Articles by Tom Brothwell

Tom Brothwell
Tom Brothwell hosts the Bristol History Podcast.

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Bristol History Podcast // Benjamin Dickson in Conversation

By Tom Brothwell on 17th December, 2018

Author on his graphic novel about a family struggling to come to terms with life following the end of the Second World War.
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Bristol History Podcast // Bristol Rugby Club

By Tom Brothwell on 26th November, 2018

Bristol Bears' historian Mark Hoskins talks Bristol Rugby - the club's origins in the late-Victorian era, its community role during the World Wars and the professional age.
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Bristol History Podcast // Bristol’s Public Memory of Slavery

By Tom Brothwell on 24th September, 2018

This week I met with Dr. Jessica Moody of Bristol University to discuss the ways in which Bristol has publicly addressed its involvement in the...
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Bristol History Podcast // Mike Manson in Conversation

By Tom Brothwell on 20th August, 2018

This week I met with author, historian and one man Bristolian institution: Mike Manson. In a whistle-stop tour through his literary career we discussed the...
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Bristol History Podcast // Being Brunel – A Bristol icon

By Tom Brothwell on 23rd July, 2018

Being Brunel is one of Bristol's newest and most innovative museums that attempts to get behind the myth of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of the country's most famous engineers.
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Bristol History Podcast // Bristol and the Civil War

By Tom Brothwell on 11th June, 2018

The English Civil War is often reduced to a stereotype of haughty Cavaliers and humourless Roundheads. Yet in reality it was was one of the...
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Bristol History Podcast // Lucienne Boyce on History and Historical Fiction

By Tom Brothwell on 21st May, 2018

This week Tom Brothwell meets with acclaimed historian and historical fiction writer, Lucienne Boyce. They discuss the history of the women’s suffrage movement in Bristol,...
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Bristol History Podcast // Bristol Zoo

By Tom Brothwell on 25th April, 2018

As the fifth oldest zoo in the world, Bristol Zoological Gardens has been introducing Bristolians to wild animals since 1836. Tom Brothwell meets with Dr...