You Are History: From the Alarm Clock to the Toilet, the Amazing History of the Things You Use Every Day

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You Are History: From the Alarm Clock to the Toilet, the Amazing History of the Things You Use Every Day

You Are History: From the Alarm Clock to the Toilet, the Amazing History of the Things You Use Every Day

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He also points out that Chaucerian dialect doesn’t make punchlines hit quite as hard for children, whereas the sentry saying “alright, bro” will get a laugh. “It’s innately funny to kids when historical people speak like us”.

Chris Riddell The Cloud Horse Chronicles Weston Lecture Theatre 4:00pm Sun 26 Sunday, 26 March 2023 See this event The night in Oxford was the most beautiful event I have ever done. Not just the spectacular setting (of the Sheldonian), but an unforgettable evening.

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John Banville, John Boyne and Neil Jordan Chaired by Claire Armitstead Voices of Ireland: Literature, History and Nation Sheldonian Theatre 6:00pm Sun 26 Sunday, 26 March 2023 See this event Alongside the factual information on each item there are amusing facts and amazing illustrations. The text is never boring and is written to the right level and in an easy to understand manner without belittling the reader. As a broadcaster, Greg is the host of the chart-topping BBC comedy podcast YOU'RE DEAD TO ME in which comedians and academic historians are paired up to explore different historical subjects with a bold blend of humour and nuanced detail. The series regularly tops the Apple podcast charts, and was the number 1 show on BBC Sounds in 2021. Period dramas are often more about the time in which they're made than the time in which they're set. The past allows us to work through our current fascinations and concerns and allows us the romance and the glamour and the beauty.”

Vincent, Alice (25 May 2015). "14 things we learned from Greg Jenner's history of everyday life". The Daily Telegraph. Ask a Historian: 50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know was released in 2021. [26] [27] Greg Jenner (FRHistS) is a British public historian, broadcaster, and author noted for using humour and pop culture to communicate the complexities of the past. He is the host of the chart-topping BBC comedy podcast YOU'RE DEAD TO ME Mae Jenner yn adrodd y straeon difyr sydd y tu ôl i bob math o bethau dinod – gan gynnwys sebon, grawnfwyd, bwlb golau, gemau pêl, ffonau, soffas a phyjamas, wedi’u harchwilio gyda chyfuniad o ffeithiau anhygoel, jôcs sy’n tynnu dŵr i’r llygaid a straeon bywyd go iawn o ledled y byd ac ar draws y canrifoedd.

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Greg Jenner Unforgettable History Lessons SOLD OUT Exeter College: Marquee 2:00pm Sun 26 Sunday, 26 March 2023 See this event Richard Preston (21 February 2013). " Horrible Histories: 20 years of entertaining children". The Daily Telegraph. Jenner, Greg; Fletcher, Catherine; Wang, Phil (12 February 2021). "The Borgias". You're Dead To Me. BBC Radio 4 . Retrieved 21 August 2021. The Oxford festival is the most elegant and atmospheric of literary festivals. It’s a pleasure to both attend and perform there. Take a load off with a new podcast about sitting". Financial Times. 10 May 2021 . Retrieved 23 April 2023.

He didn’t set out to teach millions of children that Incans used urine as shampoo, or that Pythagoras died whilst evading a field of beans. Greg Jenner’s original plan was to go down the academic pipeline of PHD to Professor of History. If you involve historians in your creative projects, they will surprise you. As a screenwriter or a producer, if you get a historian involved, they can tell you stuff that is 100% true that you will not have thought about. It will change the dynamic, the destination, or the route your story might take, because historians are dealing with what people actually did. And sometimes those stories are incredibly unpredictable and bonkers.”Jenner, Greg (28 October 2021). Ask A Historian: 50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know. Orion. ISBN 978-1-4746-1863-2.



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