The Things That Made England

By David Crowther and Roifield Brown

An affectionate meandering through the things that make England the way she is – from HP Sauce to the Allottment, Aethelstan to the politics of Queuing. With Luke Baxter, Roifield Brown, David Crowthe... more

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March 14, 2021 Buns II - Revenge of the Lardy Cake
To Lardy Cake and beyond!
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February 28, 2021 Buns the First
Some triumphant buns in the bread cabinet of English cooking over which you may salivate. And come to Facebook to post pictures of your buns too.
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50min
February 11, 2021 The British Empire
The British Empire... was it a thing that made England or a thing that England made? Find out here, well, find out what we think any way.
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1h 33min
January 15, 2021 Fish and Chips
Fish and chips is a hot dish consisting of fried fish in batter, served with chips. The dish originated in England, where these two components had been introduced from Jewish immigrants and probably flemish migrants. Fish and chips is a common take-away food in England and numerous other countries, particularly in English-speaking nations.

Fish and chips first appeared in the UK in the 1860s, and by 1910, there were over 25,000 chippies across the UK.

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58min
December 16, 2020 The British Constitution
The Constitution of the United Kingdom is the system of rules that decides the political governance of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Unlike in most countries, it is not codified into a single document. However, it recognises that there are principles, such as parliamentary sovereignty, the rule of law, democracy and upholding international law.
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1h 23min
August 24, 2020 Elizabeth 1 - Gloriana
Luke and David discuss Elizabeth I, sometimes called the Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the last of the five monarchs of the House of Tudor.

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1h 2min
July 02, 2020 Public Schools
A public school is a fee-charging endowed school originally for older boys which was "public" in the sense of being open to pupils irrespective of locality, denomination or paternal trade or profession. Public schools have had a strong association with the ruling classes
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50min
May 29, 2020 Youth Cultures
Following World War II, there was a baby boom which brought about the birth of a distinct youth culture in England which frequently reinvented itself every few years or so. Young people began to turn away from their parent’s ethics and style of dress to dance to new music, the influence of US culture and post war affluence created the English Teenager but then England made it its own.
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1h 5min
April 25, 2020 Athelstan
Athelstan was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 and King of the English from 927 to 939 when he died. He was the son of King Edward the Elder and his first wife, Ecgwynn. Modern historians regard him as the first King of England and one of the greatest Anglo-Saxon kings.
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52min
March 17, 2020 The Bank of England
The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. Established in 1694 to act as the English Government's banker, and still one of the bankers for the Government of the United Kingdom, it is the world's eighth-oldest bank.
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51min

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