Mostly Unsung
The weekly comedy history podcast that brings you bitesize biographies of the extraordinary, eccentric, outrageous and occasionally ordinary lives that until now have gone mostly unsung... mostly. Join your hosts Annie and Andrea as they bring you stories that your history teacher never taught you!
If you like stuffy lectures then you're not going to be a fan, sorry! But if you are looking to hang out with two old friends who love story telling, a good laugh and forgotten figures from history then welcome!
Covering everything from scientists to Grandmothers, survivors of wars to eccentric millionaires, all via ghost stories, anecdotes and terrible impressions of Hollywood legend Tim Curry. Come and hang out, have a giggle and join us every Friday.
Mostly Unsung
#22 A Tudor With An Unwanted House Guest & Sister In Law Turned Art Dealer
Happy Friday, listeners! Looking for something funny for the boring commute home today? Join two podcast besties for the usual mix of obscure history facts and occasional laughter! Each week we tell two stories from history you've probably never heard before, come and join us!
This week, Annie is in the Midlands to tell the story of a Tudor Lady in Waiting. It's great to be besties with Elizabeth I, surely? Well until she asks for a big favour, probably not very wise to say no, even if it will cost a fortune, and maybe your marriage.
Then Andrea is over in Mainland Europe. A newlywed woman is enjoying the beauty of the Paris art scene. The music, the theatre, the artists. Until tragedy strikes her small family, and she decides it's time to step up and take control of the family legacy. This unsung heroine is the sole reason anyone knows of the ONE artist absolutely everyone has heard of.
Andrea used these sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johanna_van_Gogh-Bonger
https://herhalfofhistory.com/2025/03/20/14-11-jo-van-gogh-bonger-vincents-sister-in-law-part-1/
Annie used these sources:
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/women-in-history/bess-of-hardwick/
https://historiamag.com/the-many-marriages-of-bess-of-hardwick/
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See you next Friday!
