Category: EPISODES

EP035 THE UNFORTUNATE HANNAH HERBERT

2021-03-01 age-of-victoria 00:54:37 0 Comments

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How does it feel to be cast out? To lose everything you’ve ever known and be sent to the ends of the world? Want to understand what being a convict transported to Tasmania feels like? This show is for you. It covers;

– Intro & reviews.
– Introducing Hannah to the Court.
– How did it feel to be a convict?
– Her voyage.
– Another convict – Linus Wilson Miller.
– His feelings & has journey.
– The legal problems caused by convicts
– An uneasy melting pot.

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AOV CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2020

2020-12-24 age-of-victoria 01:06:22 0 Comments

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Merry Christmas everyone. What a year, so lets round it off in comfort. This special episode features.

Thank you’s.
Quick chat about Victorian Christmas Cards
Introducing Mrs Beeton, and the standardisation of recipes.
Why running a household really was difficult.
A valet or a butler?
Hints of gender conflicts and the danger of left over Turkey.
Order above all – Spit Spot.
Mince pies, and extraordinary mince pies
What would the neighbours say?
The birth of sweets
Dying for a humbug
Pass the arsenic.
A Christmas Ghost story.

You can find the full mince pie recipe here

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EP034 HOW TO BUILD HELL

2020-12-03 age-of-victoria 01:15:58 0 Comments

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The journey into Empire continues as we look at Tasmania, known as Van Diemen’s Land. Here the European settlers, the indigenous people, the convict system, the bush rangers, the lure of food, the battle for land, resulted in war, conquest and genocide. The birth pang of a new world was one of agony, yet the future of a unique culture and the amazing beauty of the island were in stark contrast to the declared British ambition of making it the ultimate penal hell. Join me for the complex and painful settlement of Tasmania, and its incorporation into the Empire.

This episode covers
Guest promo and thank you’s.
The brief history of Tasmania and the amazing geograph and ecosystem.
Settlement and strategic necessity – keeping the French out.
First contact goes wrong – the Risdon Cove Massacre.
Mad Tom loves a drink.
Governor Sorrell vs the outlaws.
The sad death of the Tasmanian Whisky Industry – murdered in 1839
The Black War begins – the stage is set for genocide.
Tools of the trade – muskets & raiding.
A terrible place for a soldier – why colonial Van Diemen’s Land was feared.
What was left after? A land of possibilities.
The forgotten – listening to the descendants.

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EP033 (PT2) WHO OWNS THE LAND?

2020-11-01 age-of-victoria 00:49:22 0 Comments

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The journey into Empire continues as we look more closely at the Australia’s, and the difficult issues of landownership, native rights, and how land can tie to identity. I also cover the culture clash between the Europeans and the Indigenous Peoples. This is part 2, which covers more of the background of Empire in the Australia’s, the First & Second Fleets, the impact of liberalism and the difference in world views between the Europeans and the Indigenous Peoples, the lure of food, the battle for land, the place of science and the timeline leading to the early Victorian Era in the Australia’s. If you haven’t listened to pt1 yet, I suggest you do that before listening to this.

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EP033 (PT1) WHO OWNS THE LAND?

2020-10-18 age-of-victoria 00:41:24 0 Comments

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The journey into Empire continues as we look more closely at the Australia’s, and the difficult issues of landownership, native rights, and how land can tie to identity. I also cover the culture clash between the Europeans and the indigenous aborigines. This episode then breaks and in part 2, it will cover more of the background of Empire in the Australia’s, the impact of liberalism and the difference in world views between the Europeans and the Aborigines, and the timeline leading to the early Victorian Era in the Australia’s.

This part covers

Thank you’s to Patrons, and listener reviews.
Elaboration on listener feedback/comments.
The complexity of ethnic identity in the UK.
The idea of conquest as a legitimate means of ownership
Indigenous rights as a concept
The culture clash between Europeans and the Aborigines at a high level
Terra Nulis and settlement.
To whom the law applies
The first steps to human rights
Break for end of part 1.

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EP032 PHILOSOPHY OF EMPIRE – THE VALUE OF LIFE?

2020-09-04 age-of-victoria 01:01:34 0 Comments

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To understand the past, sometimes we need to examine our values and subject them to philosophical analysis. The British Empire was a complex, varied entity that stretched across the world and changed over the centuries. How do we understand the mindset of those people in the C19th who created it, or lived in it? This episode is designed to get you thinking and analysing big questions and unpleasant moral problems. Ultimately the answers will be down to your judgements. Be warned some material is upsetting and contains references to genocide, racism, slavery, the holocaust, abortion and critiques of religion. I hope you find it stimulating.

Topics

Thank you’s to Patrons, and some listener reviews.
The complexity of Empire, and the settler empire.
How common were empires?
Are people innately warlike and violent?
Is life important; the need for philosophy.
Is life important; what would God do, and does that make it ok?
Is life important; building a moral framework for atheists.
The worst pub bore ever – drunken philosophy.
The economic value of life.
If your people are starving, is it immoral not to invade another country?
The right to liberty and freedom to do what you want except when you can’t.
Heuristics, mental shortcuts, and cognitive biases; how bad decision making affects empires.
The power and danger of othering.
Look him in the eyes as he dies.
Gengis Khan, and how to turn genocides into hero worship.
The dangers of anarchy, law and order.
Some impacts of Empires; feeding the hungry, and killing other people.
Final thoughts.

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EP031 VICTORIA & ALBERT – A ROMANTIC PRINCE & A WEDDING

2020-08-01 age-of-victoria 00:47:29 0 Comments

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How does the Queen of Kingdom and ruler of the Empire choose a husband? This is not a choice to get wrong, so Victoria was under pressure. Was Albert the Romantic Prince and perfect companion of her dreams? Learn about the Prince, his childhood, his music, & his journey from shy intellectual to confident suitor to the Queen.

This show covers

Prince Alberts childhood & family scandals.
The close relationship between Germany & Britain.
The German Romantic movement.
Did they really fall in love?
Albert had groove.
A royal proposal & Lord M’s advice for marriage.
What, a German? Tory opposition and financial constraints.
Preparing for the wedding.
The Bride Wore White.
A very, very successful wedding night.

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EP030 QUEEN VICTORIA’S NO GOOD, VERY BAD YEAR

2020-07-01 age-of-victoria 00:56:38 0 Comments

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How was Victoria coping with being Queen? She was intelligent, stubborn, cultured, but sometimes misguided and blinkered. Worse, the nation itself seemed fractured, bitter, and in danger of collapse. Her first two years as monarch showed the need for her to have a partner. Someone who could share the load, act as a lightning rod and shield on shoulder, and make the transition from partisan Queen to Monarch for the whole nation. There were some dangerous rocks in the waters and Victoria would have to learn to tread carefully as she made her steps on the journey to being the monarch that united the nation.

This show covers

Reviews and thank you’s
Lord Melbourne – brief biography
Introduce Sir Robert Peel
Situation of UK/Empire in 1830’s.
Chartism.
Lady Flora Hastings
Affair of the Bedchamber
Resolution
Victoria’s mental/physical state.
How Prince Albert helped.

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3RD ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL VICTORIA & ALBERT – A ROYAL, AND A ROMANTIC

2020-06-01 age-of-victoria 00:43:11 0 Comments

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EP030 3rd Anniversary Special: Victoria & Albert -a Royal and a Romantic.

The podcast is 3 years old, so time for Victoria and Albert to become a couple. One of histories famous romances and two names that almost define the age. Yet it was a strange road that brought them together. In this show we look at Queen Victoria’s tricky love life, the problems of being a royal celebrity, meet some of Prince Alberts competition, and learn how they finally came to meet. But was it love at first sight?

Gallery of Romanticism Key Works

This show covers

Reviews and thank you’s for 3 years
The importance of the German Romantic movement.
The problems of a royal marriage.
A woman? As Queen? What would the Bible say?
Immaturity and dynastic tangles.
Stalking Victoria.
Enter Prince Albert, stage right.
Duke Alex, boxes of bling, and heartbreak.

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EP029 THE COURT OF KING CHOLERA – THE GREAT VICTORIAN PLAGUE

2020-05-08 age-of-victoria 1:41:57 0 Comments

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EP029 “The Court of King Cholera – the great Victorian plague” explores one of the most famous pandemics in history. There was horror, death, and a little hope. Many bad decisions, anger and mistrust, but also groundbreaking science. When disease strikes it is easy to think humanity is levelled and we all stand together – does history prove this is true?

This show covers

Reviews and thank you’s
The initial panic of cholera?
Mt Tambora and the first pandemic
Poverty and failure.
Official corruption, murderous doctors and anti science mobs.
The dawn of the Victorian era in the time of Cholera.
What is the cause? Is it something in the air?
The lowest point – horror show at the orphanage.
The Doctors Strike Back.
Onwards and upwards, or a warning from history?

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SOURCES – EPISODE 029 CHOLERA

2020-05-08 age-of-victoria 1 Comment

There are a huge number of sources on Cholera and the Victorian response to the great pandemics. It affected everything from science to art to culture to city planning. I used the following sources for episode 029, but there is so much more to discover. This should provide some good jump off points.

Queen Victoria’s Diaries (herself, editors various)
Thomas, Amanda J “Cholera, The Victorian Plague”
Hidden extras: cholera comes to Victorian London http://broughttolife.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/themes/publichealth/cholera
E Chadwick, Report on The Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population(Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1984) originally published 1842
Stephanie J Snow, Commentary: Sutherland, Snow and water: the transmission of cholera in the nineteenth century, International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 31, Issue 5, October 2002, Pages 908–911, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/31.5.908
Chan, Christina H et al. “Historical epidemiology of the second cholera pandemic: relevance to present day disease dynamics.” PloS one vol. 8,8 e72498. 22 Aug. 2013, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0072498
http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/pandemic1826-37.html (2nd pandemic)
http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/pandemic1846-63.html (3rd pandemic “Asiatic Cholera Outbreak”)
Global epidemics and impact of cholera https://www.who.int/topics/cholera/impact/en/
Amrita GHOSH, « The Horror of Contact: Understanding Cholera in Mann’s Death in Venice », Transtext(e)s Transcultures 跨文本跨文化 [En ligne], 12 | 2017, mis en ligne le 24 octobre 2018, consulté le 26 mars 2020. https://journals.openedition.org/transtexts/779
Illness as a metaphor https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1978/01/26/illness-as-metaphor/
Mohammed, Yahaya et al. “Antimicrobial resistance of Vibrio cholerae from sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review.” African journal of laboratory medicine vol. 7,2 778. 6 Dec. 2018, doi:10.4102/ajlm.v7i2.778
https://www.wired.com/story/farm-animals-are-the-next-big-antibiotic-resistance-threat/
Chan, Christina H et al. “Historical epidemiology of the second cholera pandemic: relevance to present day disease dynamics.” PloS one vol. 8,8 e72498. 22 Aug. 2013, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0072498 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3749991/
Epstein, Paul S. Algal blooms in the spread and persistence of cholera. Biosystems Volume 31, Issues 2–3, 1993, Pages 209-221
Platizky, Roger S. “Tennyson and Cholera.” Victorian Poetry, vol. 35, no. 4, 1997, pp. 533–542. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40002266. Accessed 26 Apr. 2020.
Brice, A. W. C., and K. J. Fielding. “Dickens and the Tooting Disaster.” Victorian Studies, vol. 12, no. 2, 1968, pp. 227–244. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3826494. Accessed 29 Apr. 2020.
http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/14th-april-1849/9/her-majestys-secretary-for-the-colonies-having-con
http://thecircumlocutionoffice.com/blog/tooting-pauper-farm/18490217-examiner/
https://blackwells.co.uk/extracts/9780199202584_ormerod.pdf
https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?div=t18490409-919 (The Drouet Tooting Infant Establishment Disaster Case)
https://www.buckingham.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Charles-Dickens-and-Medicine.pdf

MINI018 RAILWAY TIME

2020-04-16 age-of-victoria 0:25:55 0 Comments

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MINISODE 018 RAILWAY TIME is here to take a light hearted look at the social etiquette of train travel, and the small matter of how the trains revolutionised time. This show covers

Reviews and thank you’s
Railways; is this a polite way to travel?
“I say, have we met?”
The problems with the timetables.
The Victorians control time itself.

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EP028 BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME? RAILWAY MANIA AND SOCIAL CHANGES

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EP028 BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME? RAILWAY MANIA AND SOCIAL CHANGES is here to count the cost of progress. As railways make men staggeringly rich, people start to fly too close to the sun and get their wings singed. Or fall prey to predators, like George Hudson, the Railway King. This episode covers

Reviews, thank you’s and some podcast recommendations
Railways; bringing a potential bonanza.
The profits of the first line, and tragedy.
The cost of doing business; political bribery.
A growing mania.
Boom time turns bust.
George Hudson – rise and fall of the first Great Railway Baron.
The end of the mania, and a new normal.

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EP027 Pt2 “made it run”

2020-03-14 age-of-victoria 00:50:28 1 Comment

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Railways were one of the great achievements of the Victorian Era, but they are complicated and hard to build. This show covers the process and the people involved in building these incredible pieces of engineering. Pt 2 of this episode covers;

The navigators; hard work for hard men.
Drink hard, play hard, fight hard.
The riots.
Individual lives.
The great railway tunnels.
The miners – life and death in the dark.
Monuments to sacrifice.

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EP027 Pt1 “Once I built a railroad”

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Railway building was a great achievement of the Victorian Age, but railways are complicated and hard to build. This show covers the process and the people involved in building these incredible pieces of engineering. Pt 1 of this episode covers;

The kinds of labourer & builders.
Surveying and risks to historic sites.
Wordsworth and the Lake District.
Acts of Parliament and politicians on the take.
Equipment troubles
The navigators; hard work for hard men.

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EP026 The railway is coming!

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The railway is here. What a change Britain was about to see! A herald of a new age, and new way of life. Something new in human history. This episode covers;

The English landscape and the train 1820-1840.
Early trains & popular .
Economic impacts.
Canal and coach monopolies.
Slum clearance & Agar Town.
A riot in Basingstoke.
Triumph of the railways.

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BONUS CHAT WITH THE SIECLE PODCAST – BRITAIN AND FRANCE AFTER WATERLOO

2020-01-21 age-of-victoria 00:38:22 0 Comments

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Bonus episode of The Age of Victoria & The Siècle! Learn about the differences between how France and Britain experienced the years after Waterloo in a conversation between your host Chris Fernandez-Packham and David Montgomery, host of the Siecle Podcast.

We chat about the state of Britain and France after the battle of Waterloo, to around 1830. I really enjoyed this opportunity chat to a fellow history fan. British and French history is deeply entwined and getting perspectives of each was fascinating. If you haven’t listened to the Siecle, please do because it is covering the same period as the Age of Victoria, but for the French. It will increase your understanding of the C19th immensely and is also extremely enjoyable.

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MINI017 Great things are done when men and mountains meet

2020-01-16 age-of-victoria 00:40:45 0 Comments

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“Great things are done when men and mountains meet; This is not done by jostling in the street.” -William Blake

Join me for this adventurous minisode.

This show has

Setting the scene; literature and the quest for adventure.
How Victorian masculinity was shaped by adventure literature.
How the mountains effect our minds
An ordinary boy from Surrey gets a job oversea’s.
The philosophy of mountains in the Victorian era.
A dangerous climb.
A woman’s place is seeking adventure..

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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2019

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Victorian Christmas Time! Mistletoe and Wine; listening to Podcast time.

This is a special episode for Christmas 2019. Learn about the hustle & bustle of the Victorian Christmas, with a focus on the games and entertainments. Find out how much effort people went to, then enjoy the bonus story on a special subject.

This show has

Victorian celebrations.
The postal service.
Games.
Music & the penny gaff.
Pretending to be respectable.
A big bonus.

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EP025 The industrial revolution & shattering the energy ceiling.

2019-12-01 age-of-victoria 01:10:43 0 Comments

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Forged in fire, the new era is born. The British unlock a new energy source and create the industrial revolution. Humanity around the world is transformed; no longer limited by our own muscles or the plodding of animals or the slow harnessing of wind and wave. Instead the British unleashed a revolution that allowed humanity to surpass all of its previous limit. Without this moment, nothing in the modern world would have been possible.

This show has

An outline of key concepts of energy sources and management.
The application of energy to useful tasks.
The early pioneers.
The great ripples of change.
Triumph of industry
Poverty in the midst of plenty.
Angry authors & a cultural shift.

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EP024 VICTORIA; CRISIS & THE CROWN

2019-11-01 age-of-victoria 00:46:18 0 Comments

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The time has come. Victoria must weather the final crisis on her way to the throne. Join me for an exciting conclusion to Victoria’s childhood where she finds out if she has iron in her soul.

This show has

Continuation of her teenage years.
Relationships with King William IV.
The state of the monarchy.
Victoria’s desperate crisis.
Ascending the throne.
Coronation and triumph.

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MINISODE 016 PUB QUIZ

2019-10-18 age-of-victoria 00:10:52 0 Comments

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PUB QUIZ. Time for you to grab a beer and a barstool like a good Victorian and have a go at testing your knowledge. Or if you have taken the pledge and joined the temperance movement, then get a cup of cocoa and join your friends for a civilised but fierce competition for the highest score.

Make sure you have a pen and paper handy and you are ready to hit pause to give yourself time to answer. I’ll post the questions and answers on the website shortly.

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EP023 Politics; the Whigs & the Reform Act 1832

2019-10-01 age-of-victoria 00:31:52 0 Comments

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Are you eager for reform? What to change the establish? Shake up the old order? Surely the time has come to join the Whig party then? This show covers the Whigs in the 1820’s & 1830’s and the land mark Great Reform Act 1832. British politics was changing rapidly and Victoria was at the cusp of the Throne. The struggles of the Whigs would help determine the political establishment for years into Victoria’s reign.

This episode covers

The difficulties of adopting a unbiased view of past politics
The Whigs world view
Why reform & being progressive isn’t always a good thing.
The Scottish counterpoint
The philosophy of reform & the great debate
Wiliam IV’s role.
Impact on Slavery
Victoria benefits

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MINISODE 015 TITLES & TIARA’S

2019-09-12 age-of-victoria 00:47:38 0 Comments

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Are you confused about your Lords & Dukes? Want to know why the Baron is always popping up? Wondering just what is the Duchy of Lancaster and why its so important? Want to know your Earls from your Marchioness’s? Worried about who gets to get to lead the dinner party when an Earl & a Prince pop over?

This minisode covers

The orders & rankings of the nobility & peerage

The role of the Queen

The Prince Consort

Details of the peerage

The baronets & knights

How to get into the peerage

Some notable cock ups

Historical exceptions designed to drive your host round the twist.

[also while I have used a lot of sources for this show, I highly recommend Elegant Etiquette in the Nineteenth Century by Mallory James; she’s written a fabulous & highly entertaining book]

Sources

Debretts Guide to the Peerage

Burkes Peerage

Steinbech, S “Understanding the Victorians”

McCahill, Michael W. “Peerage Creations and the Changing Character of the British Nobility, 1750-1830.” The English Historical Review, vol. 96, no. 379, 1981, pp. 259–284.

Hanham, H. J. “The Sale of Honours in Late Victorian England.” Victorian Studies, vol. 3, no. 3, 1960, pp. 277–289.

James, Mallory. “Elegant Etiquette in the C19th”

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