We kick our first season off with the formidable Bess of Hardwick. A 16th century, Midland born squire's daughter who worked her way up to becoming a pioneering architect, dynast and the second most powerful woman of her time next to Elizabeth I. To talk with host Lynsey Shaw in the studio about their mutual adoration of all round badass Bess, we have expert Professor Lisa Hopkins from Sheffield Hallam University.

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