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Back When | History PodcastEla, Sheriff of Wiltshire | A Medieval MarvelIn 1196, 9-year-old Ela was hidden away in France after becoming the third Countess of Salisbury.
After being discovered and brought back to England by a knight who supposedly sang underneath windows to find her, Ela went on to become one of the thirteenth century's most influential women.
As well as being a peeress, Ela is also known for being the Sheriff of Wiltshire, breaking social norms and defying the intensely patriarchal society she was in. As the King's representative in the county, she would’ve been responsible for upholding the Crown's law and bringing its enem...2025-06-1113 min
Back When | History PodcastGraveyard of Ships | The Royal Anne GalleyOn 10 November 1721 the Royal Anne Galley sank after hitting treacherous rocks at Lizard Point in Cornwall, tragically claiming the lives of more than 200 people.
The dead include Captain Francis Willis and his crew who had been on their way to Barbados to hunt down pirates.
Join Helen and marine archaeologist David Gibbins as they uncover the tale of the 300-year-old wreck and the disaster's eerie aftermath.
The Royal Anne Galley is one of thousands of shipwrecks around Britain's coastline. Its haunting story reveals the realities of 18th Century life and death at sea.
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Back When | History PodcastH.G. Wells | The Father of Science FictionTime travel, Martian invasions and free love all have one thing in common - H.G. Wells.
Helen Antrobus explores how the world was changed through the writings of one author as H.G. Wells brought science fiction to the masses with the War of the Worlds, the Time Machine and many more iconic stories.
Discover how a series of underground tunnels and a telescope in an attic room helped to pave the way for the sci-fi we know today.
[Ad] This podcast is sponsored by CEWE, Europe’s leading photo printing company. Every image you...2025-04-1623 min
Back When | History PodcastBlack Arrow Rocket | When Britain joined the Space RaceBritain’s space race efforts were bold but short-lived.
Join historian Helen Antrobus for the tale of Britain’s space race.
It’s the mid 1950’s and the height of the Cold War era.
British engineers are working in secret at The Needles on the Isle of Wight, testing a nuclear deterrent, the Black Knight Rocket.
But by the end of the 1960s the British rocket programme is under threat. Engineers have one last chance to get into space with the ambitious Black Arrow Rocket.
Can Britain reach the stars or will it fail to launch?2025-04-0224 min
Wild Tales | Nature PodcastIntroducing Back WhenImagine being a fly on the wall throughout history.
Historians Helen Antrobus and James Grasby take you inside the stories of the people, places and moments that made us.
Experience the Great Stink of London. Make an entrance onto the Georgian dating scene. Find out if you'd survive a medieval battle. And unlock the secrets of Britain’s space race.
Our past is all around us. Be transported behind the scenes at landmarks from castles to dance halls and WWII bunkers to workhouses. You’ll meet people from all walks of life whose fascinating stori...2025-03-1901 min
Back When | History PodcastIntroducing Back WhenIntroducing Back When, a new history podcast taking you inside the stories of the people, places and moments that made us. Launching 2 April.
Join historians Helen Antrobus and James Grasby for a fly on the wall view of our past. Discover the forgotten story of Britain's space race. Uncover the unsettling history of witches' familiars. And hear the origin story of sci-fi author HG Wells.
Our history is all around us. And we'll be transporting you behind the scenes at landmarks from castles to dance halls and WWII bunkers to workhouses. You’ll meet people from al...2025-03-0501 min
Woman's HourObesity and children, How carers are coping, Lucy Edwards' new bookA third of children and young people worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050, according to a new worldwide study, while rates of obesity in children, younger teenagers and younger adults more than doubled between 1990 and 2021. But if you're worried that your child is overweight or obese, how can you help them? What is the best way to approach this tricky topic without making things worse? Krupa Padhy is joined by nutritionist and child feeding expert Julia Wolman and child psychologist Laverne Antrobus.
In 2023, Eleanor Williams was found guilty of making up an Asian grooming gang in her hometown...2025-03-0457 min
Woman's Hour: Daily PodcastsObesity and children, How carers are coping, Lucy Edwards' new bookA third of children and young people worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050, according to a new worldwide study, while rates of obesity in children, younger teenagers and younger adults more than doubled between 1990 and 2021. But if you're worried that your child is overweight or obese, how can you help them? What is the best way to approach this tricky topic without making things worse? Krupa Padhy is joined by nutritionist and child feeding expert Julia Wolman and child psychologist Laverne Antrobus.
In 2023, Eleanor Williams was found guilty of making up an Asian grooming gang in her...2025-03-0459 min
The VerbTS Eliot Prize Readings - highlights of a year in poetryIan McMillan presents highlights from the TS Eliot Prize Readings - extraordinary poetry from 2024.Poetry books featured :Raymond Antrobus 'Signs, Music' (Picador Poetry)
Hannah Copley 'Lapwing' (Pavilion Poetry)
Helen Farish 'The Penny Dropping' (Bloodaxe Books)
Peter Gizzi 'Fierce Elegy' (Penguin Poetry)
Gustav Parker Hibbett 'High Jump as Icarus Story' (Banshee Press)
Rachel Mann 'Eleanor Among the Saints' (Carcanet Press)
Gboyega Odubanjo 'Adam' (Faber & Faber)
Carl Phillips 'Scattered Snows, to the North' (Carcanet Press)
Katrina Porteous 'Rhizodont' (Bloodaxe Books)
Karen McCarthy Woolf 'Top Doll' (Dialogue Books)2025-01-1941 min
The Poetry SocietyYoung Critics review the 2024 T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist - part 1Listen to the first five of this year's Young Critics reviews in podcast form. You can watch all ten reviews on our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/YoungCriticsReviews
Priyanka Moorjani reviews Signs, Music by Raymond Antrobus, guiding the viewer through the speaker’s ‘avalanche’ of emotions upon becoming a parent. Joe Wright considers the formal and poetic influences mapped throughout Hannah Copley’s Lapwing, while Sylvie Jane Lewis pays close attention to the epigraphs of Helen Farish’s The Penny Dropping and how they haunt the rest of the text. Eira Murphy situates Peter Gizzi’s Fierce Elegy within the poet’s wider...2025-01-1030 min
The Elixir Poetry Podcast14. "Nostalgic, Abstract & Inspiring". Chen Du Reads 'At Home' by Chinese Deaf Poet, Zuo YouIn this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Chen Du about ‘At Home’ by a modern Chinese poet, Zuo You.They discuss:Nostalgia in ChinaDeaf poets including Raymond AntrobusHomesickness Discover poetry through the heart of another…Find out more about the poems on Elixir and read them here!Receive our newsletter!The Elixir Poetry Podcast website: https://www.helenwing.com/the-elixir-poetry-podcastLet us know what you think of the episodes by replying to our emails or in the comments or our DMs on Instagr...2024-09-0414 min
The C Word (M4A Feed)S14E03: Historic HousesJoin Jenny, Kloe and Liz as they explore historic houses across the world, their unique charms, and quirky challenges. Phedra whisks us away to a sun-soaked historic house museum in Cyprus, while Liz delves into the meticulous conservation efforts at Sir John Soane’s Museum with Jane Wilkinson. Finally, Kloe has a chat with Helen Antrobus about what it’s like working in the National Trust.
00:00:28 What’s a historic house?
00:03:18 Are all of them posh?
00:07:03 Nature and heritage in harmony
00:09:30 Our favourites
00:16:30 Jenny feels like an alien
00:23:14 Mitigating damage
00:24:56 Houses still...2024-04-181h 14The C Word (MP3 Feed)S14E03: Historic HousesJoin Jenny, Kloe and Liz as they explore historic houses across the world, their unique charms, and quirky challenges. Phedra whisks us away to a sun-soaked historic house museum in Cyprus, while Liz delves into the meticulous conservation efforts at Sir John Soane’s Museum with Jane Wilkinson. Finally, Kloe has a chat with Helen Antrobus about what it’s like working in the National Trust.
00:00:28 What’s a historic house?
00:03:18 Are all of them posh?
00:07:03 Nature and heritage in harmony
00:09:30 Our favourites
00:16:30 Jenny feels like an alien
00:23:14 Mitigating damage
00:24:56 Houses still...2024-04-181h 14
DumTeeDum - A show about BBC Radio's 'The Archers'More SnellThis week’s podcast is presented by Jacqueline and Stephen.We hear from:· Paul, in Olney, who knows about apprenticeships,· Ros, who remembers Mrs Antrobus· Witherspoon, who is thinking about Brad· Globe-trotting Richard, who has been asking questions to an artificial intelligence· Andrea, who is ranting about that bloody woman - but which one?· Paul in Olney and his cat this time· Claire from Clapham who has been pondering about Adil· Jen who wants to talk about Helen, it’s not positive!!· Glyn who is seeing Rob and Geo...2023-10-151h 07
Standard Issue PodcastSIM Ep 698 Pod 190: Nature and sex? Fuggedaboutit!Beatrix Potter was a woman of many talents and with Drawn To Nature, a new exhibition dedicated to her life and work, opening this weekend at the V&A, Hannah got on the Zoom with Helen Antrobus, one of its curators, to find out more. Jen's chatting to Hillary Jordan and Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, creators, editors and contributors to Anonymous Sex, a new collection of erotic fiction. In Jenny Off The Blocks, there's more Winter Olympics, and Mickey's got her best velour tracksuit on for this week's Rated or Dated, 1997’s Donnie Brasco. And in BT, we're asking when criticism of...2022-02-091h 27
The C Word (MP3 Feed)S10E02: Working with CuratorsWe’re joined by special guest host Helen Antrobus as we unpack what it means to be a collections curator and how we can (and do) work together to deliver some amazing things. Tune in for discussions around job titles, working with community curators, and why we should pay for expertise.
01:39 What even is a curator?
14:34 Our experiences of working with curators
23:23 Can we change attitudes to curation?
31:16 Community curation and collaborations
38:48 The curator-conservator symbiosis
44:59 Helen’s path to curatorhood
50:59 How we can help one another
Show Notes:
– S07E04...2021-09-3054 minThe C Word (M4A Feed)S10E02: Working with CuratorsWe’re joined by special guest host Helen Antrobus as we unpack what it means to be a collections curator and how we can (and do) work together to deliver some amazing things. Tune in for discussions around job titles, working with community curators, and why we should pay for expertise.
01:39 What even is a curator?
14:34 Our experiences of working with curators
23:23 Can we change attitudes to curation?
31:16 Community curation and collaborations
38:48 The curator-conservator symbiosis
44:59 Helen’s path to curatorhood
50:59 How we can help one another
Show Notes:
– S07E04...2021-09-3054 min
History HackHistory Hack: Women, Fashion and Revolt.Helen Antrobus joins us to talk all about women and revolt, and how they've used fashion to their advantage throughout the ages. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhackTips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhackBuy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhackMerch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-10-2237 min
Managing Around2. Deaf Poetry - Poetry as a first languageDo you know what Helen Keller, Laura Bridgman, and Dicken's Doctor Marigold's daughter have in common? - Yes, their experience as a deaf child. As of March 1st, 2020 the World Health Organisation reports that around 466 million people worldwide have disabling hearing loss and deafness, and 34 million of these are children. 'Deaf' people mostly have profound hearing loss, which implies very little or no hearing. They often use sign language for communication. But, sign language is not their only language. For a few, it is also the language of poetry. This episode of Managing Around is about social science poetry and...2020-04-2012 minThe VerbPoetry and philosophyIan McMillan asks where poetry and philosophy meet - with guests Raymond Antrobus and Helen Mort.2020-03-0649 min
90 Minutes Or Less Film Fest19. Frances Ha with Corrina AntrobusSam Clements is curating a fictional film festival. He'll accept almost anything, but the movie must not be longer than 90 minutes. This is the 90 Minutes Or Less Film Fest podcast.
In episode 19, Sam is joined by Corrina Antrobus, founder of the Bechdel Test Fest, film writer plus all-round cinema marketing and PR person.
Corrina has chosen Noah Baumbach’s 2012 black-and-white feature Frances Ha (86 minutes), co-written by and starring Greta Gerwig.
Sam and Corrina talk about the origins of the Bechdel test, what it's like to grow apart from your best friend and Adam Drive...2019-08-2338 min
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesPeople's Landscapes: Future LandscapesA roundtable discussion consider future landscapes in the context of food, farming and conservation. People's Landscapes: Beyond the Green and Pleasant Land is a lecture series convened by the University of Oxford's National Trust Partnership, which brings together experts and commentators from a range of institutions, professions and academic disciplines to explore people's engagement with and impact upon land and landscape in the past, present and future. The National Trust cares for 248,000 hectares of open space across England, Wales and Northern Ireland; landscapes which hold the voices and heritage of millions of people and track the dramatic social changes that...2019-07-231h 08TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesPeople's Landscapes: Creative LandscapesA roundtable discussion exploring the ways in which writers, artists and musicians have both responded to and created conceptions of 'place' throughout history. Thursday 16th May 2019. People's Landscapes: Beyond the Green and Pleasant Land is a lecture series convened by the University of Oxford's National Trust Partnership, which brings together experts and commentators from a range of institutions, professions and academic disciplines to explore people’s engagement with and impact upon land and landscape in the past, present and future.
The National Trust cares for 248,000 hectares of open space across England, Wales and Northern Ireland; landscapes which hold the voices an...2019-05-161h 23
The Comma Press Podcast1.4 Cat and Mouse Act with Michelle Green, Elizabeth Crawford and Helen AntrobusHosted by Zoe Turner, Publicity & Outreach Officer of Comma Press, a Manchester-based independent publisher specialising in the short story.
Michelle Green is a British-Canadian writer. Her short story collection, Jebel Marra, was published by Comma Press and is based on her own experience as an aid worker in Darfur.
Elizabeth Crawford is the author of The Women's Suffrage Movement: a reference guide 1866-1928 (1998), The Women's Suffrage Movement: a regional survey (2013) and much more.
Helen Antrobus is a museum curator and historian. She is former programme officer at the People's History Museum and is one of the hosts of the F...2019-05-141h 17TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesPeople's Landscapes: Contested LandscapesA roundtable discussion of the history of land access and ownership, exploring how this has both physically and politically shaped our land and our access to it. People's Landscapes: Beyond the Green and Pleasant Land is a lecture series convened by the University of Oxford’s National Trust Partnership, which brings together experts and commentators from a range of institutions, professions and academic disciplines to explore people’s engagement with and impact upon land and landscape in the past, present and future.
The National Trust cares for 248,000 hectares of open space across England, Wales and Northern Ireland; landscapes which hold the...2019-05-021h 07TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesWomen and Power: Redressing the Balance – closing remarks by Helen Antrobus, National Public Programme Curator, National TrustThe closing remarks by Helen Antrobus, National Public Programme Curator, National Trust at the Women and Power conference which took place on the 6th and 7th March 2019. Women and Power: Redressing the Balance was a 2-day conference, jointly convened by the National Trust and the University of Oxford, which took place on the 6th and 7th March 2019 at St Hugh’s College in Oxford. The conference brought together professionals from across the academic and heritage sectors to reflect on programming around the 2018 centenary of the Representation of the People Act which granted some women the right to vote and to lo...2019-03-0704 min
The Film ProgrammePitch Battle: The ConclusionWith Antonia QuirkeIn a year when we've seen yet more bio-pics about Oscar Wilde, Winston Churchill and Queen Victoria, The Film Programme decided to do something about and find some subjects that are also suitable for the movie treatment. They put out a call to historians and history buffs for some serious alternatives. The candidates have ranged from the queen who was behind the Gunpowder Plot to an African American bare knuckle boxer who tried to take the British title at the start of the 19th century. And in this week's edition, those pitches are heard...2018-12-1334 min
The C Word (MP3 Feed)S02E01: Taking a StandJoin us and our guest host Jenny van Enckevort for an episode about suffragettes, social history, political collections, and tricky object stories. Also tune in for an interview with Helen Antrobus about radical exhibitions and curating at The People’s History Museum. Plus our agony aunt Jane answers a question about frames, and Kloe reviews the first volume of ‘Feminism and Museums.’
00:01:13 Politics in museums?
00:02:58 Queer Britain museum announced
00:04:28 Suffragettes and women’s rights exhibitions
00:05:31 Social history is sexy
00:10:26 Vandalism and graffiti in response to exhibitions
00:15:23 Can we say no to objects that off...2018-03-211h 17The C Word (M4A Feed)S02E01: Taking a StandJoin us and our guest host Jenny van Enckevort for an episode about suffragettes, social history, political collections, and tricky object stories. Also tune in for an interview with Helen Antrobus about radical exhibitions and curating at The People’s History Museum. Plus our agony aunt Jane answers a question about frames, and Kloe reviews the first volume of ‘Feminism and Museums.’
00:01:13 Politics in museums?
00:02:58 Queer Britain museum announced
00:04:28 Suffragettes and women’s rights exhibitions
00:05:31 Social history is sexy
00:10:26 Vandalism and graffiti in response to exhibitions
00:15:23 Can we say no to objects that off...2018-03-211h 17The Film ProgrammePaul Thomas AndersonWith Francine StockDirector Paul Thomas Anderson discusses Phantom Thread, Daniel Day Lewis' farewell to the film industry.There's another episode of Pitch Battle, in which historians nominate a suitable candidate for the movie treatment, a historical figure who has not yet been the subject of bio-pic. This week Helen Antrobus champions Ellen Wilkinson, the five foot "mighty atom" who led the Jarrow March.Anna Smith explains why she's spent the last twenty five years watching Groundhog Day over and over again.Perfume expert Dariush Alavi examines one of the few...2018-02-0129 min
Great LivesMaxine Peake on Ellen WilkinsonActress Maxine Peake nominates her working class hero, Ellen Wilkinson, as a great life. Ellen is regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of British radical left politics. She joined the Communist party, met Lenin and Trotsky in Moscow and then went on to become one of the Labour Party's youngest people entering parliament in 1924.For Maxine, the tragedy is that Ellen Wilkinson is now virtually a forgotten figure despite her remarkable achievements. With help from historian Helen Antrobus from the People's History Museum in Manchester, they make the...2017-08-0927 min
RamblingsRipon to RipleyClare Balding marks the eightieth anniversary of the Jarrow crusade, when two hundred men walked from Tyneside to London to petition the British government to bring back industry to their town. The the closure of the main employer, Palmer's shipyard. in 1934 had led to most of the population of Jarrow being plunged into poverty.Clare has three companions on this walk ; Robert Colls, professor of Cultural History at de Montfort university who explains the role marching has played in modern politics , Helen Antrobus from the People Museum in Manchester , who tells the story of the one woman allowed on...2016-10-0624 min