Today we sit down with illustrator, actor, playwright and producer Laura Crow to talk about her new project Vile, The Tudor Play.

This delicious production looks at the story of Jane Parker, a.k.a. Jane Boleyn, from a new angle.

See Vile:

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/53two/t-nopxgad

Find Vile:

https://www.tudorsociety.com/vile-the-radical-redemption/

https://www.instagram.com/vile_thetudorplay/

https://timeandagaintheatre.com/projects/

https://substack.com/@vilethetudorplay

Find Laura:

https://www.itslauracrow.com/

https://www.instagram.com/itslauracrow/

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https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

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https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Good news - The New York Times Best-selling author JOHN MATTHEWS is back on the show, this time we’ll be talking about The Book of Merlin: Magic, Legend and History, published by Amberley.

Who was Merlin?

Did he actually exist?

What has Wales got to do with him?

And what is the larger context of the Merlin and Arthurian myths? Let’s dig in…

Happy #MerlinMonday !

Please welcome John Matthews to the show.

And we’ll be talking about his upcoming book Voyages with the Celtic Saints: Stories and Wisdom for Travellers in Search of Truth.

The Book of Merlin:

https://www.amberley-books.com/the-book-of-merlin-9781398127012.html (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Book-Merlin-Magic-Legend-History/dp/1445699206/ (USA)

Voyages of Celtic Saints:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Voyages-Celtic-Saints-Stories-Travelers/dp/0764368796/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Voyages-Celtic-Saints-Stories-Travelers-ebook/dp/B0DYL4V2X5/ (UK)

https://redfeathermbs.com/products/voyages-into-vision (USA)

Find John's Books:

https://www.amberley-books.com/robin-hood-9781445690773.html

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prophecies-Merlin-English-Translation-15th-Century/dp/B0DH3MQX4X/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prophecies-Merlin-English-Translation-15th-Century-ebook/dp/B0DMPKZ356/

Find John & Caitlin:

https://www.hallowquest.org.uk/arthurian-grail-merlin-and-taliesin-book-titles

https://graal.substack.com/

Find Baroque:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Please welcome historian Anna Whitelock and we’ll be talking today about her fabulous new book - The Sun Rising: James I and the Dawn of a Global Britain, published by Bloomsbury (UK) & Viking Press (USA).

This is a wonderful account of James VI and I’s working life.

What was his connection to the colonies?

How global was Britain’s presence during his reign?

And is it true that he was once invited to the next tsar of Russia?

Let’s find out more.

The Sun Rising:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/sun-rising-9781408863541/ (UK)

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/the-sun-rising/anna-whitelock/9781408863510 (UK)

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318646/the-sun-rising-by-anna-whitelock/ (USA)

Mary I:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/mary-tudor-9781408800782/ (UK)

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/319084/mary-tudor-by-anna-whitelock/ (USA)

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/189852/mary-tudor-by-anna-whitelock/ (USA)

Elizabeth's Bedfellows:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/elizabeths-bedfellows-9781408833643/ (UK)

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/title/queens-bed-intimate-history/author/whitelock-anna/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Queens-Bed-Intimate-History-Elizabeths/dp/0374239789/ (USA)

Find Anna:

https://www.annawhitelock.co.uk/

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/73627/anna-whitelock/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Whitelock

https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/people/academics/anna-whitelock

https://www.visiblecrown.com/as-a-historian-of-monarchy-i-thought-i-was-immune-to-its-magic-not-today

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/search?term=anna%20whitelock

Stuart History Festival:

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thestuarthistoryfestival

https://www.andreazuvich.com/current-events/the-stuart-history-festival-speaker-lineup/

https://bsky.app/profile/stuarthistoryfest.bsky.social

https://www.facebook.com/StuartHistFest/

https://www.instagram.com/stuarthistoryfestival/

https://x.com/StuartHistFest

Find Baroque:

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https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, Stuarts can be found on the following walks:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Stuarts to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Have you ever heard of Russian Jews seeking new life in Galveston, Texas, after the pogroms in Imperial Russia? Now you have.

Today we talk to Rachel Cockerell, whose ancestor was responsible for this movement, and whose first book on this subject, told entirely with the voice of primary sources, was voted The Times and The Sunday Times Book of the year. Let’s find out more…

Get Melting Point:

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/melting-point-family-memory-and-the-search-for-a-promised-land/rachel-cockerell/9781035408917 (UK)

https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/rachel-cockerell/melting-point-family-memory-and-the-search-for-a-promised-land/9781035408917/ (UK)

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374609269/meltingpoint/ (USA)

Find Rachel:

https://www.rachelcockerell.co.uk/

https://www.ft.com/content/a815b1ed-61dc-4912-85f5-a1e385d34d69

https://www.thejc.com/life/i-definitely-feel-more-jewish-than-when-i-started-writing-the-book-v1v6dbv4

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/05/05/melting-point-rachel-cockerell-book-review

https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/melting-point-book-cockerell-jewish-homeland-galveston-project-texas/

Find Baroque:

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https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Stuarts to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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We continue our #MightyMargarets series!

Good news! Lauren Johnson is back on the podcast, this time we’re talking about the great Tudor matriarch - Margaret Beaufort, the subject of Lauren’s upcoming book.

Did Margaret know how to have fun? What part did femininity play in her life? What was it like to have her as your boss? And what do swans have to do with Margaret Beaufort? Let's find out...

Pre-Order Margaret Beaufort - Survivor, Rebel, Kingmaker:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/margaret-beaufort-9781789541649/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Margaret-Beaufort-Survivor-Rebel-Kingmaker-ebook/dp/B0F1FGLF27/ (USA)

Get The Shadow King - The Life and Death of Henry VI:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/shadow-king-9781784979645/ (UK)

http://pegasusbooks.com/books/the-shadow-king-9781643131283-hardcover (USA)

Get Lauren's Other Books:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/author/lauren-johnson/ (UK)

http://pegasusbooks.com/authors/lauren-johnson (USA)

Lauren's Fiction:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Arrow-of-Sherwood-Hardback/p/4101/aid/1238

Find Lauren:

http://lauren-johnson.com/index.html

https://www.facebook.com/LaurenJohnsonAuthor/

https://www.threads.com/@history_lauren

Lauren on Goodreads:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7796295.Lauren_Johnson

Find Baroque:

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https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Stuarts to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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We chat with Dr Joanne Paul about her new book - Thomas More: Life and Death in Tudor England. (published by Penguin in UK and Simon and Schuster in USA).

Please pour yourself a cup of Countess Grey and start a drinking game on how many times Joanne and I are going to say ‘More’... when talking about one of the greatest figures of the Tudor age - Sir Thomas More…

Please watch/ binge/ indulge in My Lady Jane (2024) on Amazon Prime.

Find Joanne:

https://joannepaul.com/

https://womenalsoknowhistory.com/individual-scholar-page/?pdb=979

https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/6201559.Joanne_Paul

Pre-Order Thomas More:

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/453261/thomas-more-by-paul-joanne/9781405953603 (UK)

https://bookshop.canterbury.ac.uk/thomas-more-a-life_9781405953603 (UK)

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Thomas-More/Joanne-Paul/9781639368792 (USA)

The House of Dudley:

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/309209/the-house-of-dudley-by-paul-joanne/9781405937191 (UK)

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-House-of-Dudley/Joanne-Paul/9781639366125 (USA)

http://www.pegasusbooks.com/books/the-house-of-dudley-9781639363285-hardcover (USA)

Utopia:

https://www.waterstones.com/book/utopia/thomas-more/joanne-paul/9780198860204 (UK & USA)

https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Utopia-by-Thomas-More-author-Joanne-Paul-editor/9780198860204 (UK & USA)

Joanne's Other Books:

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/counsel-and-command-in-early-modern-english-thought/joanne-paul/9781108748254

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/thomas-more/joanne-paul/9780745692173

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/queenship-and-counsel-in-early-modern-europe/helen-matheson-pollock/9783030083373

https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/thomas-more-a-life-dr-joanne-paul/7765640?ean=9781405953603

https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Joanne-Paul/197500984

Find Baroque:

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https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, Tudors can be found on the following walks:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Stuarts to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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This year we’re celebrating 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen.

Today we sit down with John Mullan about his book What Matters in Jane Austen?, which has just been re-released by Bloomsbury Publishing.

What Matters in Jane Austen?

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/what-matters-in-jane-austen-9781526693945/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/What-Matters-Jane-Austen-Crucial/dp/1620400421/ (USA)

The Artful Dickens: The Tricks and Ploys of the Great Novelist

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/artful-dickens-9781408866825/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Artful-Dickens-Tricks-Ploys-Novelist/dp/1408866811/ (USA)

Find Baroque:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Stuarts to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Today is the anniversary of the First Battle of St Albans, which was fought in 1455, making it the first battle of the Wars of the Roses; and to talk about it today our guest is Jackson van Uden.

Welcome back, Jackson!

Find Jackson:

https://historywithjackson.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/historywithjackson/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxXh8pNeS7gdE377kgrNOIw

Dictators by Jackson van Uden:

https://shorturl.at/wZ7lh

The Crystallisation of Totalitarianism by Jackson van Uden:

https://shorturl.at/H3bAl

Find Baroque:

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https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Stuarts to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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