Past Loves - A History Of The Greatest Love Stories
Episodes
28 episodes
Marie & Pierre Curie | Love, Partnership and Radioactivity with Lauren Redniss
Welcome to another episode of Past Loves - the history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.This week I am joined by author and artist, Lauren Redniss, to discuss the love story between Marie and Pierr...
Benjamin and Mary Anne Disraeli | A Strange Romance With Daisy Hay
Welcome to another episode of Past Loves - the history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.This week I am joined by author and Associate Professor in English Literature and Life Writing at the Univers...
Selina & Lawrence Kay-Shuttleworth | A Love Story In Letters With Isobel Staton
Welcome to another episode of Past Loves - the history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.This week I am joined by University of York doctoral student Isobel Staton to discuss the love story between ...
Virginia Woolf & Vita Sackville-West | Loving In Squares With Sarah Gristwood
Welcome to another episode of Past Loves - the history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.This week I am joined by best-selling biographer, historian and broadcaster, Sarah Gristwood as we delve into...
Edith Craig, Christopher St. John & Tony Atwood | A Creative Retreat to Smallhythe Place With Susannah Mayor
Welcome back to the next episode of Past Loves - the weekly history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.This week I am joined by Senior House and Collection Officer of Smallhythe Place, Susannah Mayor...
Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine | The Medieval Power Couple With Matthew Lewis
Welcome back to the next episode of Past Loves - the weekly history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.This week I am joined by author Matthew Lewis to discuss the fascinating and sprawling relations...
8th Duke of Roxburghe & Duchess May | A Christmas Trip To Floors Castle With Matt Thompson
Welcome back to a festive special of Past Loves - the history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.In this episode, in the most magical setting of Floors Castle situated in the Scottish Borders, ...
Elizabeth Woodville & Edward IV | The Heart Of The War Of The Roses With Gemma Hollman
Welcome to the one year anniversary special of Past Loves - the weekly history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.For this very special episode, celebrating the past year, I am joined by the wonderfu...
Rudolf Nureyev & Erik Bruhn | A Christmas Trip To The Ballet With Irina Klyagin
Welcome back to the Christmas special of Past Loves - the weekly history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.With Covid and the closure of so many theatres this year, it only seemed apt to take the Pa...
The 5th Duke & Duchess of Rutland | The Heart of Belvoir Castle With The 11th Duchess
Welcome back to the season finale of Past Loves - the weekly history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.This week I am joined by an absolutely incredible guest the 11th Duchess of Rutland to discuss ...
Nicholas II & Alexandra | The Story of the Last Tsar and Tsarina With Virginia Rounding
Welcome back to the next episode of Past Loves - the weekly history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.This week I am joined by author, editor and proofreader, specialising in Russia and the history ...
Anne Lister & Ann Walker | The Life & Loves of Gentleman Jack With Angela Steidele
Welcome back to the next episode of Past Loves - the weekly history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.This week I am joined by author Angela Steidele who has written several books about LGBTQ+ lives...
Lady Katherine Grey & Edward Seymour | A Tudor Love Story From The Tower With Melita Thomas
Welcome back to the next episode of Past Loves - the weekly history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time - and this time it's the first ever Tudor love story!That's right, this week I am joined by Meli...
John & Joséphine Bowes | The Couple Behind The Bowes Museum with Judith Phillips
Welcome back to the next episode of Past Loves - the weekly history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.This week, we are discovering the love story behind one of my absolute favourite places - The Bo...
Elinor Powell & Frederick Albert | A German POW, A Black Nurse, Enemies in Love with Alexis Clark
Welcome back to the next episode of Past Loves - the weekly history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.This week we are exploring a period of history that is so very often spoken about but, in a comp...
Lady Augusta Murray & Prince Augustus | A Forbidden Wife With Julia Abel Smith
Welcome back to Past Loves - the weekly history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.This week I am joined by Julia Abel Smith who has enjoyed a long career with The Landmark Trust and more recently wi...
Nur Jahan & Jahangir | The Astonishing Reign Of Co-sovereigns With Ruby Lal
Welcome to the second season of Past Loves - the weekly history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.This week I am joined by acclaimed historian of India and a professor of South Asian History at Emor...
Past Loves Is Back With A Second Season!
September means new seasons all round because Past Loves Season Two is just around the corner!Join me, your true romantic host Holly, and a range of guests from the world of heritage and academia as we continue our exploration into the ...
Maria & Patrick Brontë | The Love Story Behind The Legendary Literary Family with Sharon Wright
Welcome for the last time this season to the next episode of Past Loves - the new weekly history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.This week I am joined by award-winning journalist and author Sharon...
Gertrude Stein & Alice B. Toklas | The Love Story At The Heart Of 20th-Century Art With Kelly Cricchio
Welcome once again to the next episode of Past Loves - the new weekly history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.This week I am joined by Kelly Cricchio of The Art Herstorian to delve into the relati...
Charles Stewart Parnell & Katie O'Shea | The True Love Story Behind The Homewrecker of History with Elisabeth Kehoe
Welcome once again to the next episode of Past Loves - the new weekly history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.This week I am joined by author and senior research fellow of the Institute of Histori...
Oscar Wilde & Lord Alfred Douglas | Love On Trial With Matthew Sturgis
Welcome once again to a very special episode of Past Loves - the new weekly history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time. This week I am joined by historian, biographer and Oscar Wilde aficionado Matth...
The Howards of Castle Howard | A Place Like No Other With Nick Howard & Chris Ridgway
Welcome once again to a very special episode of Past Loves - the new weekly history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.This week I am joined by two guests, Nick Howard and Chris Ridgway. Chris is Cas...
Andrei & Natalia Chikhachev | An Ordinary Marriage In Provincial Russia With Kate Antonova
Welcome to Past Loves - the new weekly history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.This week I am joined by Associate Professor of Russian history at Queens College, City University of New York, Kate ...
Kate & Carlo Perugini | Dickens’s Artistic Daughter, Katey and Her True Love with Lucinda Hawksley
Welcome to Past Loves - the new weekly history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time. This week I am joined by author, art historian, public speaker and broadcaster Lucinda Hawksley to discuss the relat...