Rebecca Rideal
@rebeccarideal.bsky.social
Historian (early modern & true crime). TV & Podcast producer / writer.
Author - 1666: PLAGUE, WAR & HELLFIRE (out now), GOD’S THRONE: THE STUARTS 1603-1714 (currently writing).
Director of HistFest. Host Killing Time podcast.
Author - 1666: PLAGUE, WAR & HELLFIRE (out now), GOD’S THRONE: THE STUARTS 1603-1714 (currently writing).
Director of HistFest. Host Killing Time podcast.
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Once Upon a Time in the North
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Hope you don’t mind me sharing this again. I’m just so excited to share this brand new podcast series produced by @histfest.bsky.social for @historyextra.bsky.social
Listen wherever you get your podcasts (here’s the Spotify link spotify.link/hxH97mL4PXb )
Listen wherever you get your podcasts (here’s the Spotify link spotify.link/hxH97mL4PXb )
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19th century wooden “walking” doll with a wheel of eight legs ~ when costumed, the doll’s long dress would cover most of the leg mechanism, allowing the doll to “walk” when moving, while appearing to have only two legs at any one time www.theriaults.com/events/listi...
November 27, 2025 at 7:12 AM
19th century wooden “walking” doll with a wheel of eight legs ~ when costumed, the doll’s long dress would cover most of the leg mechanism, allowing the doll to “walk” when moving, while appearing to have only two legs at any one time www.theriaults.com/events/listi...
I think he must be a new(ish) screen actor, but the guy playing Amos Crane in #DownCemeteryRoad is phenomenal! I haven’t seen a such a chilling performance for a long, long while.
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I think he must be a new(ish) screen actor, but the guy playing Amos Crane in #DownCemeteryRoad is phenomenal! I haven’t seen a such a chilling performance for a long, long while.
Fears expressed here against Catholicism in 1621 sound remarkably similar to unfounded fears about marginalised groups in the contemporary world.
!['[catholicism] hath a restless spirit, and will strive by these gradations: if it once get but a connivancy, it will press for a toleration: if that should be obtained, they must have an equality: from thence they will aspire to superiority, and will never rest till they get a subversion of the true religion'.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:h3vbrlbongqlhp5vk6ly4i4l/bafkreicxcft7yuqtwrmsf2rcy3pb3g6m6wocyujyqqvlokuv3sae3twdri@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Fears expressed here against Catholicism in 1621 sound remarkably similar to unfounded fears about marginalised groups in the contemporary world.
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This series is brilliant. Every episode is a revelation. Highly recommend
Enormously proud of this series. If history is your thing, do give it a listen, like and/or share!
It's January 1649 and Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland is about to be put on trial for treason...
The penultimate episode of UPRISING: THE CIVIL WARS is out now. Produced by HistFest Productions for @historyextra.bsky.social
🎧 play.megaphone.fm/quvuyhkqs66t...
The penultimate episode of UPRISING: THE CIVIL WARS is out now. Produced by HistFest Productions for @historyextra.bsky.social
🎧 play.megaphone.fm/quvuyhkqs66t...
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This series is brilliant. Every episode is a revelation. Highly recommend
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It's January 1649 and Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland is about to be put on trial for treason...
The penultimate episode of UPRISING: THE CIVIL WARS is out now. Produced by HistFest Productions for @historyextra.bsky.social
🎧 play.megaphone.fm/quvuyhkqs66t...
The penultimate episode of UPRISING: THE CIVIL WARS is out now. Produced by HistFest Productions for @historyextra.bsky.social
🎧 play.megaphone.fm/quvuyhkqs66t...
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
It's January 1649 and Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland is about to be put on trial for treason...
The penultimate episode of UPRISING: THE CIVIL WARS is out now. Produced by HistFest Productions for @historyextra.bsky.social
🎧 play.megaphone.fm/quvuyhkqs66t...
The penultimate episode of UPRISING: THE CIVIL WARS is out now. Produced by HistFest Productions for @historyextra.bsky.social
🎧 play.megaphone.fm/quvuyhkqs66t...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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New episode and it's a doozy!
It's January 1649 and Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland is about to be put on trial for treason...
The penultimate episode of UPRISING: THE CIVIL WARS is out now. Produced by HistFest Productions for @historyextra.bsky.social
🎧 play.megaphone.fm/quvuyhkqs66t...
The penultimate episode of UPRISING: THE CIVIL WARS is out now. Produced by HistFest Productions for @historyextra.bsky.social
🎧 play.megaphone.fm/quvuyhkqs66t...
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
New episode and it's a doozy!
Enormously proud of this series. If history is your thing, do give it a listen, like and/or share!
It's January 1649 and Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland is about to be put on trial for treason...
The penultimate episode of UPRISING: THE CIVIL WARS is out now. Produced by HistFest Productions for @historyextra.bsky.social
🎧 play.megaphone.fm/quvuyhkqs66t...
The penultimate episode of UPRISING: THE CIVIL WARS is out now. Produced by HistFest Productions for @historyextra.bsky.social
🎧 play.megaphone.fm/quvuyhkqs66t...
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Enormously proud of this series. If history is your thing, do give it a listen, like and/or share!
This was a really fascinating talk. Catch up if you can!
Our great thanks to Jane Ohlmeyer who gave the Society's 2025 Anniversary Lecture on Friday evening.
Jane's lecture, 'Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland', charted new work to recover the lives of Irish women, c.1550-1700 bit.ly/43NZXhv. Video to follow soon #Skystorians
Jane's lecture, 'Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland', charted new work to recover the lives of Irish women, c.1550-1700 bit.ly/43NZXhv. Video to follow soon #Skystorians
Jane Ohlmeyer delivers the Society's 2025 Anniversary Lecture - RHS
On 21 November, the Society was delighted to welcome Professor Jane Ohlmeyer to give the 2025 RHS Anniversary Lecture: ‘Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland’. Jane's lecture in...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This was a really fascinating talk. Catch up if you can!
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Young girl posed as hunter in the 1670s. Was dubious about holding dead bird but daddy insisted. Dog thought the idea was excellent! Painted by Nicolaes Maes, whose day is today.
November 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Young girl posed as hunter in the 1670s. Was dubious about holding dead bird but daddy insisted. Dog thought the idea was excellent! Painted by Nicolaes Maes, whose day is today.
This has been going on for well over a decade now
Saw an excellent point made that recent politics has gone into perpetual "campaign mode", rather than actually entering "governing mode" following an election (and of course campaigning and governing are two very different things). I think about that a lot.
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This has been going on for well over a decade now
I’ve just seen someone describe Frankenstein as ‘too male centred’. Yep, that’s the point. It’s about a self-centred male.
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I’ve just seen someone describe Frankenstein as ‘too male centred’. Yep, that’s the point. It’s about a self-centred male.
What’s that? You want an introductory BONUS episode of Uprising? Featuring @jonathanhealey.bsky.social and myself? No problem!
In this special @historyextra.bsky.social episode with Emily Briffett we give our five key moments of the conflict - do you agree?
www.historyextra.com/period/upris...
In this special @historyextra.bsky.social episode with Emily Briffett we give our five key moments of the conflict - do you agree?
www.historyextra.com/period/upris...
Uprising: the Civil Wars untangled
Rebecca Rideal and Jonathan Healey uncover the dramatic events that led to the execution of Charles I
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November 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
What’s that? You want an introductory BONUS episode of Uprising? Featuring @jonathanhealey.bsky.social and myself? No problem!
In this special @historyextra.bsky.social episode with Emily Briffett we give our five key moments of the conflict - do you agree?
www.historyextra.com/period/upris...
In this special @historyextra.bsky.social episode with Emily Briffett we give our five key moments of the conflict - do you agree?
www.historyextra.com/period/upris...
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Had great fun chatting to @rebeccarideal.bsky.social about her brilliant new Civil War podcast, with Emily Briffett, here:
www.historyextra.com/period/upris...
www.historyextra.com/period/upris...
Uprising: the Civil Wars untangled
Rebecca Rideal and Jonathan Healey uncover the dramatic events that led to the execution of Charles I
www.historyextra.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Had great fun chatting to @rebeccarideal.bsky.social about her brilliant new Civil War podcast, with Emily Briffett, here:
www.historyextra.com/period/upris...
www.historyextra.com/period/upris...
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Three medieval shoes found at Coppergate, York.
Photo Jorvik Viking Centre.
Photo Jorvik Viking Centre.
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Three medieval shoes found at Coppergate, York.
Photo Jorvik Viking Centre.
Photo Jorvik Viking Centre.
Honest answer? Growing up on the poverty line gave me an unhealthy need to prove myself.
November 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Honest answer? Growing up on the poverty line gave me an unhealthy need to prove myself.
‘Testing’? Has there even been a single day of ceasing fire?
BREAKING: At least 24 people are dead and 54 wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began in October, officials say.
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 20 killed
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on October 10.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
‘Testing’? Has there even been a single day of ceasing fire?
The site of the battle of Rowton Heath (1645).
Where was Charles I supposed to have been when it took place? (Listeners to Uprising will know!)
Where was Charles I supposed to have been when it took place? (Listeners to Uprising will know!)
November 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The site of the battle of Rowton Heath (1645).
Where was Charles I supposed to have been when it took place? (Listeners to Uprising will know!)
Where was Charles I supposed to have been when it took place? (Listeners to Uprising will know!)
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‘To promote a woman to bear rule . . . is repugnant to nature.’ John Knox (1558)
I’m really excited to share details of a new study day at @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social next year!
Rule Britannia: Queens, Power, Thrones | 7 March 2026
Further details lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/rule...
I’m really excited to share details of a new study day at @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social next year!
Rule Britannia: Queens, Power, Thrones | 7 March 2026
Further details lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/rule...
Rule Britannia: Queens, Power, Thrones
Female monarchs who ruled in their own right have been a rarity compared to their male counterparts, yet public fascination with figures such as Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Anne, Queen Victoria and Eliza...
lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
‘To promote a woman to bear rule . . . is repugnant to nature.’ John Knox (1558)
I’m really excited to share details of a new study day at @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social next year!
Rule Britannia: Queens, Power, Thrones | 7 March 2026
Further details lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/rule...
I’m really excited to share details of a new study day at @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social next year!
Rule Britannia: Queens, Power, Thrones | 7 March 2026
Further details lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/rule...
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Are you interested in how people thought about the past in Middle Ages? Want to understand the books they wrote about it? We have an online short course for you! Book now for January 2026 👇 #MedievalSky palaeography.uk/study/short-...
Writing History c. 1000-1250: An Introduction to the Manuscript Sources – a short course taught by Charlie Rozier, Manuel Muñoz García and Laura Cleaver
The course will run online from 14:00-17:00: Monday 26 January – Thursday 29 January 2026. The past was a popular subject for writers in the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth centuries, partic…
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November 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Are you interested in how people thought about the past in Middle Ages? Want to understand the books they wrote about it? We have an online short course for you! Book now for January 2026 👇 #MedievalSky palaeography.uk/study/short-...
‘To promote a woman to bear rule . . . is repugnant to nature.’ John Knox (1558)
I’m really excited to share details of a new study day at @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social next year!
Rule Britannia: Queens, Power, Thrones | 7 March 2026
Further details lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/rule...
I’m really excited to share details of a new study day at @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social next year!
Rule Britannia: Queens, Power, Thrones | 7 March 2026
Further details lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/rule...
Rule Britannia: Queens, Power, Thrones
Female monarchs who ruled in their own right have been a rarity compared to their male counterparts, yet public fascination with figures such as Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Anne, Queen Victoria and Eliza...
lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
‘To promote a woman to bear rule . . . is repugnant to nature.’ John Knox (1558)
I’m really excited to share details of a new study day at @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social next year!
Rule Britannia: Queens, Power, Thrones | 7 March 2026
Further details lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/rule...
I’m really excited to share details of a new study day at @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social next year!
Rule Britannia: Queens, Power, Thrones | 7 March 2026
Further details lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/rule...
Anyone wanna go halves? www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Check out this 12 bedroom detached house for sale on Rightmove
12 bedroom detached house for sale in Llanasa, Holywell, Flintshire, CH8 for £2,000,000. Marketed by Jackson-Stops, Chester
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November 21, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Anyone wanna go halves? www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
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With the #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025 winner announced in 2 weeks, we will be releasing six exclusive videos spotlighting each of our shortlisted authors.
First up, in our video spotlight, Helen Castor introduces 'The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV'.
First up, in our video spotlight, Helen Castor introduces 'The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV'.
November 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
With the #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025 winner announced in 2 weeks, we will be releasing six exclusive videos spotlighting each of our shortlisted authors.
First up, in our video spotlight, Helen Castor introduces 'The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV'.
First up, in our video spotlight, Helen Castor introduces 'The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV'.