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If It Ain't Baroque...

If It Ain't Baroque...

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An Independent History Podcast, in which we look at life through the prism of History.

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Natalie Lomako
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  • Reinventing... The Late Queen Mum with Gareth Russell
    Jan 9 2026

    Today we’re talking to Gareth Russell, a historian and author, whose book on the late Queen Mum we’ll be discussing today.

    Did you know she had met the mother of Nicholas II? Or that she was born in Scotland? Would it surprise you to learn one of her suitors was called James Stuart?

    Let's find out more...

    Gareth's book was published with William Collins in the UK and Atria Books / Simon & Schuster in the USA.


    Welcome back, Gareth!


    Get Do Let's Have Another Drink:

    https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/do-lets-have-another-drink-the-singular-wit-and-double-measures-of-queen-elizabeth-the-queen-mother-gareth-russell (UK)

    https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Do-Lets-Have-Another-Drink!/Gareth-Russell/9781668006955 (USA)

    https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780008542658/do-lets-have-another-drink-the-singular-wit-and-double-measures-of-queen-elizabeth-the-queen-mother/ (AUS)


    Get Palace:

    https://www.williamcollinsbooks.co.uk/products/the-palace-from-the-tudors-to-the-windsors-500-years-of-history-at-hampton-court-gareth-russell-9780008437015/ (UK)

    https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Palace/Gareth-Russell/9781982169077 (USA)

    https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780008436995/the-palace-from-the-tudors-to-the-windsors-500-years-of-history-at-hampton-court/ (AUS)


    Get Queen James:

    https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/queen-james-the-life-and-loves-of-britains-first-king-gareth-russell (UK)

    https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Six-Loves-of-James-I/Gareth-Russell/9781668049686 (USA)

    https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780008660871/queen-james-the-life-and-loves-of-britains-first-king/ (AUS)



    Find Gareth:

    https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/single-malt-history-with-gareth-russell/id1565005422

    https://www.instagram.com/_garethrussell/

    https://www.garethrussell.co.uk/



    Find Baroque:

    https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

    https://www.reignoflondon.com/

    https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast


    Support Baroque:

    https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

    https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque


    If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

    Saxons to Stuarts:

    https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

    Tudors & Stuarts:

    https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

    The Georgians:

    https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

    Naughty London:

    https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/


    For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/


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    42 mins
  • Lady Jane Franklin with Royal Museums Greenwich
    Dec 20 2025

    Today we're talking to Claire, the polar expert at Royal Museums Greenwich.

    The topic - Lady Jane Franklin, the wife of explorer Sir John Franklin, who never came back from his third voyage to the Arctic.

    Let's find out more about this fascinating unconventional Victorian couple.

    Welcome, Claire!

    P.S. we have new tracks on our episode tonight, courtesy of jimmy cheeseburgah, please enjoy our new interval!



    Find Royal Museums Greenwich:

    https://www.rmg.co.uk/


    Find Pirates Exhibition:

    https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/pirates


    Visit Greenwich (...best place to be):

    https://www.visitgreenwich.org.uk/whats-on/pirates-exhibition-p2274551


    Find Baroque:

    https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

    https://www.reignoflondon.com/

    https://www.instagram.com/ifitaintbaroquepodcast/


    Support Baroque:

    https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

    https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque


    Join Natalie for a tour of Naughty London where we walk by an actual pirate ship:

    https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452


    For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    48 mins
  • Prince Rupert of the Rhine: Nephew to Charles I, Uncle to George I with Mark Turnbull
    Dec 17 2025

    On the 17th December in the year of our Lord 1619, a boy was born to Elizabeth Stuart and Frederick V of Bohemia.

    He would grow up to be his uncle's fierce cavalier commander with the ever-romantic moniker - Rupert of the Rhine.

    To give dynastic context - Rupert was grandson to James VI & I, nephew to Charles I, and uncle to the future George I.

    If you ever needed a link between the Stuarts and the Hanoverians, this is it.


    With us today we have author and historian Mark Turnbull.

    He has published Rupert's biography with Pen & Sword.


    Welcome back, Mark!


    Get Mark's Books:

    https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-Is-Private-Life-Hardback/p/23661/aid/1238

    https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Prince-Rupert-of-the-Rhine-Hardback/p/52608/aid/1238


    Find Mark:

    https://www.allegianceofblood.com/


    Find Baroque:

    https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

    https://www.reignoflondon.com/

    https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast


    Support Baroque:

    https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

    https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque


    If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

    Saxons to Stuarts:

    https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

    Tudors & Stuarts:

    https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

    The Georgians:

    https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

    Naughty London:

    https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/


    For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    1 hr and 16 mins
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Loved it! Lots of small interesting details, stories and information! Well done, ladies! Thank you!

Very interesting one about Catherine of Aragon

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