David Cannadine at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
It’s easy to feel fatigued by continual political crises and the nation’s uncertain future. In a world of chaotic news headlines, how can we find understanding and perspective on what is happening? Hear one of Britain’s most renowned historians and president of the British Academy, David Cannadine, as he offers insight on our times, placing them on the broader stage of history, and presents his new book Victorious Century. He talks to Scottish journalist and literary editor Rosemary Goring in this event, filmed live at the 2019 Edinburgh International Book Festival.
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The Celts: A Sceptical History - Simon Jenkins
The history of the Celts is the history of a misnomer. There has never been a distinct people, race or tribe claiming the name of Celtic, though remnants of different languages and cultures remain throughout Wales, Ireland, Scotland and Cornwall. The word keltoi first appears in Greek as applied generally to aliens or ‘barbarians’ - and theories of Celticism continue to fuel many of the prejudices and misconceptions that divide the peoples of the British Isles to this day. Often seen as unimportant or irrelevant adjuncts to English history, in The Celts Simon Jenkins offers a compelling counterargument. This is a fascinating and timely debate on who the Celts really were - or weren’t - and what their legacy should be in an increasingly dis - United Kingdom.
Simon Jenkins is the author of the bestselling A Short History of England (Profile), England’s Thousand Best Churches and England’s Thousand Best Houses, Britain’s 100 Best Railway Stations and most recently A Short History of Europe. From 2008 to 2014 he was the chairman of the National Trust, and the former editor of The Times and Evening Standard and a columnist for the Guardian.
Chris Mullin at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Former Labour MP and writer Chris Mullin returns to the murky political world of his bestselling classic A Very British Coup, in new novel The Friends of Harry Perkins. Brexit is complete, yet the nation remains divided. Fred Thompson, former aide to the original book’s Prime Minister, makes his way up the British political ladder, contending with threatening forces unleashed by 2016’s vote. Is his latest book political thriller or a prediction of things to come?
Find out in this event filmed live at the 2019 Edinburgh International Book Festival.
Kerry Civil War conference Civilian and Socio Economic Impacts of the Civil War
Bill Kissane, Kieran McNulty, Helen O’Carroll of Kerry County Museum, Fionnuala Walsh of UCD, discussion on the Civilian and Socio Economic Impacts of the Civil War during Civil War in Kerry and beyond, a three-day conference marking the centenary of the Irish Civil War in Kerry and nationally, and assessing its history, memory and legacy, Siamsa Tíre Theatre, Tralee, February 23-25 2023
Nordic Europe with Rick Steves
Enjoy our live Monday Night Travel party with this video recorded on August 7, 2023.
Rick reports on his adventures filming two new episodes of Rick Steves' Europe in Iceland and updating his guidebooks in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, Helsinki, and Estonia. Rick first booked these destinations for 2020 — before the pandemic put his travel dreams on hold. Three years later, he finally made the trip…and he's eager to show and tell why it was well worth the wait! #RickSteves #MondayNightTravel
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Michael Hodges - Neolithic Calendars & British Folklore - FULL LECTURE
Subscribe here: - - Filmed at the Megalithomania Conference in Glastonbury, UK on 23rd May 2009 by Nautilus AV Productions. A detailed look at how megalithic structures were used to correctly time the planting of crops and how many of these technologies were recorded in Folklore. He has also identified a number of long distance alignments local to his home in Dorset, that appear to be Neolithic farming calendars and have been published in his book 'Here be Dragons'. He has found similar alignments on the Mendips and on the Isles of Wight and Purbeck. His book 'St. Catherine's Hill' also identified some long distance Roman signal routes which could have been based on prehistoric alignments.
After a long and varied career, Michael was elected as a councillor and served as Mayor of a Borough and became involved in local history and archaeology. Michael began writing on local history in the 1980's and became interested in alignments and folklore. He has been chairman of the Society of Ley Hunters and the Dorset Earth Mysteries Group; also of the Christchurch Local History Society which with well over 300 members is the largest of its kind in Dorset. Michael serves on the Dorset History Forum and the Dorset Archaeological Committee and represents the latter with Wessex Archaeology.
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Florence with Rick Steves
Enjoy our live Monday Night Travel party with this video recorded on March 13, 2023.
Florence is the city that pulled Europe out of the Middle Ages and into the modern world. Join Rick as he reviews the highlights and uncovers the secrets of the city that kicked off the Renaissance. With the statues of Michelangelo, the dome of Brunelleschi, the gelato of your dreams, and artisans busy at work just across the Arno River, Florence is a festival of travel thrills. After two visits to Florence in 2021, many unforgettable meals there, and researching both his Art of Europe TV series and his new Italy for Food Lovers book, Rick will have much to share including where to find the city's great art, which Tuscan dishes to indulge in, and how the pandemic impacted the city you'll experience today. #RickSteves #MondayNightTravel
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Rachel Reeves at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
In Women of Westminster, Labour MP Rachel Reeves tells the overlooked stories of leading and lesser known British politicians who have shaped a nation, from the earliest suffrage campaigns to Harriet Harman’s legislation on the gender pay gap. Reeves talks to Liz Leonard in this remarkable and inspiring event celebrating female political pioneers then and now, filmed live at the 2019 Edinburgh International Book Festival.
Festival of Europe: England
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In this show, guest host and tour guide Lisa Friend is joined by London-based guide Jeanie Carmichael for a virtual visit to England. We'll travel from royal London to Georgian Bath, King Arthur's Glastonbury, flower-bedecked Cotswold villages, the poetic Lake District in the north and the cozy villages of Cornwall in the south, plus castle-studded northern Wales. And we'll go over which of our tour itineraries weave together which of these wonderful destinations.
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London's River Thames, Highway for the British Royal Family
What's it about?
The Thames - Britain’s most important river and for centuries the highway for our royal family as they moved from castle to castle. Today’s interactive talk discusses the Royal Family of 40O to 600 years ago, the Tudors and Stuarts who like the Thames define British culture and bring tourists by the millions to our capital city London. Their dramatic lives by the royal river both entertain and tell the story of how modern Britain was created.
Who's telling the story?
Terry Silvers is a qualified Westminster guide (Westminster is the central area of London) and teaches Tudor and Stuart history in a London college. He would be delighted if you joined him on his stand-alone virtual experience Royal Scandals: Past and Present which also serves as an excellent introduction to his in-person experiences.
His Instagram: ExploreBackstreets
1689 muskets fire on the Jacobite Battle of Killiecrankie
Red coat government army musket fire on the 1689 Jacobite battle of Killiecrankie? We discuss the impact of the 17th century muskets. How General Hugh McKay chose his battle line to maximise the fire from his muskets on the Jacobite Clans. The range of the muskets, how to General Hugh McKay the Scottish Government redo coat army commander maximised the terrain to give his troops every chance of success.
A Treasury of Irish Voices with Brendan Balfe & Dave Fanning
Britain Tastes
Discover Britain's delicious tastes
ONE SEA, ONE VOICE, ONE CARIBBEAN, (1)
CTO corporate video - what CTO does, its members, their opinions about Caribbean tourism and the role of CTO in the industry.
Brexit: A View From a Drawbridge
The UK is isolating itself from the rest of Europe and the rest of the world. Many great things are happening in Europe. Brexit doesn't have to mean we close the drawbridge on Europe and the rest of the world. We need to fight against our island mentality - for our own sake.
Sorry about some sound issues. I have a new mic and I am getting to understand how best to use it. Use either headphones or the subtitles.
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The Irish are Coming by Neil Patterson
How Irish Immigration shaped the cluster pattern of settlement, the part they played when they arrived in the building of the Rideau Canal in response to danger from the south, latermany arrived escaping starvation in Ireland .
What happened to Kentish & why schools don't teach it: The English Language in Kent from 597 to 2022
A livestreamed talk as part of Winchester Heritage Open Days 2022.
A story to take us back over sixteen hundred years - involving accents, dialects and even food. Join Professor Christopher Mulvey of the English Project and the University of Winchester to examine the demise of royal Kentish.
Every county has its English language story to tell, and among the most interesting are the stories of Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Hampshire, and Kent. A thousand years ago, they were heartlands of the royal dialects of Old English: Northumbrian, Mercian, West Saxon, and Kentish. Northumbrian evolved to become the royal dialect of Edinburgh; Mercian evolved to become the royal dialect of Westminster. West Saxon evolved to become the republican dialect of Virginia.
On past Heritage Open Days, the English Project has told those stories. Now is time to ask what happened to royal Kentish? Why is it nowhere a socially-dominant dialect? There was a chance that it might have become the international dialect of printed English. That did not happen. Why not? The answer involves Saint Berta, Saint Augustine, William Caxton and Tracey Emin.
Visit Britain's Sumathi Ramanathan Interview @ BritAgent Launch in Thailand - HD
On 2 September 2010 ASIA Travel Tips.com had the opportunity to speak with Ms.Sumathi Ramanathan, Manager - Australasia and SE Asia for Visit Britain. The interview (filmed in HD) took place at the Residences of the British Embassy on 2 September 2010. In the interview, Ms Ramanathan talks about the launch of BritAgent in Thailand, the evolution of the programme in Singapore and Malaysia (Business Visits and Events), as well as the growth of tourism to the UK, and of course a little on the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics. More @