An examination of the English Reformation from Henry VIII’s break with Rome through the reigns of Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I, tracing the shift from Catholicism to Protestantism.
An exploration of medieval England’s relationships with neighbouring kingdoms, covering war, diplomacy, and nation-building from the Norman Conquest to the end of the Plantagenet era.
A survey of early British history from the Celts and Romans through the Anglo-Saxon period to the Viking invasions and the Norman Conquest of 1066.
A playlist bringing together all videos on Edwin Brock’s Five Ways to Kill a Man, including the combined reading and analysis.
A playlist bringing together all videos on Wordsworth’s Tintern Abbey, including readings, analysis, and an illustrated reading.
A playlist bringing together all videos on Keats’s Ode on a Grecian Urn, including a combined reading and analysis, a standalone analysis, and a plain reading.
A playlist bringing together all videos on Blake’s poetry, including The Tiger, The Lamb, A Poison Tree, Never Seek to Tell Thy Love, The Human Abstract, and an extract from Vala.
A playlist bringing together all videos on Keats’s To Autumn, including a combined reading and analysis, a standalone analysis, and an illustrated reading.
A playlist bringing together all videos on Keats’s Ode to a Nightingale, including a combined reading and analysis and an illustrated reading.
A playlist bringing together all videos on Keats’s Odes, covering the Ode to a Nightingale, Ode on a Grecian Urn, and To Autumn.