by CCash | Sep 15, 2025 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
with Sean Munger What did people in Shakespeare’s England think about the Holy Grail? Was it a sacred relic, a political symbol, or simply a fantastical legend? This week, we’re joined by historian and author Sean Munger to explore how the Grail myth evolved during...
by CCash | Apr 7, 2025 | Detailed Show Notes
Roads They talk about “pavement” but what they meant was gravel. Major roads, like Cheapside or Broadstreet would be gravel, but most of the roads were just mud. Famously the Strand, was mud right through the 16th century. You have to watch your footing. After the...
by CCash | Apr 7, 2025 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
In Shakespeare’s plays, he talks about “Travel” or “Traveller” just under 80 times, including references that suggest people travelled by foot and by horse, the Queen Mab speech by Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet talks about a wagon used for transportation, and there are...
by CCash | Feb 10, 2025 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
In Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona, Proteus says “Here’s too small a pasture for such store of muttons.” Proteus is speaking metaphorically here, but the phrase refers to the relationship between animals raised in a field, and then processed for...
by CCash | Jun 17, 2024 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
Shakespeare talks about unbuttoning your sleeve in As You Like It, King Lear undoes a button in Act V of that play, and Moth talks about making a buttonhole lower in Love’s Labour’s Lost. We’ve talked about clothes here on the show previously, but what about the...
