History After Dark Podcast

William III aka William of Orange, the husband of Mary II of England, and his part in the so-called Glorious Revolution. The Deceased Gits series was recorded live in 2023 and during 2025 we are getting all of the episodes uploaded to the podcast! What is a Git? A colloquial term used in Britain to describe “an unpleasant or contemptible person.” (Google, Oxford Languages) History After Dark is a...

Richard Neville aka, Warwick the Kingmaker - just what sort of a git was he? The Deceased Gits series was recorded live in 2023 and during 2025 we are getting all of the episodes uploaded to the podcast! What is a Git? A colloquial term used in Britain to describe “an unpleasant or contemptible person.” (Google, Oxford Languages) History After Dark is a reader-supported publication. To receive new...

Martin Frobisher hunts for the Northwest Passage. Promising a new trade route. He, his crew and backers get distracted by shiny black rocks. The mission utterly fails - a fluke of timing arguably means it wasn't even more damaging. Dr Kat Marchant, Philippa Lacey Brewell and Catherine Ibbotson join forces each Wednesday night for a shackle-free history discussion...it's History After Dark! History...

Sarah Churchill, 1st Duchess of Marlborough and favourite of Queen Anne. The Deceased Gits series was recorded live in 2023 and during 2025 we are getting all of the episodes uploaded to the podcast! What is a Git? A colloquial term used in Britain to describe “an unpleasant or contemptible person.” (Google, Oxford Languages) History After Dark is a reader-supported publication. To receive new pos...

We revisit our last 4 gits and score them on level of gitishness! Isabella of France, King John, John Knox and Richard the Lionheart. The Deceased Gits series was recorded live in 2023 and during 2025 we are getting all of the episodes uploaded to the podcast! What is a Git? A colloquial term used in Britain to describe “an unpleasant or contemptible person.” (Google, Oxford Languages) History Aft...

Richard the Lionheart and how he got his sword all bent out of shape! The Deceased Gits series was recorded live in 2023 and during 2025 we are getting all of the episodes uploaded to the podcast! What is a Git? A colloquial term used in Britain to describe “an unpleasant or contemptible person.” (Google, Oxford Languages) History After Dark is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts...

John Knox a git who transcended borders, the English Scottish one anyway. The Deceased Gits series was recorded live in 2023 and during 2025 we are getting all of the episodes uploaded to the podcast! What is a Git? A colloquial term used in Britain to describe “an unpleasant or contemptible person.” (Google, Oxford Languages) History After Dark is a reader-supported publication. To receive new po...

What did King John ever do to anyone? Listen and find out. The Deceased Gits series was recorded live in 2023 and during 2025 we are getting all of the episodes uploaded to the podcast! What is a Git? A colloquial term used in Britain to describe “an unpleasant or contemptible person.” (Google, Oxford Languages) History After Dark is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support...

What did Isabella of France do to get on the Git List? Listen and find out. The Deceased Gits series was recorded live in 2023 and during 2025 we are getting all of the episodes uploaded to the podcast! What is a Git? A colloquial term used in Britain to describe “an unpleasant or contemptible person.” (Google, Oxford Languages) History After Dark is a reader-supported publication. To receive new...

Scoring the last 4 deceased git candidates: Elizabeth I, The Forty Elephants, The Georges and Henry VIII. The Deceased Gits series was recorded live in 2023 and during 2025 we are getting all of the episodes uploaded to the podcast! What is a Git? A colloquial term used in Britain to describe “an unpleasant or contemptible person.” (Google, Oxford Languages) History After Dark is a reader-supporte...

A winner already for ultimate git? The Deceased Gits series was recorded live in 2023 and during 2025 we are getting all of the episodes uploaded to the podcast! What is a Git? A colloquial term used in Britain to describe “an unpleasant or contemptible person.” (Google, Oxford Languages) History After Dark is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, please consid...

It's a George off! The Georges I-IV are next in the deceased git series. The Deceased Gits series was recorded live in 2023 and during 2025 we are getting all of the episodes uploaded to the podcast! What is a Git? A colloquial term used in Britain to describe “an unpleasant or contemptible person.” (Google, Oxford Languages) History After Dark is a reader-supported publication. To receive new pos...

The Forty Elephants were an all-female crime gang in London, operating from 1880 - 1950! The Deceased Gits series was recorded live in 2023 and during 2025 we are getting all of the episodes uploaded to the podcast! What is a Git? A colloquial term used in Britain to describe “an unpleasant or contemptible person.” (Google, Oxford Languages) History After Dark is a reader-supported publication. To...

Elizabeth I a Deceased Git? Really? Well, let’s discuss! The Deceased Gits series was recorded live in 2023 and during 2025 we are getting all of the episodes uploaded to the podcast! What is a Git? A colloquial term used in Britain to describe “an unpleasant or contemptible person.” (Google, Oxford Languages) History After Dark is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support o...

2023 was the HAD Year of Deceased Gits and to decide on who was the most despicable and who turned out to have their reputation unfairly, we scored them! This is the first of our round up weeks where we reviewed the previous 4 candidates and gave them a scorem which will then place them in a league table of gits! In this episode we review and score; Prince Albert, Robert the Bruce, oliver Cromwell...

2023 was the HAD Year of Deceased Gits, next up is Charles Dickens! Was he a git though? As we publish this we are actually beginning our 2025 series but simultaneously uploading our back catalogue of episodes so that they are available forever on our podcast! We hope you have enjoyed this episode. If you would like to comment, please consider becoming a paid subscriber to us here on Substack! His...

2023 was the HAD Year of Deceased Gits, in this episode we discuss Oliver Cromwell. Destroyer of British heritage or beacon of democracy? As we publish this we are actually beginning our 2025 series but simultaneously uploading our back catalogue of episodes so that they are available forever on our podcast! We hope you have enjoyed this episode. If you would like to comment, please consider becom...

2023 was the HAD Year of Deceased Gits and next up is Robert the Bruce! Violence hungry, thorn in the side of the English? Let’s see! As we publish this we are actually beginning our 2025 series but simultaneously uploading our back catalogue of episodes so that they are available forever on our podcast! We hope you have enjoyed this episode. If you would like to comment, please consider becoming...

2023 was the HAD Year of Deceased Gits and we kicked off with Prince Albert. Was he a git though? We’ll let you decide as we look at his early life, his marriage to Queen Victoria and, his work and legacy. As we publish this we are actually beginning our 2025 series but simultaneously uploading our back catalogue of episodes so that they are available forever on our podcast! We hope you have enjoy...