Ian Mortimer: Regency Britain (1825)

We meet the perfect guest for our format: the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Time Travellers Guide series, Ian Mortimer.

Ian guides us back to 1825 for a tour of the concert halls, stately homes and new industrial beginnings of one of the best-loved eras in British history: the Regency Period.

The material covered in this episode of Travels Through Time comes from Ian Mortimer’s latest book in his time traveller series, The Time Traveller’s Guide to Regency Britain.

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Show Notes

Scene One: 21 December 1825, collapse of Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire.

Scene Two:  7 September 1825 (Stockton to Darlington Railway)

Scene Three: 21 March 1825, The Argyll Rooms, Regent Street, London (first British performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony)

Memento: Byron's skull cap

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Presenter: Artemis Irvine

Interview: John Hillman

Guest: Ian Mortimer

Production: Maria Nolan

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