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The Victorians: In Their Own Words

The Victorians: In Their Own Words

Written by: D. C. C. Randell
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 What do our ancestors have to say for themselves? In this podcast, history graduates Danny Randell and Ava Munro dig into the primary sources to hear what life was really like in the Victorian Era - directly from those who lived it!D. C. C. Randell World
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  • Punch & Poetry: Victorian Pop Culture

    Punch & Poetry: Victorian Pop Culture
    Jun 27 2023

    Punch was a famous British weekly magazine which was very influential during the Victorian era and even well into the 20th century. We'll be reading some excerpts from it for you in this final episode of The Victorians: In Their Own Words along with some famous Victorian poems.


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    23 mins
  • Rudyard Kipling: Poet of the Empire

    Rudyard Kipling: Poet of the Empire
    Jun 13 2023

    Kipling was a Nobel-prize winning writer, but while many of his poems and short stories are still treasured today, he has also become quite a controversial figure. Let's hear from the man in his own words.
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    24 mins
  • Charles Darwin's Diary: The Voyage of the Beagle

    Charles Darwin's Diary: The Voyage of the Beagle
    May 30 2023

    Charles Darwin is credited with the theory of evolution which he famously laid out in his book, On The Origin of Species, however, long before that volume was published, Darwin became famous for an account of his journey on the HMS Beagle, which includes details of his trip to the Galapagos Islands and the beginnings of an idea he would later term "natural selection".
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    22 mins
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