Time's Tall Tales

Time's Tall Tales

By Laura ThompsonHistory
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Time's Tall Tales episodes

  • We're Here, We're Queer, And We're Not Going Away: Early Representations of Queer Characters in Children's Books

    And we are back!! Join us for this very special episode in honour of LGBTQ+ History Month looking at early representations of queer families and characters in children's books from the late 20th Century. We'll feature famous books Jenny Lives With Eric and Martin, Heather Has Two Mommies, and more to explore the controversy these stories caused in the UK and America at a time of great political and social unrest. This episode does feature topics of a sensitive nature such as homophobia and racism. 

    57 min
  • Ardnamurchan Project with Dr Hannah Cobb
    Join us as we explore the complex but remote site on the west coast of Scotland: the Ardnamurchan Peninsula. The wonderful Dr Hannah Cobb kindly explains how work on this amazing site started in 2006 and some of the incredible finds they've made over the years, including a Viking boat burial.
    43 min
  • Kimberley Points with Dr John Piprani
    Join us as the wonderful Dr John Piprani from the University of Manchester takes us through the incredible history and culture that comes along with Kimberley Points as well the profound affect they have had on his experience of learning and making new connections across the world.
    49 min
  • Athenian inscriptions with Dr Peter Liddel
    Join us as we travel back to ancient Athens) with Dr Peter Liddel from the University of Manchester very kindly taking us through his current collection and translation project, Attica Inscriptions, and three inscriptions covering the issues of race, gender, taxation and international policy in ancient Athens.
    51 min
  • Dorstone Hill and Rock Crystal with Dr Nick Overton
    Join us as the wonderful Dr Nick Overton from the University of Manchester talks through Dorstone Hill and the amazing Rock Crystal found there. Thought at first to be glass, this beautiful clear quartz has been found at very few sites in the UK and may just open our minds to the dramatic possibilities of gatherings and rituals in the Neolithic Period.
    50 min
  • Ovid's Metamorphoses with Professor Alison Sharrock
    Ovid's Metamorphoses is a topic of much debate amongst academics and hits at the centre of numerous philosophical arguments about gender politics from antiquity. Join myself and the wonderful Alison Sharrock as she takes us through various stories in this epic poem and the underlying connections between femininity and the natural world.
    42 min
  • The Lost City of Atlantis: the reality of geomyths
    Join us as we explore the amazing underwater world filled with missing cities. While Atlantis may be the most well known story, there are numerous other geomyths spanning hundreds of generations which tell of important geographic changes which led to our world today.
    29 min
  • The History of Cluedo
    Ever wonder where our favourite murder mystery boardgame comes from? Join us as we explore the wonderful world of the past and travel back in time to World War 2 to explore the creative mind of Anthony Pratt, the man who designed Cluedo on his kitchen table during the Blitz.
    24 min

About Time's Tall Tales

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Every story has two sides, or even more, and all versions deserve to be heard. And they will be, here in Time's Tall Tales. We'll talk about everything from Greek mythology to modern fairtytales, and…

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