Charlie Higson's History of the Monarchy. In each new weekly episode, Charlie and his friendly experts....(ie REAL historians)...learn all about one of our Kings or Queens and ask searching questions like: Were they any good? What did they actually do? Why did so many die from an exploding stomach? It's the story of families at war....literally! New episodes every Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Talk About Mental Health & Well-Being… Why Not? Mark ‘Charlie’ Valentine suffered life changing mental illness, before beginning a journey to recovery and wellness; the darkness of PTSD transformed by the light atop mountains and beyond. Mark is now joining forces with Seb Budniak, to make up the ‘White Fox Talking’ team. Through a series of Podcasts and Vlogs, ‘White Fox Talking’ will be bringing you a variety of guests, topics, and inspirational stories relating to improving mental well-be ...

An eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy

What is 'British-ness'? This podcast explores all aspects of British culture from the perspective of an Englishman previously based in China and Turkey. Perhaps you know Thomas Felix Creighton already from Instagram's @FlemingNeverDies centered on Ian Fleming's classic creation, James Bond, 007. Here, we can see a wider background of where our British hero sits. You can also check out the video channel: www.youtube.com/britishculture

A twice weekly show that centres around the world of James Bond, Costume Design, & this year (2024) we're breaking down the movie Casino Royale minute by minute.

Spybrary is a podcast for fans of spy books, spy tv and spy movies since 2017. We bring you author interviews and reader discussions on our favorite spy books and novels.

An exclusive World Book Day Meet the Author event with Charlie Higson, Malorie Blackman and Sophie McKenzie. The event was held at the Apple Store, Covent Garden in London on World Book Day, 1st March 2012. The authors discuss World Book Day, the World Book Day App, and what it's like to have an eBook element to World Book Day for the first time. More titles from these authors are available on the iBookstore.

Based upon the hit book series, host Andy Bush and authors Stephen Brotherstone and Dave Lawrence are joined by their guests to talk about the dark side of the 1970s and 80s (and, hopefully, heal some pop culture-related childhood traumas!) Find Andy Bush on Twitter (@bushontheradio) and Instagram (@andybushradio) Find Scarred For Life on Twitter (@ScarredForLife2), Facebook (Scarred For Life), Instagram and Threads (@scarredforlifebook) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform ...

How To Wow is a technicolour "how to.." gold mine of inspiration, wisdom and experience harvested first hand from the minds, hearts and spirits of dynamic, maverick and high achieving individuals who are living proof that sure, the road is long and life is hard but if you dream big, put in the hours, keep on showing up and never give in, amazing things happen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do we use language in comedy? What is the social importance of comedy? What are the techniques used with language to create different types of humour? This series looks at how entertainers manipulate language to generate humour, and what this reveals about the nature of comedy and its function in society. Featuring Henning Wehn, on cross cultural humour, Isy Suttie, on crafting a joke and Graham Fellows on creating his character John Shuttleworth.