The Rest Is History
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Was Wenceslas good? Was he a king? And Dominic remembers the popular Victorian light opera maestros first production "Thespis".*The Rest Is History Live Tour 2023*:Tom and Dominic are back on tour this autumn! See them live in London, New Zealand, and Australia!Buy your tickets here: restishistorypod.comTwitter: @TheRestHistory@holland_tom@dcsandbrook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
714 episodes
12 Days: Nero's succession and the fall of the Byzantine Empire
In a distinctly Roman start to 2022, Tom sets the scene for Rome's "Year of the four Emperors", while Dominic recounts a battle which was the beginning of the end for the Byzantine Empire.*The Rest Is History Live Tour 2023*:Tom and Domini…
12 Days: Jean-Bédel Bokassa and the memory of pandemics
It's New Year's Eve - switch off the Hootenanny and tune in to hear Dominic recount extraordinary tales of coups, cousins and the rise of an emperor in the Central African Republic. Later on in the podcast, Tom questions whether the curren…
12 Days: The Battle of Wakefield and Emperor Karl I
Tom dissects the Battle of Wakefield and the subsequent fall of Richard, Duke of York, while Dominic talks us through the last ‘great’ Habsburg emperor, Karl I of Austria.*The Rest Is History Live Tour 2023*:Tom and Dominic are back on tou…
12 Days: The Murder of Thomas Becket and the Wounded Knee Massacre
Tom takes us through the murder of Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral in 1170, while Dominic looks at one of the United States' most tragic massacres: the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee.*The Rest Is History Live Tour 2023*:Tom and Dominic …
12 Days: Massacre of the Innocents and the Tay Bridge disaster
In a suitably festive edition, Tom recounts the biblical story of King Herod's massacre of babies in Jerusalem, and Dominic remembers a rail disaster from 1879 and the hilariously bad poetry it inspired.*The Rest Is History Live Tour 2023*…
12 Days: Port wine and Darwin sets sail
How the English's fondness for Portuguese fortified wine began, and the unlikely story of the voyage which inspired Charles Darwin's natural philosophy.*The Rest Is History Live Tour 2023*:Tom and Dominic are back on tour this autumn! See …
12 Days: Good King Wenceslas and the first Gilbert & Sullivan
Was Wenceslas good? Was he a king? And Dominic remembers the popular Victorian light opera maestros first production "Thespis".*The Rest Is History Live Tour 2023*:Tom and Dominic are back on tour this autumn! See them live in London, New …
12 Days: Coronation of Charlemagne and the collapse of the Soviet Union
To kick off our 12 Days of Christmas mini-series, Tom and Dominic remember the birth of the Holy Roman Empire and Mikhail Gorbachev's resignation*The Rest Is History Live Tour 2023*:Tom and Dominic are back on tour this autumn! See them li…
133. Christmas churches
Fan favourite Rachel Morley from Friends of Friendless Churches is back to count down her top ten churches with a festive connectionGo to restishistorypod.com to access bonus episodes, an exclusive Discord chat community, and to listen to …
132. A Christmas Carol
Join Tom and Dominic in this festive special as they retrace the steps of Scrooge, Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim in an episode dedicated to Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'. The boys traverse the City of London, visit Scrooge's old haunts …