The Door History Podcast

The Door History Podcast


Latest Episodes

The Businesswomen of 18th-Century London
October 28, 2019

Naomi Clifford and London guide Jonnie Fielding visit an outdoor exhibition on the 18th-century women freemen of the City of London.

Maria Branwell, Mother of the Brontës & A Poem by Sarah Fyge Egerton, 17th-Century Feminist
October 16, 2019

Roli Okorodudu reads The Emulation, a poem by 17th-century poet Sarah Fyge Egerton about the oppression of women by men, and Naomi Clifford interviews Sharon Wright about the life of Maria Branwell, the mother of the Brontë sisters,

Why Lie? The Antics of Teenagers Elizabeth Canning and Princess Caraboo
October 15, 2019

Why do some teenage girls tell untruths?

A Stitch in Time: Women, Needlework and Art & Nellie Roberts, Orchid Painter
October 15, 2019

Naomi Clifford talks to Diane Goldie about making wearable art, and looks back at the work of two women who used stitchery to make art. Plus, a visit to an exhibition of Nellie Roberts watercolours o

Why Lie? The Antics of Teenagers Elizabeth Canning and Princess Caraboo
October 15, 2019

Naomi Clifford and Lena Augustinson talk about why some teenage girls feel compelled to tell untruths.

A Stitch in Time: Women, Needlework and Art & Nellie Roberts, Orchid Painter
October 15, 2019

A conversation with artist Diane Goldie and the work of orchid painter Nellie Roberts

Maria Branwell, Mother of the Brontës & A Poem by Sarah Fyge Egerton, 17th-Century Feminist
October 14, 2019

With Sharon Wright, author of a biography of Maria Branwell Brontë, plus The Emulation, a poem by 17th-century feminist Sarah Fyge Egerton.

Maria Brontë & An Early Feminist Poem
October 14, 2019

The Emulation by Sarah Fyge Egerton and a new biography of the Brontë sisters' mother

Why Lie? The Antics of Teenagers Elizabeth Canning and Princess Caraboo
October 04, 2019

Naomi Clifford and Lena Augustinson talk about why some teenage girls feel compelled to tell untruths.

A Stitch in Time: Women, Needlework and Art & Nellie Roberts, Orchid Painter
September 26, 2019

Diane Goldie discusses her work creating wearable art. Plus orchid painter Nellie Roberts.