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Heads That Keep Talking After They Are Decapitated (and other wild Royal death stories)
Deaths of monarchs are recorded in details that are both surprising & often macabre. Dive into the history with our guest, Suzie Edge.
David Ingram Walks from Mexico to Nova Scotia in 1568
David Ingram walked from Mexico to Nova Scotia in 1582, detailing his journey in a manuscript Shakespeare could have used for The Tempest.
Thomas Kyd inspires a young William Shakespeare to write plays
Explore the often overlooked inspiration for Shakespeare’s plays, and arguably Shakespeare’s writing tutor, Thomas Kyd with Darren Freebury Jones.