Benjamin's Britain

14 months of quarantine - Sound familiar? That's what the village of Eyam had to do when The Great Plague made it's way to their village in Derbyshire in 1665. Classics teacher, baker and vegetable grower, Vic Boorman joins Nicky and Ben to throwback to their timely trip to Eyam in Summer 2020. Vic also lets us in on a lesser known historical hobby of hers, Letterboxing.

References:

Balding, C. (2016) Eyam, Derbyshire, Ramblings - Series 32, [Available at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0745gt3]

Brooks, G. (2001). Year of wonders: A novel of the plague. New York: Viking. Chicago

Foster, A. (2020) Eyam, The Plague Village (Pandemic Super Special), Vulgar History [Available at https://anchor.fm/vulgarhistory]

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Our guest for this episode is Amie Liebowitz, an Australian broadcast journalist living in the UK, who first met Ben a decade ago. Amie talks to us about learning British history in a Commonwealth country, her trip with Ben to Ely, its 'English Braveheart' and a cheese-inspired alternative landmark.

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Sam Horton joins us to discuss his record breaking day of visiting 12 historical landmarks in a day with Ben, focusing on the iconic St Paul's Cathedral. Staying on the theme of architecture and religion, Sam's alternative landmark pick is also in London and is probably one of the most visually stunning to date.

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We're back for Season 2! Starting where we left off, we're back to Scotland for a trip down memory lane with Gemma Cowen. Gemma is a self confessed history novice, music and culture lover and proud Scot. They discuss Ben and Gemma's trip to one of the most remote landmarks on Aslett's book, the Isle of Iona, as well as some equine based mythology and many embarrassing stories about Ben. 

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As a thank you for listening to Season 1 of Benjamin's Britain, Nicky and Ben have put together a bonus episode to entertain you before Season 2 starts is released in the Spring. This episodes features unheard clips from all of the seasons guests, including revisiting controversial landmark ratings, bonus historical facts, an exploration into the 'duds' of landmark visits and a fan submitted theme song. And of course we end on an alternative landmark, the first Fish and Chips Shop in Britain. 

Thanks again for listening and we'll be back with new episodes soon. Enjoy!

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Ash Tezoo joins us over a wee dram for the final episode of the season. We discuss a trip to Inverness in June 2017, getting tipsy at a historical landmark and the connection an arts centre in Ash's hometown of Bishop's Stortford has with one of the most controversial colonial figures in history.

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You could say that this episode's guest is responsible for the whole Benjamin's Britain project in more ways than one... it's Ben's Mum, Corrine Manning. Nicky asks them about one of their many trips to Caerleon, the Roman town in South Wales, which is home to ancient baths and an ampitheatre. Corrine then transports us to a childhood favourite, Ham House in Richmond for her alternative landmark choice.

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Scout leader and former colleague of Bens, Simon Leigh is this episodes guest. In amongst the madness of 2020, Simon and Ben took a 50km hike across part of Offa's Dyke, the original border of Mercia and Powys (England and Wales). They discuss their two day trip as well as Simon's alternative landmark, the Isle of Bute, the location of one of Britain's darker moments in history.

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Alex Fenton, holder of a MA in History, craft beer connoisseur and a self proclaimed map lover, has joined Ben for trips to over 70 landmarks around Britain! In this episode Alex and Ben reminisce about a trip to the notoriously scandalous Hell Fire Caves close to his home town of High Wycombe. Alex's alternative landmark then takes us to the East End of London for a historic street battle.

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This episode's guest is Diana Szteinberg, guitar playing, travel-loving Bolivian. They discuss what history lessons are like in Bolivia and Nicky asks Ben and Diana to relive their trip to Paradise Mill and Macclesfield mere weeks before the first UK lockdown. To round of the episode Diana adds to the Benjamin's' Britain alternative landmarks list with a Manchester lab that shaped the future of medicine, energy and war...

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