Best PCharlie Higsons Podcasts (2024)

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Willy Willy Shorts - Wars Of The Roses from a different perspective 11:14

3h ago11:14

11:14

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy and the country. In today's episode, Charlie finds out that the Welsh view of the Wars Of The Roses was more…

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Willy Willy Shorts - Great Tales from English History 5:05

4h ago5:05

5:05

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy and the country. In today's episode, Charlie gives us an insight into how he was partly inspired to create t…

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Willy Willy Shorts - A Baptism of Saliva 5:49

33m ago5:49

5:49

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy and the country. In today's episode, Charlie looks at the eventful baptism of James I. Hosted on Acast. See …

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Willy Willy Shorts - Conservatism 8:11

2d ago8:11

8:11

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy and the country. In today's episode, Charlie takes a lost piece from the Oliver Cromwell episode and compare…

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Willy Willy Shorts - The Churchills 6:44

3d ago6:44

6:44

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy and the country. In today's episode, Charlie discusses the switching sides habit of the Churchill family, fr…

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Willy Willy Shorts - Robin Hood 9:36

4d ago9:36

9:36

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy and the country. In today's episode, Charlie talks about his love of Ladybird books and how the Robin Hood e…

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Willy Willy Shorts - Lord Of The Rings 6:00

1h ago6:00

6:00

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy and the country. In today's episode, Charlie lets us into his personal obsession of Orcs and their pikes in …

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Willy Willy Shorts - The Cat, The Rat & Lovell The Dog 4:53

8d ago4:53

4:53

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy and the country. In today's episode, explains why Richard III was The Hog and why Viscount Frances Lovell wa…

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Willy Willy Shorts - Royal Ceremonial Regalia 6:45

1h ago6:45

6:45

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy and the country. In today's episode, Charlie talks is through the ceremonial regalia that has been used over…

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Willy Willy Short - The Hashashin 4:52

1h ago4:52

4:52

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy and the country. In today's episode, Charlie looks at the middle east and examines the myth of it's peaceful…

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Willy Willy Shorts - Time Immemorial 7:04

13h ago7:04

7:04

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy and the country. In today's episode, Helen Castor reveals the origin of the phrase 'Time Immemorial'. Hosted…

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Willy Willy Shorts - What Is History 4:53

13d ago4:53

4:53

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy and the country. In today's episode, Ian Mortimer, author of The Time Traveller's Guide books chats with Cha…

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BONUS EPISODE - Alice Loxton 39:19

16d ago39:19

39:19

In this special bonus episode, Charlie Higson welcomes the splendid Alice Loxton back to the podcast, this time to discuss her latest book '18 - A history Of Britain In 18 Young Lives' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Willy Willy Shorts - Elephant & Castle 4:46

13d ago4:46

4:46

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy and the country. In today's episode, Charlie explain how popular legends can sometimes be less than accurate…

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Willy Willy Shorts - East & West 12:10

15d ago12:10

12:10

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy and the country. In today's episode, Charlie explores the evolution of accents. Hosted on Acast. See acast.c…

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Willy Willy Shorts - Surnames 6:01

8d ago6:01

6:01

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy. In today's episode, what's in a surname? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Willy Willy Shorts - The Illegitimates 15:09

19d ago15:09

15:09

Through August, Charlie Higson brings you a summer treat. A series of short daily episodes of Willy Willy Harry Stee which allow you to hear the bits we had to cut from the original series. Interesting facts about all aspects of the monarchy. In this first episode, Charlie looks at how some English Kings were able to produce vast numbers of illegit…

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BONUS EPISODE - The Rise of Henry Tudor 47:30

22d ago47:30

47:30

In this special Bonus episode, Charlie Higson welcomes back a guest from earlier in the series, Nathen Amin, a proud Welshman and self-proclaimed Henry VII super-fan. Charlie chats with Nathen about his new book Son Of Prophecy: The Rise Of Henry Tudor temporarily shining the spotlight away from Henry's notorious son, Henry VIII Hosted on Acast. Se…

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BONUS EPISODE - Fake History 42:46

19d ago42:46

42:46

Historical facts are just that.....facts.....aren't they? Well some are and some are not and lucky for us, Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse, who is also known as The Fake History Hunter has devoted much of her life to peeling away the fakes from the facts. In this special Bonus episode, Jo speaks to Charlie Higson about her book Fake History, 101 Facts That Nev…

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BONUS EPISODE - A Guide To Mediaeval England 46:08

26d ago46:08

46:08

In this bonus episode, Charlie Higson welcomes back one his previous guests, Matt Lewis, who originally joined Charlie back on Episode 22 to make the case for 'Dick The Bad', unsurprising as Matt is chair of the Richard III society. Now though, Matt goes all mediaeval on us as he talks about his newest book, The History Hit Guide To Mediaeval Engla…

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BONUS EPISODE - World War II Explained 1:01:06

1M ago1:01:06

1:01:06

In this bonus episode, Charlie Higson takes a more detailed look at the greatest challenge in King George VI's reign, The Second World War. To help Charlie understand some of the key points is a man who, by his own admission, is obsessed with WW2, James Holland, author of over 30 books on the subject, host of the We Have Ways podcast with Al Murray…

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BONUS EPISODE - Chalke History Festival 2024 1:05:28

1M ago1:05:28

1:05:28

In this special episode, recorded live at the Chalke History Festival in Wiltshire, Charlie Higson invites 3 special guests to discuss whether we can trust history and how it is presented in films and television, books and in our schools. Joining Charlie on the outdoor stage, in front of a large audience, were broadcaster and writer Alice Loxton, h…

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An Overview of the Royal story so far..... 43:48

2M ago43:48

43:48

After 42 monarchs and 66 episodes, Charlie Higson reached the end of the rhyme that he learned in school and in this special overview episode, Charlie discusses the winners, the losers, whether it's changed his view of the monarchy and the startling similarity between the Royals and the Corleones. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf…

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Charles III 1:04:48

2M ago1:04:48

1:04:48

Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three, One Two Three Neds, Richard Two, Henry's Four Five Six.........then who? Edward Four Five...Dick The Bad, Harry's Twain and Ned The Lad, Mary, Bessie, James The Vain, Charlie Charlie, James again. William & Mary, Anna Gloria, Four Georges, William and Victoria, then Edward, George and Ned The Eig…

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Elizabeth II 1:24:00

2M ago1:24:00

1:24:00

Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three, One Two Three Neds, Richard Two, Henry's Four Five Six.........then who? Edward Four Five...Dick The Bad, Harry's Twain and Ned The Lad, Mary, Bessie, James The Vain, Charlie Charlie, James again. William & Mary, Anna Gloria, Four Georges, William and Victoria, then Edward, George and Ned The Eig…

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BONUS EPISODE - Live At HistFest 1:01:09

3M ago1:01:09

1:01:09

This special episode of Willy Willy Harry Stee was recorded live at HistFest, which took place in front of a full house at the British Library in April. Charlie Higson hosted a panel of proper historians to discuss the best ways to Survive A Tudor or Stuart Court. His guest panel comprised Ophelia Field, author of The Favourite, Nicola Clark, autho…

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George VI 1:20:44

3M ago1:20:44

1:20:44

Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three, One Two Three Neds, Richard Two, Henry's Four Five Six.........then who? Edward Four Five...Dick The Bad, Harry's Twain and Ned The Lad, Mary, Bessie, James The Vain, Charlie Charlie, James again. William & Mary, Anna Gloria, Four Georges, William and Victoria, then Edward, George and Ned The Eig…

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Edward VIII 1:12:59

3M ago1:12:59

1:12:59

Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three, One Two Three Neds, Richard Two, Henry's Four Five Six.........then who? Edward Four Five...Dick The Bad, Harry's Twain and Ned The Lad, Mary, Bessie, James The Vain, Charlie Charlie, James again. William & Mary, Anna Gloria, Four Georges, William and Victoria, Edward, George.....and Ned The Eigh…

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George V 1:16:04

3M ago1:16:04

1:16:04

Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three, One Two Three Neds, Richard Two, Henry's Four Five Six.........then who? Edward Four Five...Dick The Bad, Harry's Twain and Ned The Lad, Mary, Bessie, James The Vain, Charlie Charlie, James again. William & Mary, Anna Gloria, Four Georges, William and Victoria, Edward, George..... Yes, we're up t…

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BONUS EPISODE - Rise Of The Undead 59:03

4M ago59:03

59:03

In this special BONUS EDITION of Charlie Higson's history of the monarchy, he takes a fascinating look at how the real life horror of a volcanic eruption in 1815 gave birth to imaginary horrors that haunt us still. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Edward VII 1:12:11

4M ago1:12:11

1:12:11

Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three, One Two Three Neds, Richard Two, Henry's Four Five Six.........then who? Edward Four Five...Dick The Bad, Harry's Twain and Ned The Lad, Mary, Bessie, James The Vain, Charlie Charlie, James again. William & Mary, Anna Gloria, Four Georges, William and Victoria, Then Comes Edward..... King Edward …

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Victoria 1:24:15

4M ago1:24:15

1:24:15

Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three, One Two Three Neds, Richard Two, Henry's Four Five Six.........then who? Edward Four Five...Dick The Bad, Harry's Twain and Ned The Lad, Mary, Bessie, James The Vain, Charlie Charlie, James again. William & Mary, Anna Gloria, Four Georges, William and Victoria! We're starting to move into familia…

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William IV 56:08

4M ago56:08

56:08

Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three, One Two Three Neds, Richard Two, Henry's Four Five Six.........then who? Edward Four Five...Dick The Bad, Harry's Twain and Ned The Lad, Mary, Bessie, James The Vain, Charlie Charlie, James again. William & Mary, Anna Gloria, Four Georges, William..... After the extravagance of George IV, his mor…

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George IV 1:13:33

5M ago1:13:33

1:13:33

Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three, One Two Three Neds, Richard Two, Henry's Four Five Six.........then who? Edward Four Five...Dick The Bad, Harry's Twain and Ned The Lad, Mary, Bessie, James The Vain, Charlie Charlie, James again. William & Mary, Anna Gloria, Four Georges..... And so the final George hove's into view, as Charlie …

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BONUS EPISODE - A History of Slavery 58:12

5M ago58:12

58:12

Before Charlie Higson uncovers the fourth of our run of George's, he brings you this bonus episode, looking at the fascinating – and often over-looked history of black people in Britain, as well as the history of slavery and how that affected British society. Joining Charlie is Dr. Onyeka Nubia. A writer, presenter and historian, Onyeka is senior l…

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BONUS EPISODE - The Satirists with Alice Loxton 41:37

5M ago41:37

41:37

In this special bonus episode, Charlie Higson continues his romp through the Georgian period with a focus on the Satirists. Let's face it, there was a lot going on. The Napoleonic Wars, Royal Madness, Political Intrigue. All juicy content with fine comedic potential if you're a brilliant young artist with a sense of humour, someone like James Gillr…

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BONUS EPISODE - The Seven Years War with Dan Snow 51:36

5M ago51:36

51:36

In this special bonus episode of Willy Willy Harry Stee, Charlie Higson looks at the greatest conflict of the 18th century, The Seven Years War. In reality, this can be seen as the first World War, taking in Europe, North America, The Caribbean and India. To help navigate this dangerous path, Charlie is joined by Dan Snow, creator of History Hit an…

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George III - Part 2 1:06:06

6M ago1:06:06

1:06:06

Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three, One Two Three Neds, Richard Two, Henry's Four Five Six.........then who? Edward Four Five...Dick The Bad, Harry's Twain and Ned The Lad, Mary, Bessie, James The Vain, Charlie Charlie, James again. William & Mary, Anna Gloria, Four Georges..... With a reign so long it demanded two episodes, Charli…

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George III - Part 1 1:21:28

6M ago1:21:28

1:21:28

Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three, One Two Three Neds, Richard Two, Henry's Four Five Six.........then who? Edward Four Five...Dick The Bad, Harry's Twain and Ned The Lad, Mary, Bessie, James The Vain, Charlie Charlie, James again. William & Mary, Anna Gloria, Four Georges..... Our quartet of George's reaches number 3 with our lon…

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George II 1:08:36

6M ago1:08:36

1:08:36

Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three, One Two Three Neds, Richard Two, Henry's Four Five Six.........then who? Edward Four Five...Dick The Bad, Harry's Twain and Ned The Lad, Mary, Bessie, James The Vain, Charlie Charlie, James again. William & Mary, Anna Gloria, Four Georges..... The second of our four Georges hove's into view...Geo…

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George I 1:18:59

6M ago1:18:59

1:18:59

Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three, One Two Three Neds, Richard Two, Henry's Four Five Six.........then who? Edward Four Five...Dick The Bad, Harry's Twain and Ned The Lad, Mary, Bessie, James The Vain, Charlie Charlie, James again. William & Mary, Anna Gloria, Four Georges..... Skip around 50 more eligible heirs and what do you ge…

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Queen Anne 1:26:11

6M ago1:26:11

1:26:11

Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three, One Two Three Neds, Richard Two, Henry's Four Five Six.........then who? Edward Four Five...Dick The Bad, Harry's Twain and Ned The Lad, Mary, Bessie, James The Vain, Charlie Charlie, James again. William & Mary, Anna Gloria..... This is the tale of our one and only Queen Anne, who despite giving…

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William & Mary - Part 2 57:38

7M ago57:38

57:38

Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three, One Two Three Neds, Richard Two, Henry's Four Five Six.........then who? Edward Four Five...Dick The Bad, Harry's Twain and Ned The Lad, Mary, Bessie, James The Vain, Charlie Charlie, James again. William & Mary....... Having looked at Mary's life in the last episode, it's time to focus on Willia…

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William & Mary - Part 1 52:43

7M ago52:43

52:43

Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three, One Two Three Neds, Richard Two, Henry's Four Five Six.........then who? Edward Four Five...Dick The Bad, Harry's Twain and Ned The Lad, Mary, Bessie, James The Vain, Charlie Charlie, James again. William & Mary....... Having booted her Dad out of power, along comes Mary II, complete with husband…

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James II 1:06:28

7M ago1:06:28

1:06:28

Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three, One Two Three Neds, Richard Two, Henry's Four Five Six.........then who? Edward Four Five...Dick The Bad, Harry's Twain and Ned The Lad, Mary, Bessie, James The Vain, Charlie Charlie, James again....... In this episode, Charlie Higson examines a reign that could be filed under 'Not Very Successfu…

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Charles II 1:27:37

7M ago1:27:37

1:27:37

Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three, One Two Three Neds, Richard Two, Henry's Four Five Six.........then who? Edward Four Five...Dick The Bad, Harry's Twain and Ned The Lad, Mary, Bessie, James The Vain, Charlie Charlie..... And so, after an 11 year gap, Britain goes from puritan republic to the land of randy rakes, headed up by Cha…

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BONUS EPISODE - The Stuarts 50:24

8M ago50:24

50:24

Now that the podcast is firmly into the the time of The Stuarts, we welcome back the excellent Ian Mortimer to chat with Charlie Higson about life in the 17th century - a time of Puritan Piety, Republic into Reformation and Foppish Frippery. Oh, and Potatoes. There's plenty more time travelling in Ian's book....The Time Traveller's Guide To Restora…

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Oliver Cromwell 1:30:23

8M ago1:30:23

1:30:23

Willy Willy, Harry......er.....no. This one doesn't fit into the rhyme, BUT, after lopping Charles I's head off, Oliver Cromwell abolished the Monarchy and led the country himself, so he's a worthy inclusion. In this episode Charlie Higson unpicks Cromwell's life and the reasons why we had 11 years without a King or Queen. His 'proper historian' is…

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BONUS EPISODE - The Uncrowned 27:31

8M ago27:31

27:31

Robbie, Willie, Mattie, Eustace, Harry, Arthur, Edward, Roger… What's that? I hear you say - that's not the normal rhyme - what's happened here? Who are these people? Well, this is another special episode of Willy Willy Harry Stee - a sidebar episode, in which we take a look at some of the people in our history who should have come to the throne bu…

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THE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 1:04:48

8M ago1:04:48

1:04:48

Willy Willy Merry Christmas! In this Christmas Special episode, Charlie Higson takes us through the many connections the Monarchy has had with Christmas over the years. Learn about carols you've been singing incorrectly, how early Christmas trees doubled as incendiary devices and hear Charlie and guest Helen Castor discuss one of the greatest seaso…

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