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EP068: WHEN HUNGER WALKS THE LAND is live, investigating the visceral, human reality of the Irish Potato Famine. 💀 Biology of Starvation ⚖️ The Gregory Clause 🛶 The Empathy Gap LISTEN: ageofvictoriapodcast.com/ep068-when-hun…

EP067 Highlands & Hardship. The Highland Potato Famine of 1846 was a structural crisis often hidden behind romanticised myths. We examine how Scotland teetered on the brink, but avoid true catastrophe. Listen: ageofvictoriapodcast.com/ep067-highland…

EP066 is out: THE PANDEMIC OF ROT. 🥔🦠 Forget the "Great Men" of history. In 1845, the real driver of change was a microscopic fungus. We’re diving into the deep history, the Malthusian Trap, & the biological foundations of the Great Famine. Listen: ageofvictoriapodcast.com/ep066-the-pand…

How did one woman set Europe on fire and bring down a King? 💃🔥 Episode 065 is live! Join over 1,000 listeners this week as we kick off the 1840s series with the scandalous Lola Montez. Perfect for your Monday commute: ageofvictoriapodcast.com/ep065-setting-…

EP065: SETTING EUROPE ON FIRE is live! ⚔️ Meet Lola Montez, the "accidental bunch of dynamite" who sparked a royal scandal and helped ignite the 1848 revolutions. From Paris bohemia to the fall of a Bavarian King, the fire starts here. 🔥 Listen now: ageofvictoriapodcast.com/ep065-setting-…

OUT NOW!! EP064: LOLA TAKES THE STAGE Scandal, reinvention & rebellion – Lola Montez lit up the Victorian stage & shook Europe. ageofvictoriapodcast.com/ep064-lola-tak…

🎉 New episode! The Age of Victoria Podcast celebrates 8 years with A Flashy Celebration – a deep dive into the world of Sir Harry Flashman: coward, cad, and accidental hero. Listen here: 🔗 ageofvictoriapodcast.com/8th-anniversar…

🎧 New Episode: EP063 – Are We Nearly There Yet? Set sail for 1840s India—not to fight, but to live. From seasick voyages to settling in Calcutta or Madras, long trips, complex identities, and quiet routines that built an empire. 🎙️ Listen now: ageofvictoriapodcast.com/ep063-are-we-n…

@Terrald175301 @horacio_names @PawlowskiMario You loved GCHQ & the British intelligence network pumping oceans of classified information to the NSA, and the easy access to U.K. global military bases, plus the diplomatic cover we gave you at the UN. Don’t you dare lie about it being a one way relationship.

@horacio_names @PawlowskiMario U all loved our money and weopons

THINGS JUST GOT REAL‼️ Macron just called an emergency summit in Paris, and Poland’s Foreign Minister Sikorski is making it clear—Europe is done waiting for the U.S. to get its shit together. This isn’t just a meeting; this is a massive geopolitical shift happening in real-time. Europe sees what’s happening. Trump is actively sabotaging NATO, playing footsie with Putin, and screwing Ukraine over. Now, Poland, France, and the rest of the EU are stepping the fuck up. What’s on the table? •Ukraine’s survival. More weapons, more direct support. •European defense without the U.S. Because let’s face it, America under Trump is unreliable as fuck. •Kicking reliance on Washington’s security guarantees to the curb. Europe’s getting ready to hold its own. Sikorski basically just said, “Europe needs to be strong and united or we’ll get steamrolled by Moscow.” Zelensky is calling for an “Army of Europe” while Russia is massing 150,000 troops in Belarus. Let that sink in. We are watching history being rewritten right now. If Europe makes a serious move to build its own military power, NATO as we know it could be done. The world is shifting—fast.

We really need to stop making it so hard for NHS staff to go to work A huge number of NHS workers have to cope with inadequate public transport, insufficient and unsafe parking for cars and bikes, and exorbitant costs Something needs to be done urgently - please RT if you agree

Introducing Pope John XIV! Oh dear... pontifacts.podbean.com/e/138-john-xiv/

And for those of you that didn't want to believe it here it is. The UK is bottom of the league when it comes to European bathing water quality standards. 🤬

Within a year of being crowned, he was faced with possibly the most feared, most ruthless and most famous Viking to set foot on English shores. Eadred live now on all platforms. podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kings… #king #England #Vikings #saxons #RoyalFamily

Though currently stranded in Europe, I did manage to release a new episode where I and my special guests, @imperfectmenpod, discuss the life and early career of Treasury Secretary Alexander J Dallas. Hope you'll check it out! #history #POTUS presidenciespodcast.com/satt-0281-alex…

Introducing Benedict VII, the real successor of Benedict VI! pontifacts.podbean.com/e/137-benedict…

Dive deep into the Anglo-Afghan War's "QUAGMIRE OF OCCUPATION" (EP059) on The Age of Victoria podcast! ⚔️ Witness British blunders, & a clash of cultures. 🇦🇫🇬🇧 #history #podcast #Afghanistan #BritishEmpire ageofvictoriapodcast.com/ep059-india-se…

"Thames Water says bills must rise by more than £260 a year." Oh yes, GIVE US YOUR MONEY OR ELSE!!! Have you noticed that @thameswater never ever mention the fact that 28% of your bill actually goes to pay interest on the colossal mountain of debt they've gotten the company into. Not fixing the pipes, not clearing up their filthy sewage network, not providing a better service but penalising their customers for a problem they created. Curious that. #FloodTheStreets telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…

“Thames Water says without steep bill increase it’s ‘neither financeable nor investible’.” Yet more desperate and naive scaremongering from @thameswater if it fails it fails and guess what? Good bloody riddance. theguardian.com/business/artic…

099: Hellenistic Science - Geography and Astronomy Ending our series on science and technology, I discuss Eratosthenes' calculation of the Earth's circumference, Aristarchus' heliocentric theory, the Antikythera Mechanism, and much more. tinyurl.com/4shz7tew

@LandofRob @Nick_Britten I don’t know, I can think of a few lower sadly! The Black War or the Opium War spring to mind.