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The story of the how the Victorians shaped the world.
Episode Overview In the third instalment of our series on famine and revolution, we pull away the veil of headline numbers to investigate th...
Summary While the Great Hunger in Ireland remains one of the most documented tragedies of the nineteenth century, the story of what happened...
Episode Summary: The Age of Victoria continues its 2026 “Famine & Revolution” series by stepping away from the political scandal...
The Age of Victoria returns for the 2026 season with a high-energy prologue to our new series, “Hunger and Revolution” . In this...
Christmas is here, and after a brief hiatus due to a hectic workload, Chris Fernandez-Packham returns with the traditional festive special ....
Larger-than-life, scandalous, and unforgettable – Lola Montez blazed across the Victorian stage and into the history books. But who was she...
Episode Summary It’s the 8th anniversary of The Age of Victoria Podcast ! Join your host Chris Fernandez-Packham as he celebrates this miles...
INDIA SERIES 10 In this episode of The Age of Victoria Podcast , your host Chris Fernandez-Packham takes a deep dive into the personal and s...
INDIA SERIES 09 Episode Summary: The British Empire does not take humiliation lightly. In this episode, we follow the Army of Retribution as...
INDIA SERIES 08 Happy 2025, and welcome back! In this episode, we conclude our deep dive into the 1st Anglo-Afghan War with one of the most...
Get ready for a holly-jolly dive into Christmas history! In this special episode, I unwrap how the Victorians shaped the modern holiday, tur...
INDIA SERIES 07 Episode Summary: In this dramatic episode, we unpack the chain of events that led to the catastrophic unraveling of British...
INDIA SERIES 06 This episode continues the exploration of the Anglo-Afghan War, focusing on the British occupation and the deteriorating sit...
INDIA SERIES 05 This episode focuses on the continuation of the British invasion of Afghanistan in 1839. Here are the key things I cover: Br...
Welcome to the podcast! I’m recording this episode while dealing with selling my house and going through a divorce. The podcast is a g...
Introduction: Welcome, everyone, to The Age of Victoria Podcast! Today marks a special milestone – our 7th anniversary! I’m incredibly grate...
SHOWNOTES: EP056 INDIA SERIES 03 THE AFGHAN FRONTIER Introduction I discuss enjoying Easter treats like nut-free eggs and binge-watching Sho...
INDIA SERIES 02 In today’s episode, I’m taking you on a journey back in time to explore the Honourable East India Company (EIC), focusing on...
In this year’s festive episode, dive into the enchanting world of Victorian curiosities and captivating storytelling. First, join me f...
To become a patron on Patreon, CLICK HERE INDIA SERIES 01 Join me as I embark on a captivating journey through India’s vibrant history...
In this episode I’ll delve into the fascinating world of Prince Albert, the consort to Queen Victoria. I’ll explore his signific...
I’m excited to take you on a journey through time today as we cover Queen Victoria’s first pregnancy & child. Together, we’...
Celebrating 6 years of the podcast. I delve into the world of detectives in England during the 1840s. It’s time to explore the fascinating d...
This is the final episode in the series on Charles Darwin’s five-year journey aboard the HMS Beagle. I delve into Darwin’s impressions...
This is episode four of series on Charles Darwin’s five-year journey aboard the HMS Beagle. Darwin arrived in Tahiti in November 1835 and sp...
The world can be a dangerous place. For explorers like Darwin to see the treasures of nature, they had to go boldly to the ends of the world...
January is here, and we are all feeling poor after Christmas. Time to talk about money. This is the first in a series of minisodes on Victor...
Christmas is here, so we really need to watch Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol” but how to choose the best version? Sentimental? Accurate?...
Darwin’s great voyage of discovery continues. The ancient past was a vast mystery, with many claiming that God alone was the explanation for...
Darwin, and his Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection; in this podcast we’ve covered the creation of the new settler Empire and the trans...
Just for fun, here’s a fiendishly difficult pub quiz which has been requested by many listeners. Good luck! The post PUB QUIZ 0CT 2022...
The death of Queen Elizabeth II is a momentous event in modern British history. This special episode contains some facts about her life, ref...
The essential guide to the Victorian class system. There was more to being middle class than drinking tea, and the working class weren’t all...
This much requested episode deals with the important but fun topic of women’s clothes and fashions in the 1840s. If you want to understand h...
This episode deals with the real and harrow position for women during with contraception, pregnancy, and abortion in the Victorian era. Camp...
This anniversary is a memorable event and naturally deserves to be photographed by the paparazzi. But what was the story of the invention of...
Our dive under the covers continues. How did sex and religion come together in the Victorian era? How was the bible such an influence on men...
Why yes, we will be asking what Victoria did with Albert. We will be asking about the how’s and why’s of Victorian sex & sexuali...
What could be more of a traditional Victorian Christmas than carols by candlelight with an orchestra, piano and harp? Quite a bit actually....
Marriage isn’t easy, even in the early days, especially a royal marriage. It’s even harder if you are an intellectual who dabble...
An ancient tradition, but surely one that the Victorians didn’t celebrate? Wrong, they did celebrate. Oh boy was it a big dangerous, f...
With the hardships of the voyage across the ocean over, the settlers had to build a life in South Africa. An unsettled land, with slavery, w...
An empire lives on the backs of people; its own or those it conquers. For the British, South Africa needed colonists to clear the forests, b...
The story of the British Empire in South Africa continues. The first battles were being won, but the cost was blood on the soil, spilt by th...
The British Empire was vast, but it didn’t spring up over night. South Africa was a vital imperial staging post, then a fledgling colo...
Prison is never nice, but the Victorian prison of Port Arthur in Van Diemen’s Land combined starvation, deprivation, desperation, and...
To celebrate the 4th anniversary, the episode will be all about Lovelace and Babbage; the true inventors of the computer age. The episode co...
At its heart, a prison is the people. But what kind of people ended up in the hellish Port Arthur Prison in Van Diemen’s Land? Was it...
How does it feel to be cast out? To lose everything you’ve ever known and be sent to the ends of the world? Want to understand what be...
Clothes maketh the man; but how did a gent dress in the 1840s? This episode features; Intro & podcast update. Clothing, class, and mindset....