Episode 5
EI Portraits — Nehemiah Wallington: Puritan chronicler who had far less fun than Pepys
Vanessa Harding on the God-fearing diarist Nehemiah Wallington whose personality was far r...
April 25, 2024
Our writers profile individuals, some well-known, some overlooked, and explore how they shaped the world as we know it. Read by Sebastian Brown.
Vanessa Harding on the God-fearing diarist Nehemiah Wallington whose personality was far r...
April 25, 2024
Peter Frankopan on the Byzantine princess Anna Komnene who, banished to a convent for her ...
April 12, 2024
Gillian Clark on Saint Monica, mother to Augustine of Hippo and lionized by the Latin Chur...
March 28, 2024
Jenny McCartney on Comte Lanjuinais, who risked his life by defying the Jacobins. Read by ...
March 14, 2024
Armand D'Angour on Aspasia of Miletus, wife of Pericles and friend to philosophers. Read b...
February 29, 2024