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Listening to Broadside Ballads from the 17th Century podcast

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 08:21:21 GMT

Dr Angela McShane, Department of History Honorary Reader, features in the latest episode of "That Shakespeare Life", the #2 Shakespeare history podcast in the world, and the weekly history series on YouTube.

Dr McShane, along with Christopher Marsh and Andy Watts, has shared the history of songs that were the pop music of Shakespeare's lifetime.

Listen to the podcast here: http://www.cassidycash.com/ep324.

Dr Angela McShane Ballads Podcast

Thu, 02 May 2024 13:26:00 GMT

Dr Angela McShane, Department of History Honorary Reader, features in an episode of the History Extra podcast, produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine.

As part of the '100 Ballads' project, Dr McShane and Professor Christopher Marsh have identified 100 of the biggest musical hits from 17th-century England. They speak to Charlotte Hodgman about the popularity of these broadside ballads and introduce some of the top singing stars of the day.

Listen here.

New podcast series rethinking the history of the British working class

Thu, 04 May 2023 13:20:00 GMT

Featuring Warwick's Laura Schwartz and Somak Biswas, this new podcast series comes out of the 'Writing Labour History in Brexit Britain' network:

https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/people/staff_index/lauraschwartz/labourhistorybrexitbritain/