Time Pieces History

What you'll hear:

• 0:58: St Cuthbert
• 1:45: The legends of the Cathedral's founding
• 2:47: The Norman Cathedral
• 3:52: The fate of Cuthbert
• 4:22: The Land of the Prince Bishops

What you'll hear:

• 1:40: William Wailes and the Towers
• 2:13: The back story to the park
• 3:16: The People's Park
• 4:04: Victorian benefactors
• 4:40: Shipley Art Gallery

What you'll hear:

• 0:52: Who was Earl Grey?
• 2:18: Earl Grey tea
• 2:51: Grey's Monument
• 3:40: Why Grey is so significant
• 4:08: Who were the Whigs?

What you'll hear:

• 2:04: The first bridge across the River Tyne
• 2:37: The people who made their living on the riverbanks
• 3:30: The seven bridges that span the river
• 4:56: Is the Sydney Harbour Bridge copied from the Tyne Bridge?

• 1:00: What we know about William Shakespeare
• 1:57: Why he may not have written the plays that bear his name
• 2:19: Potential real authors of the plays
• 3:20: The women who may have written his plays
• 4:03: The 'evidence' that proves the theory

• 1:07: Why pubs had signs
• 1:44: The original inns & religious pub names
• 2:21: The practical process for naming a pub
• 2:47: Common pub names in Britain
• 4:05: Pubs named for equipment or ingredients
• 4:36: Unique pub names

• 0:53: Cromwell's early life
• 1:23: The start of his political career
• 2:05: Cromwell as army commander
• 3:06: The Lord Protector
• 3:48: Why Cromwell was unpopular
• 4:16: Cromwell's death mask & afterlife

• 0:38: Lewis Carroll's mad hatter
• 1:37: Erethism - the truth behind the mad hatter story
• 3:10: Hazardous jobs for children, including matchmaking & chimney sweeping
• 4:00: London-specific jobs - the dangers of being a mudlark
• 4:29: The toshers working in London's sewers

• 0:42: The background to the Plot and the challenges faced by James VI and I
• 1:32: What was the reason for the Plot?
• 2:38: Why the Gunpowder Plot failed
• 3:16: How we commemorate the Plot, and the story of the 'guy'
• 4:00: The further disruptions that James faced

• 0:59: The international history of tea
• 2:00: How tea reached Europe
• 2:28: The invention of the teapot
• 3:32: What is an afternoon tea, and where did it start?
• 4:22: High tea & the challenges of linguistic variations
• 4:48: The cream tea, and the right way to assemble them