeping with our modern sensibilities? What's your view on that? Claire: So our mission really is to educate people about biodiversity and to to ensure that our future generations become advocates for the planet. So we do this by, you know, trying to instil the importance and the wonder and beauty of nature within our collections and tell people about the things that are vanishing. We have lots of extinct and endangered animals on display, which we highlight to our visitors and and you know, to try and get them to understand that they need to look after the natural world today, and obviously our collections are incredibly scientifically important. We have researchers come from all over the world to visit Tring and to study their collections and you know, really make a difference to to our planet in terms of understanding how populations of animals have increased or decreased through time. You know, sort of engage with people and educate people so they look after the planet going forwards. Adam: And explain to me a little bit about your relationship or the museum's relationship with the Woodland Trust, then. Claire: So we have a really good relationship with the Woodland Trust. We work hand in hand with them, we share our our sort of knowledge between both of our organisations and advocate for, for you know, the good work that we both do. Adam: I'm going to have a quick look around before we go off to the to the woodland itself. What's your favourite animal here? What's the favourite thing you think you'd direct me to? Claire: Oh my goodness, you've put me on the spot there. I mean, I really love all the animals in the museum. I think the thylacine is really worth going to have a look at. Adam: OK, thylacine, never heard of it. Claire: So the thylacine is an extinct animal. It's an example of something called convergent evolution, where it looks very much like a dog, but it's actually a marsupial. It lived in Australia. So that's upstairs in gallery 5. Adam: OK, that's where I'll be heading next. Thank you very much. Well, having finished my tour inside the museum, I'm off, it really is just across the road, to the woodland itself to meet my guide for the day. Grace: My name is Grace Davis, I'm an assistant site manager at the Woodland Trust, I help to manage our woods in Hertfordshire and Essex. Adam: So we're very lucky. It was raining when I left home. It is not raining, so I don't want to tempt fate but I do want to offer my thanks to whatever power that be. Where are we? Why are we here? Grace: We're at Tring Park in Hertfordshire. It's just next to the town of Tring. It's 130 hectares of grassland and woodland. It's famous for its chalk grassland and has been designated a SSSI. Adam: Right. And we were just walking down an avenue really weren't we and you were telling me they're lime trees because I couldn't spot it, but I did have a quick look on my app and just, maybe everyone else knows this, but apparently the nickname for Brits is the limeys, I think Australians call us limeys and it was because the lime trees were made, were used to make ships. And I think the Australians thought they weren't great wood for trees and sort of nicknamed us limeys. Anyway, there's a little bit of a side note. We passed some cows, rather docile cows. What what are they doing here? Grace: We've got a a number of cows that graze here most of the year, so they really help us to manage the scrub on the chalk grassland. If nature had its way, the the grassland here would eventually convert to be woodland, which isn't a bad thing but because of the SSSI designation of the chalk grassland here, and because it's a very rare habitat internationally, we really need to manage the scrub and any trees from from taking over, so the cattle are here to browse, to keep the the growth in check of the hawthorn, the blackthorn, the the scrubby species that really want to take over. Adam: And we passed, just a bit of practical information with people, we passed a little area where I saw a lot of tree planting going on, but also that's going to be a new car park is that right? Grace: That's right. So we've actually got Tring Park itself on a 400-year lease from the council after it was threatened in the nineties to be turned into a golf course, but we've also invested in this site by converting a patch of land to a car park for 50 spaces, and we hope that that car park will be open soon, very soon, and the one of the real benefits of it is it will provide a level access into the into the grassland, whereas at the moment people generally have to walk over the bridge across the very busy A41 but with the new car park, people will be able to park and walk straight into the grassland. So it will be great for anyone with a pushchair or mobility scooter. Adam: Fantastic. Now we're we're on a bit of a hill on this path going towards, past the cows on my right, going towards the trees themselves Right just before we head off there here's a Woodland Trust little bit of signage which I don't quite understand, it's a wooden post with a foot cut out of it. It is Walter's Wander. Walter moved into rooms at Magdalene College with a flock of kiwis, which were soon rehoused and cared for by a local taxidermist. Yeah, I'm not sure a taxidermist cares for animals much. I'm sure he cares, or she cares about her work, but I'm not sure that's the the verb of the job of a taxidermist. Anyway, yeah, so this is Walter's Wander, and it is Walter Rothschild. Grace: That's right yeah so this is this is showing a link between Tring Park and the museum of which Walter Rothschild is famous for having his his taxidermy there. Adam: I mean, he proper barmy. He, Magdalene College, he was a student at university and he brought with him a flock of kiwis. I mean, my kids went to university, they weren't allowed to have a kettle in their room, let alone a flock of kiwis. Better times, eh, let's bring those back! Right off we go. Let's go. This is this is, look, I'll get this wrong, is this hawthorn on the left? Grace: This is hawthorn, yes. Adam: Ohh top marks for Adam *laughs* Top marks for Adam, OK. Grace: We've got dog rose on the right, hawthorn again. Adam: Oh you see, you're you're showing off, just cause I got one right, you've gotta get more right than me. *both laugh* OK, off we go. Grace: So some of the plants that we have here growing on the chalk grassland have got fantastic names such as fairy flax, birdsfoot trefoil, lady's bedstraw, salad burnet and you know they've all got different colours, so white, yellows, purple. So if you visit here in spring or summer, there's just beautiful shades of colour all around the park. Adam: They're wildflowers are they? Grace: Yes, that's right and they're they they they they're specialist to chalk grassland. In fact, up to 40 species of chalk grassland plants can grow in one square metre, which is quite astonishing. Adam: I was taken by lady's bedstraw. Did ladies use it for their beds? Grace: I believe it was dried and used in mattresses. Adam: Blimey. Not just for ladies, gentlemen too, presumably. Grace: *laughs* Maybe Adam: Who knows, maybe it was only for ladies. Let's do some research. OK. So we're heading uphill as you can probably hear from my laboured breathing to a wooden gate up there and that that leads us into a more densely wooded area does it? Grace: Yes, that's right so that's the mature woodland up there. And we'll be we'll be leading on to the King Charles Ride, which is quite interesting for its connection with King Charles II. Adam: So what tell me whilst we're walking up, you can talk which will mean people can't hear me panting. Tell tell me about King Charles Ride. Grace: So Tring actually used to belong to King Charles II's wife. Catherine of Braganza, I think was her name. So King Charles is known to have visited the area and the avenue was named after him, and it's also heavily rumoured that his famous mistress Nell Gwynn came here with him on certain visits. She may well have lived in Tring during a typhus outbreak in London. There's also a monument here that is rumoured to be dedicated to her, which would make it the only public monument in the country to be dedicated to a royal mistress. Adam: Wow, good knowledge. Grace: I've got my notes *laughs* Adam: If only this comes up in Trivial Pursuit. I go where's the only monument to a royal mistress? And I'll get, I'll astound people at dinner parties. Good stuff. So we're taking a little break and I've turned around and actually it's it's beautiful looking back, we're up at the top of a a small valley we can see a road ahead of us that will be the A something, A41 says my expert and the sun is cutting through greyish clouds hitting the fields, green fields and the hills beyond the A41. And it looks really pretty. I mean, it's an interesting point, isn't it, that that people, the clue's in the name, the Woodland Trust, people feel it's about, get as many trees in the ground as possible. But it's not quite like that is it, because here in this particular patch you're doing what you can to prevent trees growing? Grace: That's right. I mean, scrub, scrub and woodland are obviously fantastic habitats for a range of species. But but chalk grassland really needs a low, low, low sward so a short height of the, Adam: Low sward, what's sward? Grace: Sward is the height of the the grass and the plants. So you can see it's quite low because the cattle are browsing it. So we need to keep that low. And the cattle will browse, they will eat like the young hawthorn and blackthorn and things coming through. They won't touch, really the the bigger, more established patches. But they'll keep the young stuff from coming through, and they'll reduce the competition of more dominant weeds like dandelion and things from from coming through. They they grow very fast and they will shade out and outcompete the slower growing rare chalk grassland species. Adam: And I mean, as we're sitting here and it's sort of mid-October-ish. We're starting to see the trees change colour aren't they, you can see in the lower bits they're not this uniform green. We've got reds and yellows and coppers just coming out. It is this time of change in the year, isn't it? Grace: That's right, yeah, it's quite beautiful, actually, at this time of year. Although we're saying we don't have the colours of the of the chalk grassland plants at the moment, but we do have the lovely changing colours of the trees. Yeah so this area here was enclosed about 300 years ago by by fencing, presumably, which which meant that a lot of the habitat was kept intact. It wasn't developed on and it's preserved the historic landscape as well of the area, and in fact it's, Tring Park is a Grade II historic parkland because of the ornamental park and garden features, which we'll we'll we'll see some of as we get to the top. Adam: Lovely. Have we rested enough? Grace: Yeah, let's push on. Adam: Push on. Grace: It will be muddy this next bit, but it's not for very long. Adam: OK. Ohh you can, you might be able to hear the sound effects of this getting very muddy. Grace: Yes, claggy. Adam: We've come into well, we're on a path, a little clearing and there is a mighty, mighty tree. But it's it's certainly dead. But it looks like something from a Harry Potter movie, The Witches or Macbeth, something like that. What's the story there? Grace: Well that's a tree perhaps it was struck by lightning, or it's just decayed you know, with old age. That's what we would call a veteran tree. So it's got wonderful cavity at the base there, it's got fungi growing on it. It's got the the top is all split off. It's open, open at the top for birds to nest in. You know, we we really do like to keep as much deadwood on a site as possible. It's just fantastic for invertebrates, bugs, beetles, fungi. There's about 2,000 invertebrate species that are reliant on dead or decaying woods, so you know, we're really working at the at the base of the ecosystem to get those small creatures into the woodland ecosystem for, you know, birds, mammals to to then eat and forming the wonderful woodland ecology that we that we need. Adam: So it it's not a good idea to clear away these things and make everything look neat. It's actually it's part of the ecosystem. There's it's funny cause you can't see anything that you know, there's no leaves on it or anything, but you're saying there's lots of animals actually dependent on that dead wood. Grace: That's right. Yeah. Really, it's really. That's right. If we had a closer look, we'd see all sorts of small bugs and beetles and crawly, creepy, crawly things. There may well be bats that roost in there, birds that nest in there, probably fungi around the base and at the cavities. Adam: Right. And that's supporting other animals who need to eat on that and and the soil itself obviously, which is increasingly a big issue, isn't it? Grace: That's right. Yeah, of course, well that, that, that tree will eventually decay into the soil and the soil health of woodland is really really important. Adam: Yeah, I mean, that's an increasingly big issue for people, isn't it? We don't we don't think about much about the soil, we look above the soil, but the soil health is a huge concern and and increasing issue for people to maintain, isn't it? Grace: That's right. I mean, the trees will come and go over hundreds of years but the soil will remain, and it's got those nutrients that have built up for hundreds and hundreds of years, especially in an ancient woodland, so it it's really the soil that is the most important thing in an ancient woodland. Adam: And remind me this is something I definitely should know but, is is there a definition of ancient woodland? Is there a cut off period? Grace: Yeah, it's trees that date back to the the 1600s, which is really when records began of mapping out the country and what the land uses were. Adam: Right, OK. And we're just going up, here are two or three felled trees. We've gotta turn right here have we? Grace: That's right yeah. Adam: They look like they've been cut down just left or no, they're very black. Is that fire or something? Grace: I think that's just water from the, from the rain, because that tree there is very dark isn't it. Adam: Right, oh yeah, that's dark. So we've come up to the top of the hill, or is there much, is there another hill? Grace: No, no, no, no more hills. Maybe just gently undulating, but no more hills. Adam: OK, right. So we're at the top of the hill. But I see a regal path ahead. I can imagine myself in my zebra drawn carriage riding down here, waving, if not at my people, then at my trees. So is this all in my imagination or is this is this the King Charles road? Grace: I'm not sure if the zebras made it up here, but this is known as the King Charles Ride, named after Charles II, we're also on the Ridgeway Trail, which is Britain's oldest road. Adam: Sorry, this this road I'm standing on now? Grace: That's right yeah, this, this, this stretch is part of an 87-mile national trail that stretches from Buckinghamshire to Wiltshire. It would have been used by drovers, traders, soldiers for at least 5,000 years. Adam: Gosh, that's extraordinary. Grace: So if if if, if, if one is so inclined, you can walk from Buckinghamshire to Wiltshire, or do it in reverse, taking in wonderful views, and you know, walking in vhy many hundreds of years of ancestors' footprints. Adam: Yeah. And and how many times have you done that walk then? Grace: *laughs* Zero. But I would like to do it one day. Adam: One day. OK. Well, you could do it in bits. I'll do I'll do the first kilometre with you. Grace: Lots of people do do it in bits. They park up, they walk a stretch and they get somebody to pick them up at the other end and take them back to their car. But actually I was I was on site here in the summer and I heard some like tinkling bells and looked up and it was two guys with huge backpacks and they were walking from the start of the Ridgeway Trail all the way to the Avebury standing stones in Wiltshire for the summer solstice. Adam: Blimey. How long would that, do you know how long that would have taken them? Grace: I don't know actually. Maybe a couple of weeks. Adam: Wow. And they had tinkling bells. I think you just sort of threw that in, which I think is that might get on my nerves with two weeks of walking with someone with a tinkling bell. Any idea why they were, were they just magical folk? Grace: They looked a little bit magical, but also I think it was day one so they might have ditched the tinkling bells after day one. Adam: Well, and actually we should, that's extraordinary, but I want to stop here because there's another felled tree and you were talking about the importance of actually decaying wood and even to the semi untrained eye like mine, we've got a tree trunk lying on its side and the roots of a tree still embedded covered in moss, but also fungi all over the place here. I mean, this is it's not a dead bit of wood at all really is it, it's hosting a huge amount of life. Grace: Yeah, it's absolutely living. Numerous fungi, species and bracket fungi here on the side. Smaller, smaller ones down there, you can see like the holes where beetles and different invertebrates are getting into the deadwood, what what, which is getting softer and softer over time. Ahhuge cavity over there, which could be used for all sorts of species. Adam: Looks like an elephant's foot at the bottom, doesn't it? Really does, amazing. Amazing that. Ah, OK. Back to the path. And we are, I mean, look, it's actually quite nice weather at a time of year where the weather isn't going to stay with us much and we are the only people. And I can see all the way down the King Charles Avenue and yes, just us, just us. All right, now we've had to stop because you got very excited about something you said ‘Stop!'. So why? Grace: That's right yeah so these are young lime trees that have originally come from the veteran lime trees we saw at the avenue at the start of our walk. So we've we've propagated, we've taken the seed from those veteran limes and we've grown them on into these young lime trees which we've planted up here because those those lime trees on the lime avenue they're not gonna live forever. They've hopefully got many hundreds of years left, but we want to continue their historic link to the site so this is seed from those very trees that we've planted up here on the King Charles Ride. Adam: And since, I mean, lime is obviously there's a lot of lime trees we've already been talking about that here. Just give me a as part of our online tree identity course, how do you spot a lime? Grace: So you you can tell a lime generally from the quite heart shape of its leaf, and they do also have quite quite unique looking seed pods as well. Adam: They've got little things on them. They flutter around to help them fly, like I always think of them as mini helicopters but anyway. OK, great. Grace: There's a word for those things I can't think what they're called. Adam: Yeah. Well, we'll, we'll call them mini helicopters and see if it catches on. Grace: Yeah, yeah, yeah *laughs* Adam: Yes, it's getting spookily dark under the canopy here, so these are clearly not lime trees. What sort of trees are these? Grace: We've got a lot of mature yew trees here which are causing quite a bit of shade at the moment across the ride. Adam: Yeah. So you showed you showed me how to spot a lime. How do you know these are yew trees? Grace: So yews have got these needle-like leaves a little bit like a Christmas tree sort of leaf. But but needles and they also have usually very sort of gnarly, flaky bark and red berries. Hopefully we'll see some, that would be quite fun, they're quite a quite an interesting shape. Adam: And yew trees are some of the oldest living trees, aren't they? Grace: They can live a very long time, yes. Adam: I thought, is it, I might be getting confused but I thought is it yew trees that often get planted in graveyards. Grace: Yeah, that's right. Yes. Adam: And I think, I mean, who knows? I think I've heard examples, you know in the thousand, 1,000 year old or or even more which is properly ancient. Grace: Yes. I believe they were there before the graveyards, Adam: Ohh I see it was the other way round. Grace: Yeah, that's what I've read because the yews were connected to Paganism and the, the, the, the, I believe the churchyards were built on these sort of sacred or spiritual sites where the trees were already in place. Adam: Right. Yes, must have something to do with rebirth or longevity of, you know, I'm I'm sure I've heard of a yew tree being 2,000 years old, so you're thinking, God you know, there's a yew tree from the age of Jesus Christ which really think, makes you ponder doesn't it, but that's I didn't realise you thought it was the other way around, I thought they planted yew trees in graveyards rather than they built graveyards around yew trees, but it makes more sense in some ways. So we're taking a little path to the left. I say little it's also rather grand, to be honest. But I know why I'm being taken down here cause at the end I can see a stone monument of some description. So I'll see what it is when I get there and you can hear the time of year, the leaves are falling, you might be able to hear that rustle. So this is an unexpected find, we come into another clearing and there is a huge stone monument. Grace, what on earth, what is this? Grace: This is the obelisk. It's a it's one of two Scheduled Ancient Monuments here, we'll see the other one shortly. It was built in in the early 18th century, so it's contemporary with the the the start of the parkland here. And probably designed by the architect James Gibbs. And it's said to be dedicated to Nell Gwynn. Adam: I mean, there's nothing on it, when you said you were taking me to see something dedicated to Nell Gwynn, you'd think they'd have a blooming statue of Nell Gwynn. It's, I mean, but it is huge and it's got a a round bauble at the top, I'm just going round it to see if there's any markings on the base, which there isn't. So maybe maybe this was a sort of you know, I'm going to publicly recognise you with this enormous monument, but because you're not the queen, I can't put your name on it. Amazing. Oh, my goodness, I'm turning around and there's another stunning thing at the end of this pathway, it's just full of surprises. So this looks like a Palladian villa at the end of this pathway, so is this also to Nell Gwyn but says nothing about her on it? Grace: No, I no, I don't think so. This is the summer house. The other Scheduled Ancient Monument here, again designed by the same architect. Well, we'll see when we get there, but it it looks certainly very impressive from the front, but we'll see more up close what lies behind. Adam: Ohh, you see, you're teasing me now *both laugh* Why she goes ohh what's, what does lie behind that villa? Alright. Let's go find out. You said go go at the back. There's something. It looks like it's very crowded at the back. Let's have a look. Ohh, there's nothing to it. There isn't a back. It's just a facade. Grace: That's right. The facade is all that remains now. Adam: There, there, there was more to it was there? Grace: There was more. It was it was an actual building, it was lived in by a gamekeeper and and his son in the 19th century. Adam: What a house for a gamekeeper. It's fit for a king. That's extraordinary. Grace: But it was demolished to make way for the Wiggington Road, which you might be able to hear in the background. Adam: Oh, how disappointing. Nonetheless a very nice pied-a-terre. Grace: It looks like an ancient temple from the front. Adam: It does. I just need a bit, you know, 4 foot at the back, I'll move in. Very nice. Now this has properly been a real treat, but modern life is intervening not only in the shape of the cars you might hear in background, but I have a Teams call with some TV producers I have to meet in about half an hour and they will be not and they will not be amused if I say I'm lost in a wood. So modern life as ever drags you back, what's the way home Grace? Grace: I'll I'll I'll walk you back, don't worry. Adam: Thank you, thank you, you're not going to just leave me to follow a trail of breadcrumbs back to the car. Well, that was quite a trip. If you want to visit Tring Park, it is on the A41, 30 miles North West of London and if you go to the Woodland Trust website, type in Tring Park, you'll find lots of other ways of getting there by bus, by train, on foot, by bicycle and even the What 3 Words location to use as well. And if you want to find a wood nearer you than Tring Park, well type into your search engine of choice Woodland Trust find a wood and you'll find one near you. Until next time, happy wandering. Thank you for listening to the Woodland Trust Woodland Walks with Adam Shaw. Join us next month, when Adam will be taking another walk in the company of Woodland Trust staff, partners and volunteers. Don't forget to subscribe to the series on iTunes or wherever you're listening to us and do give us a review and a rating. And why not send us a recording of your favourite woodland walk to be included in a future podcast? Keep it to a maximum of five minutes and please tell us what makes your woodland walk special or send us an e-mail with details of your favourite walk and what makes it special to you. Send any audio files to podcast@woodlandtrust.org.uk. We look forward to hearing from you.

Greg Jenner and his guests travel back to 17th-century England to meet a celebrity of the Restoration era. As was one of the first actresses in comedy and a mistress to King Charles II, Nell Gwyn's life was as eventful as her turns on the stage. Greg is joined by associate professor and writer, Diana Solomon and by comedian, actor and writer, Jess Knappett. Script by Emma Nagouse and Greg Jenner Research by William Clayton Produced by Cornelius Mendez

Nick is joined by RTE and RTV analyst and host Jane Mangan to discuss the latest news and events from around the racing world. They reflect on a mighty performance in the Nell Gwyn from Mammas Girl, whose rider Sean Levey joins the show with some insight into the strength of the horse and the race. Nick catches up with Rodgie Kavanagh, who turned 42,000 into 625k at the Craven Breeze-up last night. With news that the White Paper will likely be released next Thursday, gambling industry expert Neil Channing pops in for a quick chat, while Levy Board CEO Alan Delmonte gives notice of a transparency initiative which will show Levy board contributions to each individual race. Alistair Gordon talks us through the catalogue for the South African National Yearling sale, while Kate Grimwade tells Nick about her London Marathon training in aid of Racing Welfare and slips in some cheeky betting advice from the Varian stable.

Nick is joined by RTE and RTV analyst and host Jane Mangan to discuss the latest news and events from around the racing world. They reflect on a mighty performance in the Nell Gwyn from Mammas Girl, whose rider Sean Levey joins the show with some insight into the strength of the horse and the race. Nick catches up with Rodgie Kavanagh, who turned 42,000 into 625k at the Craven Breeze-up last night. With news that the White Paper will likely be released next Thursday, gambling industry expert Neil Channing pops in for a quick chat, while Levy Board CEO Alan Delmonte gives notice of a transparency initiative which will show Levy board contributions to each individual race. Alistair Gordon talks us through the catalogue for the South African National Yearling sale, while Kate Grimwade tells Nick about her London Marathon training in aid of Racing Welfare and slips in some cheeky betting advice from the Varian stable.

"the day kings die"

Un día como hoy, 2 de febrero. Nace: 1502: Damião de Góis, filósofo portugués. 1650: Nell Gwyn, actriz de teatro británica. 1852: José Guadalupe Posada, grabador e ilustrador mexicano. 1882: James Joyce, escritor irlandés. 1883: Candelario Huízar, compositor mexicano. 1901: Jascha Heifetz, violinista lituano. 1901: Jascha Heifetz, violinista lituano. 1963: Eva Cassidy, cantante y guitarrista estadounidense. Fallece: 1594: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, compositor italiano. 1921: Luigi Mancinelli, director de orquesta y compositor italiano. 1921: Luigi Mancinelli, director de orquesta y compositor italiano. 1970: Bertrand Russell, matemático y filósofo británico, premio nobel de literatura en 1950. 1970: Bertrand Russell, matemático y filósofo británico, premio nobel de literatura en 1950. 1996: Gene Kelly, bailarín y actor estadounidense. 2014: Philip Seymour Hoffman, actor estadounidense. Conducido por Joel Almaguer Un producción de Sala Prisma Podcast. 2023

Charles II “loved her more for her wit than the attractions of her person.”

"their foul-mouthed advertising of their wares was so hilarious that Nell was taken on as a professional performer"

So in 1675, Hortense Mancini fled France to hang out in London during the Restoration era. She truly took the city by storm with her superpowered beauty and scandalous ways. But in order to appreciate just what an effect she had, we need to talk for a minute about what London was like P.H. (Pre-Hortense). This week we learn about what Charles II had been up to since he unsuccessfully tried to marry teen Hortense (like being a volunteer firefighter, sexy Captain Hook impersonator, and oh yeah being the literal King) as well as info about his mistresses Moll Davis, Nell Gwyn, Barbara Villiers, and Louise de Carouelle AND also the jewel heist saga of Thomas Blood. References: Mistresses: Sex and Scandal at the Court of Charles II by Linda Porter The Kings' Mistresses: The Liberated Lives of Marie Mancini, Princess Colonna, and her Sister Hortense, Duchess Mazarin by Elizabeth C. Goldsmith https://bookshop.org/a/1419/9781586488895 https://www.historyextra.com/period/stuart/sex-scandals-and-betrayals-charles-ii-and-his-court/ article by RE Pritchard Leading Ladies: the many mistresses of Charles II wielded real political power by Annalisa Nicholson (History Extra magazine) Rex Factor podcast about Charles II https://play.acast.com/s/rexfactor/44.charlesii-restoration- Info about how to take action after the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe vs Wade is at http://podvoices.help Support Vulgar History on Patreon at patreon.com/annfosterwriter Get merch at http://vulgarhistory.store - use code TITSOUT for free U.S. shipping or TITSOU10 for 10% off your order Vulgar History is an affiliate of Bookshop.org, which means that a small percentage of any books you click through and purchase will come back to Vulgar History as a commission. Use this link to shop there and support Vulgar History: bookshop.org/shop/vulgarhistory

Bob Edwards' e Five Racing Thoroughbreds has seen enormous success in only six years with multiple Breeders Cup wins, countless graded stakes victories, and over 10 million in earnings. But the real push to get into the racing business came from daughter Cassidy, who has always loved horses, but her passion for Thoroughbreds goes beyond the track. Her girl Nell Gwyn, aka Gigi, has been her traveling companion, jumper, and teacher since she adopted her.

Bob Edwards' e Five Racing Thoroughbreds has seen enormous success in only six years with multiple Breeders Cup wins, countless graded stakes victories, and over 10 million in earnings. But the real push to get into the racing business came from daughter Cassidy, who has always loved horses, but her passion for Thoroughbreds goes beyond the track. Her girl Nell Gwyn, aka Gigi, has been her traveling companion, jumper, and teacher since she adopted her.

Nick is joined by broadcaster Rishi Persad to discuss the latest news and developments from around the world of horseracing. On today's show, Nick and Rishi discuss the dominant performance of 2000 Guineas favourite Native Trail in his Craven Stakes comeback, and consider the likely continued impact of Appleby trained horses in 2022. With another key trial - the Greenham - set to be run at Newbury this Saturday, trainer Richard Hannon joins the show to discuss his two chances, with added insight from his stable jockey Pat Dobbs. In the build up to the Kentucky Derby, Taiba's owner Amr Zedan (Zedan Racing) gives Nick an in-depth interview about his horse's prospects and explains his decision to pursue the Derby trail despite Bob Baffert's suspension. Jake Warren tells Nick how he picked out Nell Gwyn winner Cachet as a 2yo breeder a Tattersalls, while Mark Smyly gives details of tomorrow's Lambourn Open Day. Paul Cole pays a moving tribute to Julie Cecil, who died yesterday aged 80.

Nick is joined by broadcaster Rishi Persad to discuss the latest news and developments from around the world of horseracing. On today's show, Nick and Rishi discuss the dominant performance of 2000 Guineas favourite Native Trail in his Craven Stakes comeback, and consider the likely continued impact of Appleby trained horses in 2022. With another key trial - the Greenham - set to be run at Newbury this Saturday, trainer Richard Hannon joins the show to discuss his two chances, with added insight from his stable jockey Pat Dobbs. In the build up to the Kentucky Derby, Taiba's owner Amr Zedan (Zedan Racing) gives Nick an in-depth interview about his horse's prospects and explains his decision to pursue the Derby trail despite Bob Baffert's suspension. Jake Warren tells Nick how he picked out Nell Gwyn winner Cachet as a 2yo breeder a Tattersalls, while Mark Smyly gives details of tomorrow's Lambourn Open Day. Paul Cole pays a moving tribute to Julie Cecil, who died yesterday aged 80.

Nick is joined by RTE and Racing TV analyst Jane Mangan to discuss the news and events from around the racing world today. In a packed show, they discuss the reappearance of Native Trail, with a contribution from Charlie Appleby, as well as the winners on Day One of the Craven meeting. Nick also catches up with Hugo Palmer, who offers an upbeat bulletin on his Guineas contender Dubawi Legend as well as Greenham hopeful Flaming Rib. Trainer Dave Loughnane joins the show with a positive reaction to Hello You's comeback in the Nell Gwyn and talks about his 525,000 gn purchase at last night's Tattersalls Breeze Up Sale. As the Nick Luck Daily joins forces with MyRacehorse.com to promote shared ownership, Nick talks to managing partner Jules Pittam about the UK and Ireland launch of the popular micro share syndicate, while consignor Marie Harding describes the joy of seeing her alumnus Noble Yeats win the Grand National and JA McGrath joins with Hong Kong news.

Nick is joined by RTE and Racing TV analyst Jane Mangan to discuss the news and events from around the racing world today. In a packed show, they discuss the reappearance of Native Trail, with a contribution from Charlie Appleby, as well as the winners on Day One of the Craven meeting. Nick also catches up with Hugo Palmer, who offers an upbeat bulletin on his Guineas contender Dubawi Legend as well as Greenham hopeful Flaming Rib. Trainer Dave Loughnane joins the show with a positive reaction to Hello You's comeback in the Nell Gwyn and talks about his 525,000 gn purchase at last night's Tattersalls Breeze Up Sale. As the Nick Luck Daily joins forces with MyRacehorse.com to promote shared ownership, Nick talks to managing partner Jules Pittam about the UK and Ireland launch of the popular micro share syndicate, while consignor Marie Harding describes the joy of seeing her alumnus Noble Yeats win the Grand National and JA McGrath joins with Hong Kong news.

Nick is joined by David Yates, Newsboy of the Daily Mirror, to discuss the latest news and events from around the racing world. They talk in depth about the 2022 Randox Grand National, and reflect on the warmth felt towards retiring winning amateur rider Sam Waley Cohen and his positive contribution to the industry as well as paying tribute to the brilliant training skills of Emmet Mullins. Nick and Dave also examine the likely reaction to the two fatalities in the race, Discorama and Eclair Surf, discuss how the news of the injuries/fatalities was disseminated, and consider the ramifications of the winning rider's ban for overuse of the whip. As the season in the UK transitions to the Flat, Nick and Dave discuss this week's Craven Stakes (ft. Champion 2yo Native Trail), while trainer George Boughey discusses the claims of Cachet in the Nell Gwyn. US agent Joe Miller tells Nick why he is coming to the Tattersalls Breeze Up Sales this week, Simon Sweeting joins the show to talk about the EBF 2yo Finals, and NBC's Matt Bernier gives a rundown of the weekend's key Kentucky Derby trials.

Nick is joined by David Yates, Newsboy of the Daily Mirror, to discuss the latest news and events from around the racing world. They talk in depth about the 2022 Randox Grand National, and reflect on the warmth felt towards retiring winning amateur rider Sam Waley Cohen and his positive contribution to the industry as well as paying tribute to the brilliant training skills of Emmet Mullins. Nick and Dave also examine the likely reaction to the two fatalities in the race, Discorama and Eclair Surf, discuss how the news of the injuries/fatalities was disseminated, and consider the ramifications of the winning rider's ban for overuse of the whip. As the season in the UK transitions to the Flat, Nick and Dave discuss this week's Craven Stakes (ft. Champion 2yo Native Trail), while trainer George Boughey discusses the claims of Cachet in the Nell Gwyn. US agent Joe Miller tells Nick why he is coming to the Tattersalls Breeze Up Sales this week, Simon Sweeting joins the show to talk about the EBF 2yo Finals, and NBC's Matt Bernier gives a rundown of the weekend's key Kentucky Derby trials.

Sarah-Beth Watkins joins Charley for a laughter and fact filled chat about Charles II's favourite mistress - Nell Gwyn   Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/  

"come hither you little bastard"

Back in the dark days of Lockdown number 2 at the end of 2020 Lottie and Linda were enjoying the TV series Harlots.  Whilst chatting about it Lottie remembered seeing the blue plaque that is dedicated to Priss Fotheringham, the "second best whore in London".  And the idea for a podcast episode was born!For reasons many and varied it's taken us a whole year to bring the episode to you and we do hope you enjoy it.  It's not been all beer and skittles (or ping pong balls!) for sex workers through the ages, though.  In fact the life for the (mainly women) involved in the trade is often very grim indeed. More than any other episode this one has brought home to us just how little anything changes from one century to the next.  We are very grateful to Moira Buffini, writer of Harlots and Lyn Brown MP for their contributions.Further reading:Nell Gwyn, by Charles BeauclerkCity of Sin, London and its Vices, by Catharine ArnoldMadams - Bawds and Brothel Keepers of London, by Fergus LinnaneAn English Madam:  The Life and Work of Cynthia Payne, by Paul BaileyInteresting Viewing:Harlots, by Alison Newman & Moira Buffini available on DVD and to streamPersonal Services, by David Leland, available on DVD and to streamThis episode:Hosts:  Lottie Walker & Linda HansellGuests:  Moira Buffini  & Lyn Brown MPFarewell to Bankside read by Steve Taylor Editor:  Jacob TaylorIf you'd like to help us in our work to keep the podcast going do please consider becoming a patron.  It's really easy to do, just go to either:  https://www.patreon.com/bluefiretheatre or https://ko-fi.com/bluefiretheatre where you can donate.  This is all an expensive business and even the smallest donation helps us get our shows on the road and keep the lights on in the studio.  We really appreciate and are so grateful for all your support. And don't forget to follow us on social media.  We'd love to hear from you!  Find us at: https://twitter.com/famous_heard https://www.facebook.com/bluefiretheatre https://www.instagram.com/bluefire_tc https://www.bluefiretheatre.co.uk/  

Last week, you learned about the individual lives of the playwright Aphra Behn and the actress Nell Gwyn. On today's episode, present day writer and actor Claire Louise Amias joins us to talk about these women's sisterhood and shares some fun anecdotes about each of them. Claire trained as an actor at trained at RADA and Bretton Hall and has appeared both on screen and on stage. After becoming obsessed with the writer/spy Aphra Behn, Claire  wrote and performed in her one-woman play "The Masks of Aphra Behn" at the Women and War festival in 2016. Three years later, she released "Oranges & Ink," a play about our two sisters in today's episode. "Oranges & Ink" recently won an Off West End ‘OnComm' Award! You can watch both of Claire's plays in a double bill on scenesaver.co.uk for free—we highly recommend that you do! We hope you enjoy this conversation with Claire and learn as much as we did!

In this episode, we talk about Aphra Behn and Nell Gwyn as individuals, so that next time we can talk about their sisterhood. But even alone, these women led interesting and impressive lives! Aphra was a novelist, poet, and and dramatist who was the first professional female writer in English. Nell started off as an actress, but amassed her wealth and property by being mistress to King Charles II. Listen to this episode of Sistory Untold to learn even more about these fascinating women!

Greg Jenner and his guests travel back to 17th century England to meet a celebrity of the Restoration era. As was one of the first actresses in comedy and a mistress to King Charles II, Nell Gwyn's life was as eventful as her turns on the stage. Greg is joined by associate professor and writer, Diana Solomon and by comedian, actor and writer, Jess Knappett. Script by Emma Nagouse and Greg Jenner Research by William Clayton Produced by Cornelius Mendez

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 164, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Name The Instrument 1: In Billy Joel's " blank Man". piano. 2: In Wynonna's "Girls With blank ". guitars. 3: In Bruce Hornsby's " blank Rain". mandolin. 4: In Linda Ronstadt's "Different blank ". drum. 5: In the Byrds' "Mr. blank Man". tambourine. Round 2. Category: I Am A Crook 1: Ralph, nicknamed "Bottles", was the brother of this gangster, nicknamed "Scarface". Al Capone. 2: Sheriff Pat Garrett said this crook's "face always wore a smile". Billy the Kid. 3: In 1868 the Reno Brothers robbed one of these in Indiana, years before the James Gang did it out west. train. 4: The Queen Anne's Revenge was a ship of this pirate, whose whole known career lasted from 1716 to 1718. Blackbeard. 5: 2 months after Bonnie and Clyde were shot down in Louisiana, he got it outside the Biograph in Chicago. John Dillinger. Round 3. Category: Totally 1680s! 1: Around 1683 Jules Hardouin-Mansart completed this narcissistic Versailles feature, Galerie des Glaces in France. Hall of Mirrors. 2: The 1689 Treaty of Nerchinsk between Russia and this country on its east remained in force for 170 years. China. 3: In 1682 La Salle said, "Laissez les bon temps rouler" as he claimed this North American territory for France. Louisiana. 4: Last name of father and son Cotton and Increase, co-ministers at Boston's North Chruch starting in 1685. Mather. 5: On his deathbed, speaking of his mistress Nell Gwyn, King Charles II said, "Let not poor Nelly" do this. Starve. Round 4. Category: The Marrier 1: Tom Hayden, Roger Vadim, Ted Turner. Jane Fonda. 2: Sean Penn, Guy Ritchie. Madonna. 3: Andre Previn, Frank Sinatra. Mia Farrow. 4: Jeremy Thomas, Tom Green. Drew Barrymore. 5: Robert Evans, Steve McQueen. Ali McGraw. Round 5. Category: Canadian Cities 1: English is also widely spoken in this largest French-speaking city outside of Paris. Montreal. 2: The North Saskatchewan River divides this Albertan capital in half. Edmonton. 3: The CFL's B.C. Lions play their home games in this city. Vancouver. 4: Whitehorse replaced Dawson as capital of this territory in 1953. Yukon Territory. 5: This Ontario city's underground walkway system can get you from Eaton Centre to Union Station. Toronto. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Nick is joined by broadcaster Rishi Persad to discuss all the day's racing news, reflecting on some more outstanding racing from Newmarket's Craven meeting, where William Haggas starred with a big race treble. Owner-Breeder Philippa Cooper, whose Love Is You was third in the Nell Gwyn, drops in for a chat, as does Stuart Williams, who introduced a potential star two year old. Later in this edition, Nick catches up with ex-jockey Brian Toomey, who has been refused his insurance payout after his career ending injury, and William Muir, who announces plans for a joint licence with Chris Grassick.

Nick is joined by broadcaster Rishi Persad to discuss all the day's racing news, reflecting on some more outstanding racing from Newmarket's Craven meeting, where William Haggas starred with a big race treble. Owner-Breeder Philippa Cooper, whose Love Is You was third in the Nell Gwyn, drops in for a chat, as does Stuart Williams, who introduced a potential star two year old. Later in this edition, Nick catches up with ex-jockey Brian Toomey, who has been refused his insurance payout after his career ending injury, and William Muir, who announces plans for a joint licence with Chris Grassick.

She was the mistress of Charles II, mother to a duke, and one of the first English actresses to (legally) grace the stage. But before all that, she was Nell Gwyn.

This week join Katie as she discusses her favourite harlot, Nell Gwyn!! One of the first actresses to grace the stage, King Charles II beloved mistress and of course, someone you really really wouldn't want to cross!

Un día como hoy, 2 de febrero. Nace: 1502: Damião de Góis, filósofo portugués. 1650: Nell Gwyn, actriz de teatro británica. 1852: José Guadalupe Posada, grabador e ilustrador mexicano. 1882: James Joyce, escritor irlandés. 1883: Candelario Huízar, compositor mexicano. 1901: Jascha Heifetz, violinista lituano. 1901: Jascha Heifetz, violinista lituano. 1963: Eva Cassidy, cantante y guitarrista estadounidense. Fallece: 1594: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, compositor italiano. 1921: Luigi Mancinelli, director de orquesta y compositor italiano. 1921: Luigi Mancinelli, director de orquesta y compositor italiano. 1970: Bertrand Russell, matemático y filósofo británico, premio nobel de literatura en 1950. 1970: Bertrand Russell, matemático y filósofo británico, premio nobel de literatura en 1950. 1996: Gene Kelly, bailarín y actor estadounidense. 2014: Philip Seymour Hoffman, actor estadounidense. Un producción de Sala Prisma Podcast. 2021

The life of Nell Gwyn, folk heroine of Restoration England.

Amanda and Sarah get all historical with two very different topics. Amanda heads to 1876 to unearth the poorly executed plot to rob Abraham Lincoln's grave. Sarah details the fascinating life - and afterlife - of Nell Gwyn, the famously witty and charming mistress to King Charles II. Other subjects covered include the possibly grisly origins of Amanda's new dog, New Year's resolutions, and sexualizing sandwiches.  Recommendations: Amanda recommends the new Netflix monster movie Sweetheart. Sarah recommends the adapted horror series NOS4A2. Sources: - Mistresses: A History of the Other Woman by Elizabeth Abbott - Hamhigh - Spooky Isles  - Great British Ghost Tour - American Heritage (The Plot To Steal Lincoln’s Body) - U.S. News (A Plot to Steal Lincoln's Body) - Wikipedia/Funeral and burial of Abraham Lincoln   For updates on future episodes and other fun stuff, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Today, Sandra Hindman is in conversation with Benjamin Zucker— a leading New York based dealer of diamonds and precious stones. They discuss his creative journey from youthful writer to prominent collector after becoming enamored by the dazzling nature of diamonds. From colored diamonds to Charles II’s bodkin (a gift to his mistress Nell Gwyn), this talk covers many of the elements of Benjamin Zucker's experience as a professional dealer and passionate collector. This conversation took place within the exhibition Diamonds at Les Enluminures, NY, on October 24, 2019.

This week we learn about one of the first actresses on the English stage and a prominent figure of the Mexican War of Independence. (Eleanor Gwyn) NELL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nell-Gwyn-English-actress https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp01957/eleanor-nell-gwyn https://www.headstuff.org/culture/history/terrible-people-from-history/nell-gwyn-peoples-harlot/ (María de la Soledad Leona Camila Vicario Fernández de San Salvador) VICARIO https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/vicario-leona-1789-1842 https://www.girlboss.com/identity/2018-3-20-leona-vicario-history https://www.revolutionspodcast.com/2018/08/902-the-cry-of-dolores.html

The story of Nell Gwyn was the Cinderella tale of its age, the actress who captured the heart of a King. Over 300 years of storytelling, Nell Gwyn has become something of a mythical creature with whom I am entirely fascinated. In this week’s episode of Fantasy Bakes, I tell tales of Nell Gwyn and exploring why her legend endures. ... Read More

In which we meet London's most famous royal mistress, and follow her as she conquers the theatre, the public and the heart of King Charles II.

Harlot with a heart of gold. Mistress for the people. Nell Gwyn. Intro music by J Sparks Featuring Beyond Belief. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Licensed under creative commons by Attribution license 4.0 International --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/queenshistorypodcast/support

Nell Gwyn and Aphra Behn: two Restoration giants of the stage! This week we're looking at how their lives intersected and thinking about seventeenth-century female friendships more generally.

Shaun Kitchener, Natalie Lester and Kandy Rohmann battle it out in Theatre Feuds! They're all newcomers and all hungry for the title. Bonus points for this episode go to baby Alexa who joined us for this recording! Let the feud begin!

As Yet Unnamed London Theatre Podcast 27-Sep-2015 With T R P Watson  - Phil from the West End Whingers  - Gareth James - Nick from Partially Obstructed View - Plays Discussed Hangmen - Royal Court Theatre  [00:20]   Jane Eyre - Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre  [07:43]   Nell Gwyn - Shakespeare’s Globe  [16:39]

With Mark Lawson, The actress Thandie Newton has set herself a challenge for her first ever stage role. Taking time out from her film career - she won a Best Supporting Actress BAFTA for Paul Haggis's Crash - she discusses playing the role of Paulina Salas, a former political prisoner in a Latin American country who was incarcerated and raped by her captors, in Ariel Dorfman's play Death and the Maiden. Romola Garai, star of The Hour and Atonement, reviews a new exhibition of historical actress portraits depicting such superstars of their time as Nell Gwyn, mistress of Charles II, and Dorothy Jordan who had 10 illegitimate children with William IV. The exhibition includes Joshua Reynolds's depiction of Sarah Siddons as a noble Tragic Muse, and a full frontal portrait of a bare-breasted Nell Gwyn. The Slap is a new TV drama series starting on BBC Four, based on Christos Tsiolkas' best-selling novel. At a summer barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his son and the story traces the repercussions of a single event upon a group of family and friends. Rachel Cooke reviews. We Need to Talk About Kevin is a best-selling book and now an acclaimed film, and its title is being widely re-worked by headline writers, authors and organisations. Comedian Danny Robins assesses why some titles prove so alluring. Producer Claire Bartleet Presenter Mark Lawson.