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Tony Robinson's Cunningcast

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Tony Robinson is best-known for playing turnip-brained Baldrick who always had 'a cunning plan' in the iconic TV show Blackadder. He's presented countless documentaries throughout his 50-year career, including 20-years on Channel 4's Time Team, inspired by his passion for history and for digging deep into the past to understand more about the present. That's his thing!


In his cunningly curated history podcast, Tony is delving into the weird and wonderful stories that grab him and make him want to know more about the world around us. He’s asking: Why was Stonehenge built? What did the past smell like, was it horrible? Why were pies invented? Why do our dogs love us so much? When did tattoos stop being taboo? What do bones tell us about past humanity? Amongst other intriguing questions...

Along the way, Tony is joined by experts and special guests, including Miriam Margolyes, Stephen Fry, Raksha Dave, John Lloyd, Alice Roberts, Grace Neutral and David Mitchell who help provide some answers.


So join Tony Robinson as he hosts his cunningly curated history podcast. New episodes drop Thursdays.


Tony Robinson's Cunningcast is part of the Acast Creator Network and is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.


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BEN ELTON | Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
May 9 2024
BEN ELTON | Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
Ben Elton is on Cunningcast today.  Ben was the co-writer on Blackadder Series 2, 3 and 4: they talk about Ben's comedy roots, working on The Young Ones with Rik and Ade and how Ben got the Blackadder gig via a near miss TV sitcom about Madness. They also chew over the highs and lows of working on Blackadder and how Ben and Richard Curtis created 'Adder speak'.Alongside Blackadder, Ben Elton cut his comedy chops on The Young Ones. He’s a stand-up legend on stage and TV and one of Britain's biggest live comedy acts. His stellar CV includes writing an incredible 17 novels, as well as the hit musicals ‘The Beautiful Game’; ‘We Will Rock You’ and the sequel to ‘The Phantom of the Opera’.Last year Blackadder turned 40, to mark the occasion, Tony made a TV show in which he tracked down the lost Blackadder pilot to discover the truth of Blackadder's beginnings. For the show, Tony interviewed many old friends and people who are central to making Blackadder the success it was. You are hearing Tony’s unedited, behind the scenes chat with Ben Elton, recorded for the programme. The show is called Blackadder: The Lost Pilot and you can watch it on catch up on Sky, Virgin & Now.Hosted by Sir Tony RobinsonX | InstagramWithBen Elton | https://benelton.live/ Credits:  Series Producer: Melissa FitzGerald X @melissafitzg Executive Producer: Dominic de Terville Blackadder: The Lost Pilot is produced by Red Sauce A Zinc Media Group production Follow: X @cunningcastpod Instagram @cunningcastpod YouTube @cunningcast If you enjoyed my podcast, please leave us a rating or review. Thank you, Love Tony x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A Cunning History of Dr WHO and the WHONIVERSE
May 2 2024
A Cunning History of Dr WHO and the WHONIVERSE
Fresh off the back of celebrating 60 years of Dr Who last year and looking ahead to welcoming the 15th Doctor to the blockbuster show, Tony is joined by Sophie Aldred who played Dr Who’s assistant Ace and the writer, broadcaster and Dr Who superfan, Matthew Sweet. Together they look back over an incredible history of this abidingly successful show, sharing all the Whoniverse gossip from the very first episode starring William Hartnell as the Doctor; the cutting-edge soundtrack created by Delia Derbyshire; hearing how Sophie got the role as Ace aged just 24; though to the show getting cancelled in 1989 and the creative ‘wilderness years’ of Dr Who when it was off air but not out of mind; Russell T Davis’s reboot and the new Doctors for a new generation. We also get answers to the popular questions: was Tony ever in Dr Who? What kind of Doctor would he have made and is Baldrick the ultimate time traveller? Hosted by Sir Tony Robinson | @Tony_Robinson WithSophie Aldred | @sophie_aldred Sophie played The Doctor’s companion Ace in the original television series (to Sylvester McCoy’s Doctor). She later reprised her role in ‘Ascend From Darkness’. She was in the last episode of Dr Who ‘Survival’, before it was cancelled in 1989. Matthew Sweet | @DrMatthewSweet      Journalist, broadcaster, author, and cultural historian. Matthew presented 'Dr Who: The Wilderness Years' on Radio 4 to mark its 60th anniversaryFollow the Show: X @cunningcastpodIG @cunningcastpodYoutube @CunningcastSeries Producer: Melissa FitzGerald | @melissafitzgEpisode Producer: Simon Hollis Executive Producer: Dominic de Terville Cover Art: The Brightside A Zinc Media Group production If you enjoyed my podcast, please leave us a rating or review. Thank you, Love Tony x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A Totally Tremendous History of the TURNIP (Baldrick’s Favourite Vegetable)
Apr 25 2024
A Totally Tremendous History of the TURNIP (Baldrick’s Favourite Vegetable)
20 years after playing Baldrick, Tony is still stopped in the street and asked where my turnip is!  Turnips made him famous, so today Tony is talking turnips in history: have they always been so unloved, a food fit only for animals and peasants like Baldrick, or is this a recent British bugbear? And when did the potato steal their veggie crown? Tony’s guests today are food historians Rebecca Earle and Serin Quinn alongside a chef for all seasons who loves to cook with turnips, Oliver Rowe.Hosted by Sir Tony RobinsonX | InstagramWithProfessor Rebecca Earle | www.rebeccaearle.co.uk An historian of food at the University of Warwick, Rebecca is interested in how ordinary, every-day activities such as eating or dressing shape how we think about the world and how others view us. https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/people/staff_index/earleOliver Rowe | www.oliver-rowe.co.uk/ | IG: @oliver_rowe_londonChef and author whose work focuses on local and seasonal food. Oliver’s book, Food for All Seasons, a personal wander through the food year is published by Faber and available online and from all good bookshops. Serin Quinn PhD student in the Department of History at the University of Warwick, interested in all things vegetable! https://theconversation.com/turnips-how-britain-fell-out-of-love-with-the-much-maligned-vegetable-201007 Follow the Show: X @cunningcastpod Instagram @cunningcastpod YouTube @cunningcastCredits:  Series Producer: Melissa FitzGerald X @melissafitzg Executive Producer: Dominic de Terville Cover Art: The Brightside A Zinc Media Group production  If you enjoyed my podcast, please leave us a rating or review. Thank you, Love Tony x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Building The Wall: An Enthusiast’s Guide to HADRIAN’S WALL
Apr 11 2024
Building The Wall: An Enthusiast’s Guide to HADRIAN’S WALL
Marching 73 miles from coast to coast across the narrowest neck of England, Hadrian’s Wall was the north-west frontier of the Roman Empire for nearly 300 years and yet there is still so much we don’t know about it: only 5% of the wall has been excavated and 7% is viable today. Tony is joined by leading archaeologist Richard Hingley and Collections Curator for Hadrian's Wall and the North East at English Heritage, Frances McIntosh, to give him the low down on how and why Hadrian’s Wall was built, by whom and what it means to us today. Hosted by Sir Tony RobinsonX | InstagramWithProf. Richard Hingley | https://richardhingley1.wordpress.com/ Professor Emeritus in Archaeology at Durham University. An expert on Hadrian’s Wall, Richard is the author of Conquering the Ocean: The Roman Conquest of Britain (Oxford University Press) and Hadrian’s Wall: A life, (Oxford University Press). https://global.oup.com/academic/product/conquering-the-ocean-9780190937416?cc=gb&lang=en& | https://academic.oup.com/book/27846. Dr. Frances McIntosh | @englishHeritage | @wallcurator Collections Curator for Hadrian's Wall and the North East at English Heritage. An archaeologist by training, Frances specialises in Roman small finds, having completed her PhD on the Clayton Collection material, on display at Chesters. Follow the Show: X @cunningcastpod Instagram @cunningcastpod YouTube @cunningcast Credits:  Series Producer: Melissa FitzGerald X @melissafitzg Executive Producer: Dominic de Terville Cover Art: The Brightside A Zinc Media Group production If you enjoyed my podcast, please leave us a rating or review. Thank you, Love Tony x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
BLETCHLEY PARK: Codebreaking Then and Now
Apr 4 2024
BLETCHLEY PARK: Codebreaking Then and Now
Passwords and codes are something we take for granted in the digital age, but this is such a new development and today Tony is going back to a time when making and breaking codes was an almost exclusively high-level military activity: most famously done behind closed doors by the brains at Bletchley Park. He is joined by two people who are giving him the long view on codes and codebreaking: the Bletchley Park military historian David Kenyon and the Chief Information Security Officer at the BBC, Helen Rabe.Hosted by Sir Tony RobinsonX | InstagramWithDr David Kenyon David is responsible for historical research in support of all public content at Bletchley Park, the Second World War code-breaking site in Buckinghamshire, now a museum. He has published two books on BP; Bletchley Park and D-Day in 2019, and Arctic Convoys, Bletchley Park and the War for the Seas in 2023. https://bletchleypark.org.uk/  | X @bletchleypark | IG @bletchleyparkuk Helen Rabe Chief Information Security Officer at the BBC, Helen has a proven track record of developing, executing, and maturing bespoke ISMS strategies. She has managed successful high performing teams to mitigate risk, counter threats and deliver world-class security & data privacy management solutions across varied industry sectors ranging from financial services, life sciences & more recently, broadcasting & media.Cover photo courtesy of the Bletchley Park TrustFollow the show: X @cunningcastpod Instagram @cunningcastpod YouTube @CunningcastCredits:Series Producer: Melissa FitzGerald X @melissafitzg Executive Producer: Dominic de Terville A Zinc Media Group production X @zinc_mediaIf you enjoyed my podcast, please follow the show and leave us a rating or review. Thank you, Love Tony x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A Fan-tash-tic History of FACIAL HAIR
Mar 28 2024
A Fan-tash-tic History of FACIAL HAIR
Men’s facial hair is very prone to fashions: moustaches and beards are back in, but why is that and what sparks bread trends and facial hair fashions? To help him find out, Tony has invited ‘beard’ historian Alun Withey and male grooming influencer Robin James | Man For Himself. They discuss 17th Century notions of facial hair as a waste product; through barber-surgeons and early shaving practices; powdered wigs; the Victorian beard movement; King Camp Gillett’s safely razor; the First World War military moustache; film star fashion icons to the rising popularity of men’s hair products and male grooming.Hosted by Sir Tony RobinsonX | InstagramWithRobin James | Man For Himselfwww.ManForHimself.com and IG @ManForHimself Exploring men’s hair, grooming, fragrance and lifestyle.Dr Alun Withey | Historianhttp://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/history/staff/withey/ Historian of early modern medicine and senior lecturer in History at the University of Exeter. Alun's major research project ‘Do Beards Matter?’, funded by the Wellcome Trust forms the basis of his book Concerning Beards: Facial Hair, Health and Practice in England, 1650-1900 (London: Bloomsbury, 2021). Follow the show: X @cunningcastpod Instagram @cunningcastpod YouTube @Cunningcast Credits:  Series Producer: Melissa FitzGerald X @melissafitzg Executive Producer: Dominic de Terville Cover Art: The Brightside A Zinc Media Group production If you enjoyed my podcast, please leave us a rating or review. Thank you, Love Tony x   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
RICHARD CURTIS | Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
Mar 21 2024
RICHARD CURTIS | Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
Today Tony is talking to his old friend and collaborator, the screenwriter Richard Curtis. They share memories of making Blackadder from the early years to how it all ended. Along the way, they discuss Richard’s comedy roots and how he became a top comedy screenwriter: meeting Rowan Atkinson at Oxford Uni; working on Not The Nine O’Clock News; the influence of Fawlty Towers and plans for a Blackadder series set in the 1960s that never happened. Plus, they read lines from the Blackadder pilot script and discover where Baldrick’s ‘cunning plan’ catch-phrase comes from.Last year Blackadder turned 40, to mark the occasion, Tony made a TV show in which he tracked down the lost Blackadder pilot to discover the truth of Blackadder's beginnings. For the show, Tony interviewed many old friends and people who are central to making Blackadder the success it was, as well as Blackadder superfan David Mitchell, who is featured in Cunningcast Series 2, Episode 4. You are hearing Tony’s unedited, behind the scenes chat with Richard Curtis recorded for the TV programme. The show is called Blackadder: The Lost Pilot and you can watch it on Sky, Virgin & Now.Richard Curtis was Blackadder’s mastermind and writer, alongside Ben Elton. He’s one of Britain's most successful screenwriters and producers, with credits including Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Mr Bean, The Vicar of Dibley, Love Actually, Bridget Jones’s Diary and Yesterday. He’s also the co-founder of Comic Relief.Hosted by Sir Tony RobinsonX | InstagramWithRichard Curtis Credits:  Series Producer: Melissa FitzGerald X @melissafitzg Executive Producer: Dominic de Terville Blackadder: The Lost Pilot is produced by Red Sauce A Zinc Media Group production Follow: X @cunningcastpod Instagram @cunningcastpod YouTube @cunningcast If you enjoyed my podcast, please leave us a rating or review. Thank you, Love Tony x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Past, Present and Future of CAR Engineering and Sustainability
Mar 14 2024
The Past, Present and Future of CAR Engineering and Sustainability
Electric cars are the future of motoring, or so we are told, but today’s Cunningcast guests don’t agree. In fact, Hugo Spowers of Riversimple thinks hydrogen is the future and he’s designing hydrogen powered cars to prove it. Together with experienced car broadcaster Richard Sutton, they give Tony the low down on the past, present and their vision for the future of car engineering and sustainability.  Hosted by Si Tony RobinsonX | InstagramWithHugo Spowers Chief engineer and founder of Riversimple, who are pioneering the next generation of zero emission vehicles. They use hydrogen, not batteries and emit nothing but water. Hugo is responsible for all technical aspects of the cars and for the architecture of the business itself. He is considered something of a thought leader on the Circular Economy and has been invited to give talks on entrepreneurship at Imperial College, London and Cranfield University among others. At the Real Innovation Awards in October 2019 hosted by the London Business School, Hugo was awarded the George Bernard Shaw Unreasonable Person Award “for someone who has shown enormous tenacity and stubbornness in pursuing an idea despite the difficulties encountered along the way”. https://www.riversimple.com/project/hugo-spowers/ IG @RiversimplemovementX @Riversimple Richard Sutton Richard presented ‘Deals on Wheels’ on Channel 4 and he also worked at Goodwood, he’s been immersed in cars for many years.  Credits:  Series Producer: Melissa FitzGerald X @melissafitzg Executive Producer: Dominic de Terville Cover Art: The Brightside A Zinc Media Group production Follow: X @cunningcastpod Instagram @cunningcastpod YouTube @Cunningcast If you enjoy my podcast, please follow us and leave us a rating or review. Thank you, Love Tony x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Conjuring Up… A History of Stage MAGIC
Mar 7 2024
Conjuring Up… A History of Stage MAGIC
Today Tony is conjuring up a history of stage magic: from Reginald Scot's 1584 ‘Discovery of Witchcraft’ to Servais LeRoy ‘The Belgium Conjuror’ and Talma, ‘The Queen of Coins’ via escapologist Harry Houdini to TV magic with David Berglas, Paul Daniels and David Copperfield. Tony also explores women in magic and how ‘female assistants’ were integral to the magic tricks they performed. He’s invited two accomplished magicians and knowledgeable members of the magic circle, Paul Kieve and Laura London, to help him out with the history and share some magic secrets along the way.Hosted by Sir Tony RobinsonX | InstagramWithPaul Kieve Designer of storytelling magic and illusion, Paul has devised original magic for over 100 productions internationally. Paul is an honorary lifetime member of The Magic Castle, Hollywood, Gold Star Member of the Inner Magic Circle and an associate artist at The Old Vic Theatre, London. www.stageillusion.com/IG @kievepaul Laura London Laura is one of the world’s best female ‘sleight of hand’ artists specialising in cards and is also fabulous close-up magician with a large and varied repertoire. Laura’s interest in magic began at 10 years old, when, for a birthday present, she was given her first magic trick. Just one week after her 18th birthday, Laura became the youngest ever female member of The Magic Circle and is now a member of the Inner Magic Circle. www.lauralondonmagic.co.uk/ IG: @lauralondon52 Credits:  Series Producer: Melissa FitzGerald X @melissafitzg Executive Producer: Dominic de Terville Cover Art: The Brightside A Zinc Media Group production Follow: X @cunningcastpod Instagram @cunningcastpod YouTube @Cunnningcast If you enjoyed my podcast, please leave us a rating or review. Thank you, Love Tony x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
DAVID MITCHELL | Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
Feb 29 2024
DAVID MITCHELL | Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
Comedian David Mitchell is joining Tony on Cunningcast today. They cover David’s comedy awakening; meeting Robert Webb and the early years of Peep Show; how Olivia Coleman got involved; his love of Blackadder; playing William Shakespeare and working with Ben Elton in Upstart Crow and meeting his wife, Victorian Coren Mitchell. Last year the iconic comedy Blackadder turned 40, to mark the occasion, Tony made a TV show in which he tracked down the lost Blackadder Pilot to discover the truth of Blackadder's beginnings. The show is called Blackadder: The Lost Pilot and you can watch it on catch up on Sky, Virgin & Now.  For the show, Tony interviewed many of those involved and some who were inspired by Blackadder: you are hearing Tony’s unedited, behind the scenes chat with David Mitchell recorded for the programme. David Mitchell has had a stellar career in British comedy. His big breakthrough was Peep Show with David Webb and Olivia Coleman and since then, he’s worked on a plethora of panel shows, including Would I lie to You, Mock the Week and QI. He starred as William Shakespeare in Upstart Crow, a historical comedy devised by Ben Elton.  His new book ‘Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens’ is a thoughtful, funny exploration of the entitled and enthroned.Hosted by Sir Tony RobinsonX | InstagramWithDavid Mitchell@RealDMitchell #Unruly | https://www.waterstones.com/book/unruly/david-mitchell/9781405953177 Credits:  Series Producer: Melissa FitzGerald | @melissafitzg Executive Producer: Dominic de Terville Blackadder: The Lost Pilot is produced by Red Sauce A Zinc Media Group productionFollow the show:X @cunningcastpod Instagram @cunningcastpodYoutube @Cunningcast If you enjoyed my podcast, please leave us a rating or review. Thank you, Love Tony x  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A Wobbly History of JELLY: From Elite Dining to Kids’ Parties and Back Again
Feb 22 2024
A Wobbly History of JELLY: From Elite Dining to Kids’ Parties and Back Again
It's all going a bit wobbly in Cunningcast Towers as we are talking about the history of jelly. Tony wants to rescue jelly from its place as a children’s party food because there was a time when making jellies was an art form and took pride of place on the tables of the wealthy. He’s invited leading food historian Annie Gray and jellymonger-in-chief Sam Bompas to help him out.Hosted by Sir Tony RobinsonX | InstagramWithSam BompasFood designer, one half of Bompas and Parr food design agency. www.bompasandparr.comX @bompasandparr IG @bompasandparr To buy jellies and kitchenalia:https://www.benhamandfroud.comAnnie GrayFood historian, Annie has worked widely across TV and radio talking about and recreating the food of the past, and has been the resident food historian on BBC Radio 4’s award-winning culinary panel show, The Kitchen Cabinet since its inception in 2012. She includes a recipe for Champagne Jelly in her ‘Downton Abbey Cookbook’. http://www.anniegray.co.uk/ X @DrAnnieGrayIG dranniegray Credits:  Series Producer: Melissa FitzGerald X @melissafitzg Executive Producer: Dominic de Terville Cover Art: The Brightside A Zinc Media Group production Follow: X @cunningcastpod Instagram @cunningcastpodYoutube @Cunningcast If you enjoyed my podcast, please follow us and leave us a rating or review. Thank you, Love Tony x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What Do BONES Tell Us About Past Humanity With ALICE ROBERTS
Feb 15 2024
What Do BONES Tell Us About Past Humanity With ALICE ROBERTS
Tony catches up with Alice Roberts to talk about her new book ‘Crypt’ and what developments in the extraction of ancient DNA from bones can tell us about the humans they once belonged to. They cover the syphilitic anchoress of All Saints Church, Fishergate, York; new findings about the Black Death and the bones in the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Braemore, Hampshire; damage to the bones of the Mary Rose crew; 'the cockle amongst the wheat’ and new finds relating to the St Brice’s Day Massacre via isotopic analysis of human bones at St John’s College, Oxford as well as revisiting their Time Team days. ‘We experience the world through our bodies, and our lives are written into those bodies and into our bones. And this is what the skeletons of the dead say to us when we find them: listen to us, we have stories to tell.’ (‘Crypt’ 2024, Alice Roberts)Hosted by Sir Tony RobinsonX | IGWithProfessor Alice Roberts Biological anthropologist, author and broadcaster. Alice’s new book ‘Crypt: Life, Death and Disease in the Middle Ages and Beyond’ is available from the 29th Feb, 2024. X | IG Credits:  Series Producer: Melissa FitzGerald X @melissafitzg Executive Producer: Dominic de Terville Cover Art: The Brightside A Zinc Media Group production X @cunningcastpod Instagram @cunningcastpodYoutube @Cunningcast If you enjoyed my podcast, please follow the show and leave us a rating or review. Thank you, Love Tony x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The History of Painting on Skin: Where Do TATTOOS Come From?
Feb 8 2024
The History of Painting on Skin: Where Do TATTOOS Come From?
The art of painting on the skin, it’s fashionable now, but it wasn’t always so. To kick of the second series of his cunningly curated podcast, Tony and his special guests Matt Lodder and Grace Neutral discuss where we can find the oldest tattoos, what’s the history behind them, ancient and modern tattoo techniques, tattoo inks, queer tattoo history, body modification including tattooing eyeballs and when did tattoos stop being taboo?Hosted by Sir Tony RobinsonX | InstagramWithDr Matt LodderSenior Lecturer in Art History and Theory, and Director of American Studies at the University of Essex. Matt is the UK's foremost expert on the history of tattooing. His book 'Painted People: Humanity in 21 Tattoos' is out now.https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/LODDE23007/Matt-Lodder @mattlodder | @beneaththeskinGrace NeutralHand-poke tattoo artist, presenter and influencer. Grace runs Femme Fatale Studio, showcasing a wide range of tattoo styles from international artists.https://www.youtube.com/@graceneutral | @graceneutralhttps://www.femmefatalelondon.com/ | @femmefataletattoo Credits:  Series Producer: Melissa FitzGerald X @melissafitzg Executive Producer: Dominic de Terville Cover Art: The Brightside A Zinc Media Group production Follow: X @cunningcastpod Instagram @cunningcastpodYoutube @Cunningcast If you enjoy my podcast, please follow the show and leave us a rating or review. Thank you, Love Tony x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Tony Robinson's Cunningcast Series 2 TRAILER
Jan 16 2024
Tony Robinson's Cunningcast Series 2 TRAILER
Sir Tony Robinson is back with another series of hit history podcast. Launching on Thursday 8th February 2024, Series 2 of Tony Robinson's Cunningcast will treat listeners to brand-new cunningly curated episodes including; ·   The history of painting on skin: where do TATTOOS come from?·   What do BONES tell us about past humanity with PROF ALICE ROBERTS·   Harry Houdini to David Blaine: conjuring up the history of stage MAGIC·   Who built HADRIAN’S WALL and why?·   From aristocratic dining centrepiece, to kids’ party favourite: A wobbly history of JELLY·   How does the past inform the future of CAR engineering and sustainability?·   Dr WHO at 60: exploring the history of Britain’s most famous time traveller with Ace, Aka Sophie Aldred.Follow us on social media and wherever you get your podcasts to make sure you don't miss an episode. X: @cunningcastpodInstagram: @cunningcastpodYoutube @Cunningcast Hosted by Sir Tony RobinsonX | Instagram Tony Robinson's Cunningcast is part of the Acast Creator Network and is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and other popular podcast platforms. Credits:  Series Producer: Melissa FitzGerald @melissafitzgExecutive Producer: Dominic de TervilleCover Art: The Brightside A Zinc Media Group production If you've enjoying Cunningcast, please leave us a rating or review. Thank you, Love Tony x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Christmas with CHRISTINA ROSSETTI: Tony explores the Pre-Raphaelite's Poetry and Reads GOBLIN MARKET
Dec 21 2023
Christmas with CHRISTINA ROSSETTI: Tony explores the Pre-Raphaelite's Poetry and Reads GOBLIN MARKET
A Cunningcast Christmas treat: today Tony is reading his favourite poem ‘Goblin Market’ by Christina Rossetti, an often-overlooked member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and he's discussing the context and history of Rossetti’s iconic work with Madeleine Callaghan, Senior Lecturer in Romantic Literature at the University of Sheffield.In his electrifying reading, Tony captures all the magic and strangeness of ‘Goblin Market’, which is set in a fairy-tale world where a fraught encounter takes place between the two sisters Laura and Lizzie and a band of sinister goblin merchants who tempt Laura with their ‘forbidden fruits’. Can Lizzie save her sister from the evil Goblin’s temptations?Hosted by Sir Tony RobinsonX | InstagramWithMadeleine Callaghan, Senior Lecturer in Romantic Literature at the University of Sheffield. Author of ‘Shelley’s Living Artistry: Letters, Poems, Plays’ (2017) and ‘The Poet-Hero in the Work of Byron and Shelley’ (2019) published by Anthem Press. Her latest book, ‘Eternity in British Romantic Poetry’ (Liverpool University Press), came out in June 2022.www.sheffield.ac.uk/english/people/academic-staff/madeleine-callaghanCredits:  Series Producer: Melissa FitzGerald X @melissafitzg Executive Producer: Dominic de Terville Cover Art: The Brightside A Zinc Media Group production Follow: X @cunningcastpod Instagram @cunningcastpod If you enjoyed my podcast, please leave us a rating or review. Thank you, Love Tony x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.