ROYSCast

On this episode Jonny and Adam are once again joined by Dr Iain Dyson, a first returning guest, who goes further into the history of Yorkshire's involvement in the Crusades, picking up where he left off on his first episode (S1:E7) covering the Third Crusade by delving into the Fifth Crusade. If you or someone you know has an idea or topic they'd like to discuss on the podcast, please don't hesita...

On this episode, Jonny and Adam are joined by Alex Harvey, author of Forgotten Vikings, who talks to them about his introduction and early fascination with the archaeology and history of the early medieval period. Alex talks about the process behind Forgotten Vikings, as well as the work that has gone into his upcoming book "Little Kingdoms: an A-Z of Early Medieval Britain". The publisher page fo...

On this episode, Jonny is joined again by Adam and Guest Dr Marta Cobb, who talks to us about the enigmatic medieval author and mystic; Margery Kempe. Discussing her life, dramatic moments, and the history of the discovery, or rather recovery, of the text itself. Marta teaches at the University of Leeds' School of History and is a Senior Congress Officer for the associated International Medieval C...

On this episode of ROYSCast, Jonny and Adam are joined by Dr Victoria Yuskaitis who talks to them about her career and background in archaeology, and goes into detail on her prior and ongoing work looking into the archaeology of Anchorite Cells. Victoria has published and given a number of talks on the topic during her career, and provides the listener with an in-depth introduction and exploration...

On this episode Hannah Parkes, a third year PhD student at Leeds University talks about her project working on the remembered history of Bradford in the 1970s and 80s. A local herself, Hannah tells Jonny and Adam about the history of the town, the work of her PhD, and the City of Culture year for Bradford. Hannah will also be presenting at this year's ROYS in Scarborough. Speaking of, registration...

On this episode of ROYSCast, Mike Reeve is joined by David Pendleton, one of this year's keynote speakers at the ROYS Conference in Scarborough, to talk about the history of the town during the First World War. Discussion touches on David's history with the subject as well as a few of the key events and tragedies that mark Scarborough's time during the conflict. David will also be giving a keynote...

In the first episode of a new season, Jonny is joined by new ROYS committee member, and former podcast guest, Dr Michael Reeve to speak to Oxford Archaeology's Dr Lauren McIntyre. Lauren speaks about the programme of osteological investigation carried out on the Castle St burial ground in Hull ahead of the A63 related developments. Topics include some of the stand-out stories of the individuals bu...

On this episode Jonny and Sam are joined by another previous ROYS presenter, Dr Stefan Ramsden. Stef talks to them about his career as a historian and in particular his current role within the Our Heritage, Our Stories project which is a joint collaboration between the Universities of Manchester and Glasgow and the National Archives. The project focusses on making previously unfindable and un...

On this episode Jonny and Sam are joined by Peter Connelly, Archaeology Manager at Humber Field Archaeology (HFA), part of the Humber Archaeology Partnership. Discussion covers the history and purpose of developer-funded archaeology in Hull and the surrounding area as well as the excavations and ongoing outreach project of the South Blockhouse in Hull. You can find out more about the project by go...

On this episode Jonny and Sam are joined by Sophie Whittle a historical linguist based at the Digital Humanities Institute at Sheffield University and friend of ROYS. Sophie talks about her career and interest in historical linguistics before discussion focusses around the historical development, and modern day parallels, to dialect and language within the county. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

On this episode of the pod, Jonny and Sam are joined by Michael Flowers, a local independent Tolkien scholar. Discussion primarily focusses on the author's time in the county, in particular his time recovering at the Brooklands Officers Hospital and up at the Forest of Roos. We also talk about what works he wrote or developed during his time here and whether there is any influence from the region...

On another episode of ROYSCast Jonny and Sam are joined by content creator Catherine Warr. Catherine talks to us about her career, influences and process of producing her videos, including some of her favourite projects. Catherine also chats about her recently published book and the process of collating the sources and writing the book itself. Catherine can be found on Youtube as Catherine Warr an...

On this episode of ROYSCast, Jonny and Sam are joined by Joshua Daniels, a heritage filmmaker based in South Yorkshire. Josh talks about his career as a filmmaker and where his interest in history comes from. Josh also discusses some of his recent and upcoming projects on the lesser-known industries of the county. If you attended either ROYS 2022 or 2023 conferences you'll have heard Josh talk abo...

On this episode of ROYSCast, Jonny and Sam are joined by Jane Tolerton to talk about the life, career and controversy of Yorkshire-born Mary Taylor alongside new information researched by Jane herself. Jane is a well established journalist, biographer and historian with a number of publications to her name and has been interested in and researching the life of Mary Taylor for some time now. Jane's...

On this episode, Jonny and Sam are joined by ROYS committee member and our resident medievalist Adam Cook to welcome Iain Dyson to the podcast. This episode focuses on Yorkshire during the Third Crusade, looking into how people prepared for crusade, why they went on Crusade, and what they did on Crusade. Also, the ROYS'23 conference booking links are now up! please book in the link in the descript...

On this episode Jonny and Sam are joined by Dr Michael Reeve, a friend of ROYS and current lecturer in Modern British History at the Open University. Michael talks with Jonny and Sam about his career within the subject and how it developed through his studies at university as well as touching on what aspects of modern history appealed to him the most. Topics also include his research on coastal bo...

On this episode Jonny and Sam are joined by Dr Robb Robinson to talk about his career and some of his ongoing projects such as the Lord Mayor's 100th Anniversary plaques, Market Weighton Canal Community project and his own maritime research of the Yorkshire Coast. There is still time to submit a paper for ROYS'23 as the call for papers ends May 1st, if you're just interested in attending the confe...

On this first episode of the new year, Jonny is instead joined by Lauren Theweneti of the ROYS Committee and Ellie Smith of Leeds City Museum to discuss both the upcoming ROYS Conference and the exhibition it is linked with called "Overlooked". the "Overlooked" exhibition is a project set out by the Preservative Party, a group of young volunteers who have worked with community groups and museums t...

On this episode of the podcast Jonny and Sam welcome Jamie Topliss-Yates, otherwise known as the Hull History Nerd, who is a heritage filmmaker and local historian. Discussion includes his work on YouTube and his production process, what got him interested in history in the first place as well as his latest episode on the Hull Citadel. You can find Jamie at HullHistoryNerd on Facebook, Twitter and...

On this episode of ROYSCast Jonny and Sam speak to Gillian Osgerby, Project Director of Hull Maritime, an ongoing Heritage Lottery funded project focussing on restoring Hull's maritime heritage assets. Discussion touches on the Maritime Museum, Spurn Lightship, Arctic Corsair and North-End Shipyard as well as the handling of the object collection and accessibility throughout. Hosted on Acast. See...

On the first episode of ROYSCast, Jonny and Sam talk to Dr Nick Evans about a new collaborative exhibition hosted by the Hull Streetlife Museum looking at life in Sierra Leone in the 1940's and the present day. They also talk about the connections between Hull, Yorkshire and Sierra Leone in this project run by the Hull Afro Caribbean Association and the Wilberforce Institute in collaboration with...

Hosts Jonny Farley and Sam Wright introduce listeners to the podcast, including a brief history of the Ridings of Yorkshire Society and the podcast plans going forward. If you would like to get in touch or would be interested in appearing on the podcast, please email royscast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.