Historical Friction

By Alice Procter, Abigail Fine, Helen Victoria MurrayHistory

Historical Friction episodes

November 16, 2020 Pompeii (2014)
Explosions! Swords! Horse girls! Melissa made me watch Pompeii (2014). We talked about the swords-and-sandals genre, the specific place of Pompeii in popular imagination, volcanos and Kit Harrington's hair. I do not recommend this movie. Please make more sexy trashy films about archaeologists.

Find Melissa on Twitter @hosmeriana
Historical Friction is a podcast about storytelling, pop culture, the past, and why we reenact it. Also sometimes bad wigs.
Support the show on Patreon at patreon.com/historicalfriction
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1 hr 11 min
November 09, 2020 Desperate Romantics (2009)
For this episode, Helen Victoria Murray and I revisited Desperate Romantics (2009), the show that made a generation of teens (or maybe just us) fall in love with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. We discussed the differences between Victorian fame and 2000s celebrity, the relationship between aesthetics and accuracy in artists' biographies, and all the ways in which William Morris deserves better.
Find Helen on twitter @helenvmurray
Historical Friction is a podcast about storytelling, pop culture, the past, and why we reenact it. Also sometimes bad wigs.
Support the show on Patreon at patreon.com/historicalfriction
Follow the show on Twitter @historyfriction
Follow Alice on Twitter @aaprocter
55 min
November 02, 2020 Twelfth Night (2017)
In this episode, we talked about gender and sexuality in three recent stage productions of Twelfth Night, and what happens when you look for queer history in a play from the 1600s.
We discussed the 2012 Globe production, the 2017 Globe production, and the 2017 National Theatre production, as well as the 1996 film directed by Trevor Nunn.
Find Eleanor on Twitter @elaffleck
The Brutus/Cassius Beauty and the Beast fanvid

Historical Friction is a podcast about storytelling, pop culture, the past, and why we reenact it. Also sometimes bad wigs.
Support the show on Patreon at patreon.com/historicalfriction
Follow the show on Twitter @historyfriction
Follow Alice on Twitter @aaprocter
1 hr 6 min
October 27, 2020 This is a podcast
Hi! It's a trailer! Welcome! Episodes release weekly on Mondays, so the first real episode is up on 2 November.
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7 min

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Historical Friction is a podcast about storytelling, pop culture, the past, and why we reenact it. Also sometimes bad wigs. Created by Alice Procter with Abigail Fine and Helen Victoria Murray.