Yesterday's London Times
67 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsScavenging through the layers of London's delightfully peculiar history...
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Delight and Surprise: Super Fans of the London Underground
March 08, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour - 48 MBProviding up to 5 million passenger journeys a day, the London Underground is integral to the city's infrastructure. It's impossible to imagine how the city would function without it. But why would something built for purpose become a source of admiration and entertainment? A Transport for London style guide provides powerful evidence: "Every Underground station should include at least one moment of delight and surprise, to improve customers' journeys and the working environment for staff....
Roll Up, Roll Up! It’s the 2024 YLT Underground Mystery Tour!
February 15, 2024 23:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBAt Yesterday’s London Times, we are all about inquiry, questions and stories, particularly stories that are new to us or that we just want to know on a deeper level. We seek out people, places, and facets of history that are lesser known, quirkier, or even downright strange. We also like to shine a spotlight on those who really do - or have done - amazing things, but perhaps have been forgotten over time, or lost in the shuffle of a typical news cycle or history text. We especially love disc...
Scheherazade of the 20th Century: Barbara Cartland
February 02, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour - 49 MBA little romance? What began as a fluff piece about an eccentric romance novelist turned into a snapshot of a century through the eyes of someone who lived it to the fullest. Meet Barbara Cartland: extravagant, exaggerated, and … pink. As author of 723 books, she remains the most prolific romance novelist of all time. If you’ve ever seen her, you won’t likely forget her, dripping in jewels, layered in make up, clad in fuchsia, and riding in her classic white Rolls Royce. We’ll follow Ba...
Please Look After These Bears: Pooh, Paddington, and More Bears of London
January 19, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBBears. Cute. Cuddly. But when we looked at them through the long lens of London history, it got complicated pretty quickly. Join us as we take the ursine plunge, and think about…. the bears that roamed Britain 7000 years ago the Tower menagerie, blood sports such a bearbaiting, especially popular during the Elizabethan period, the invention of the stuffed bear and its significance in the Great War, Pooh and Paddington, two special bears with London ties, and share unexpected common...
Boxing Day 2023
December 26, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBIt's a Yesterday's London Times tradition - the Boxing Day episode! Relax along with us as we look back at some of the people and places we met on the podcast this year. Half of our episodes sent us time traveling throughout the Sixties in different centuries of British history, and the other episodes were our regular mix of quirky yet thoughtful takes on the city we love. We present our annual YLT awards to some people who are unforgettable. And not always in a good way. The final award ...
Frumenty, Mummers, Malmsey, and More: A Tudor Christmas
December 15, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 44.7 MBWELCOME TO OUR 50th EPISODE! In the final stop of our ‘60s YLT Time Machine, we touch down in the 1560’s just in time for a Tudor Christmas. In a deeply divided nation in which religion is politicized, we’ll see how the young Queen Elizabeth finds her own path. The Tudor Christmas was a respite from work and from unrelenting poverty. It was a time of revelry and a loosening of societal roles. Our visit to the Tudor Christmas will ignite our senses. Along the way, we’ll … Share a dramati...
An Incomparable Life: Revisiting Lee Miller
November 29, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour - 76.7 MBIn our 2021 episode, “Here is Vogue, In Spite of it All!”, we explored how the British edition of the iconic fashion magazine evolved into an outlet for groundbreakingVogue wartime journalism. As we studied the reasons behind that seemingly unlikely transformation, we met some strong, creative, and intellectually brilliant women, among them the complex and multitalented Lee Miller. In this episode, we examine her fascinating life of contrasts more deeply, and: - consider the impact of inte...
Celebrating a British Cultural Phenomenon: Doctor Who Turns 60!
November 11, 2023 00:00 - 2 hours - 89.8 MBIt’s getting all wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey at YLT as we celebrate a huge milestone in British culture: the 60th anniversary of the iconic Doctor Who! In this episode, we : look at the unlikely-for-the-time trio who launched Doctor Who back in 1963 discuss the basic premise of the show examine its importance as a British cultural phenomenon reflect on the symbolism and deeper messages within the series consider the discourse surrounding the show and how it contributes to progressive s...
Don't Dream It, Be It: Rocky Horror, from London Stage to Cult Classic
October 27, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 48.3 MBLet's do the Time Warp... it's the Rocky Horror episode! Though many people have seen the cult classic film, few people know about its origins in a 63 seat London theatre. In this episode, we : delve into the creative team and cast responsible for its deviant mayhem, sharing their back stories and how they all converged in time and place in early '70s London, take a trip back in time to its first performance, follow the Rocky Horror road to Hollywood, pinpoint when this movie became ...
The 1660s: Decade of the Beast?
September 22, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBHop in the YLT time machine, we are on the move once again, but brace yourself: 1666 awaits. How do everyday people survive constant war, devastating plague, and raging destruction all within the span of a very short window of time? In this episode, we examine the perseverance of Medieval Londoners, and explore many themes of life in the 17th century that surprisingly overlap with some of the lived experiences of many in contemporary society. We question if these somewhat hidden connection...
The Bayeux Tapestry: A Graphic Novel of 1066
September 08, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 46.8 MBIn this 60’s time travel event, we explore deep! We’re in the 1060s, further, in history than we’ve ever gone on YLT. How can a simple craft help us to think about a complex, political and military event? We examine the Norman conquest, the battle of Hastings, through the Bayeux tapestry. You’ll meet the major players and dig deeper to discover some of the incongruous and enigmatic characters on the art piece. We’ll think about how the embroidery has survived a millennium while being threate...
The Medieval Pilgrimage Summer Road Trip Adventure
July 21, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBWe’re back to the Sixties again; this time, the 1360s! Before commercial travel, a pilgrimage provided tourism with a spiritual twist. A veneration vacation, so to speak. Today, people travel for spiritual reasons to Mecca, the Ganges. Jerusalem, Israel, Mount Fuji, El Camino de Santiago de Compostela, and other destinations. The medieval pilgrimage was deeply linked to religion, social structures, politics, health, and the economy. In this episode, we’ll think about… · Who went o...
Our True Intent Is All For Your Delight: Butlin’s & Seaside Resort Culture
July 07, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour - 53.3 MBAre you ready for a break? Do you just need to get away? YLT understands, so let’s escape for a bit and go on holiday together! In this episode, we will: - examine the history of leisure in Britain and the evolution of paid leave from work - consider how public transportation increased mobility and accessibility to the seaside from Victorian era onward - take a look at the Victorian trend of “dark tourism” - study the legislation and cultural shifts that gave working class people opport...
Pride: Gay's the Word
June 23, 2023 19:00 - 57 minutes - 39.4 MBTo celebrate London Pride 1st July, we share a tour through queer London history, anchoring at Gay’s the Word, a Bloomsbury book shop that has played a pivotal role in queer life and history. We’ll think about… the systems that have oppressed, how oppression can stoke the spirit of activism, unusual alliances in times of struggle, how a bookstore can serve as beacon and safe harbor, a specific story of mutual support that is nearly impossible to believe, and the struggle for identit...
London Superlatives: A Yearbook
May 12, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBIt’s that time of the year in certain places around the world. The ending of a school year sometimes comes with yearbooks, collections of formal and informal photos that capture memories. Often, yearbooks have awards. Who will be Most Likely to Succeed? Who’s the Most Athletic? Who will be dubbed Class Clown? In this episode, Jen and Mares each nominate two Londoners from any time in history, for yearbook awards, and tell stories behind the nominees. We don’t want to spoil the surprises...
The Catastrophic Coronations: Drama Through the Ages
April 28, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour - 46 MBWe're mere days away from the coronation of King Charles III, and it seems like a good time to explore the fact and legend of British coronations. We'll think about: * this unusual ritual that it is both a state occasion of the transfer of title and a religious rite, * what the ritual says about Britain and also about the incoming monarch, * some elements to watch for in the ceremony itself, After the break, all hell nearly breaks loose as we have fun, Horrible History style, with three o...
Notorious Women: The Complicated Lives of a Duchess and a Professional Shoplifter
April 14, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBThe YLT time machine is cranked up and running and has once again dropped Jen and Mares in the 1960s, this time to examine two women deemed notorious by the media of the age: Margaret of Argyll and Shirley Pitts. One is remembered as an oversexed duchess and the other as a relentless thief, but upon deeper examination their lives are much more nuanced than those oversimplified descriptions would lead one to believe. In this episode we will: * examine the reasons for their notoriety and cr...
"That's the Way to Do It!" - Or Is It?: Punch and Judy
March 31, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour - 47.4 MBThis episode begins in the 1660s, when a puppeteer named Signor Bologna performs with marionettes in Covent Garden. The star of the show is the Italian commedia dell’arte character, Pulcinella. British will audiences take to him and make him their own, as Pulcinella morphs into the iconic Punch. We’ll look at: The history of this character, How his attributes adapted to an English audience, The factors that changed his act from bawdy satire for gents into a family show, How Victorian...
You Either See It or You Don't: The London of Dennis Severs
March 17, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBThis episode takes us to the Spitalfields neighborhood of London. He will explore a most unusual house nearly 300 years old. Will think about… a young 18-year-old who shows up in London in the Swinging 60s and eccentric young man who dreamed big and made his dreams come true how a place marks person, and how people mark the places they call home While in Spitalfields, will meet the Huguenots, and put another piece of the London immigrant puzzle together. More than ever you’ll want to ...
The Guy Who Wanted It All: Burgess of the Cambridge Spy Ring
March 04, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBKim Philby is often mentioned as the ringleader of the Cambridge Spy Ring, but an overwhelming amount of evidence points to the flamboyant and outlandish Guy Burgess as the most prolific and proficient of the group. What makes Burgess stand out, both personally and professionally? In this episode, we'll: Explore the what motivated Burgess to turn on the country that showered him with status and privilege Study the social system that protected his often obvious treachery from exposure ...
The Guy Who Literally Did It All: Burgess of the Cambridge Spy Ring
March 04, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBKim Philby is often mentioned as the ringleader of the Cambridge Spy Ring, but an overwhelming amount of evidence points to the flamboyant and outlandish Guy Burgess as the most prolific and proficient of the group. What makes Burgess stand out, both personally and professionally? In this episode, we'll: Explore the what motivated Burgess to turn on the country that showered him with status and privilege Study the social system that protected his often obvious treachery from exposure ...
The Detection Club: Dark Rituals in a Golden Age PLUS Agatha's London
February 11, 2023 00:00 - 58 minutes - 40 MBCan a city be a muse? What about London inspires writers of detective mysteries? In this episode, we'll: delve into the Golden Age of the Detective Novel in interwar London. meet some of the top authors of the era in a secretive, ritualistic organization they founded. Enter the Detection Club. follow Agatha Christie's footsteps through London, where she spent some pivotal moments of her life celebrate the long-running The Mousetrap, a play that has become a London institution and has ...
Quant and Sassoon in Swinging London: Literally MAKING the Scene
January 21, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBIn our last episode we questioned how, in a few short years, London transformed itself from a battered, austere, post-war city to the vibrant, swinging “Capital of Cool.” So, here we are, in 1960s London, and we’ll meet scene-makers and movers and shakers, fashion designer Mary Quant and hair stylist Vidal Sassoon. Jump in your Mini, and join us as we explore: MARY QUANT > Her dive and subsequent splash onto the fashion scene as early as 1955 the innovative marketing techniques she empl...
London Emerges Swinging
January 07, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour - 48.9 MBLondon. The 1960s. The “Capital of Cool”. London was indeed swinging. But how? Why? Join us, as we inquire and explore: - how London emerged from war torn chaos, soot, deadly fog, and rations into a vibrant and vivacious style epicenter by the mid 1960s - the trends that dominated the era - how the baby boom and subsequent youth culture movement rocked British life at its core 1940s London was battered and bruised, but the city came back swinging in just unde...
Boxing Day 2022: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
December 26, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 54.6 MBIt’s one of our favorite days of the year - Boxing Day! Shake a cocktail, snuggle in, and join us as we look back as a community on 2022, and make some announcements about where we are headed as a podcast in 2023. In this episode, we will: - share some fantastically festive cocktail recipes - present our annual awards to the podcast friends we learned about throughout the year - make some unendorsed recommendations highlighting some of our current favorite things - express gratitude for...
Pea Soup, Anyone?: The Great Fog of London
December 10, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour - 48.8 MBSeriously? An episode about... fog? The fog has become synonymous with the city, much like one of its characters; and a provocateur at that. But we're not talking about silvery, wispy, Dumbledore-type fog. The fog that permeated winters between the Victorian era and the 1950s was sulfuric, gamboge colored, gritty, and reeking of rotten eggs. In this episode, we'll ... : look at fog from scientific and cultural perspectives, see how the fog grew into smog as the city grew, take auditory...
Black Victorian Lives
November 26, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBOur Victorian story arc is coming to a close, but not before we explore one of the most important topics of era: the lives of Black Victorians. The Victorians prided themselves on what they considered to be very socially progressive views. After the abolition of the slave trade at the end of the Georgian Era, an overwhelming number of Victorians joined the abolitionist movement to end the practice of enslaving humans around the world. Victorians read the autobiographies of formerly enslav...
A Corpse Reviver and Other Spirits: The Supernatural Victorians
October 29, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBAs the leaves continue to crisp and the air becomes even brisker, our study of the Victorians takes another somewhat unsettling turn as we explore their obsession with spiritualism, superstition, and the supernatural. As industry, technology, and communication evolve exponentially, countless Victorians are searching for comfort and explanations; many believe they find answers through mesmerism, seances, hallucinations, and mediums. In this episode, we will learn why so many Victorians w...
A Corpse Reviver and Other Spirits: The Supernatural Victorians
October 29, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBAs the leaves continue to crisp and the air becomes even brisker, our study of the Victorians takes another somewhat unsettling turn as we explore their obsession with spiritualism, superstition, and the supernatural. As industry, technology, and communication evolve exponentially, countless Victorians are searching for comfort and explanations; many believe they find answers through mesmerism, seances, hallucinations, and mediums. In this episode, we will learn why so many Victorians w...
The Terror of London: Spring Heeled Jack
October 15, 2022 00:00 - 59 minutes - 41.2 MBSome stories just feel like OCTOBER stories. We know that Victorian Londoners enjoy a good craze. But what will they make of a social panic? Today our story begins in 1837, the first year of the Victorian era. In this episode, someone - or something - is assaulting Londoners; springing out at them. Was it a ghost? A devil? Maybe bear, bull, or baboon? Who would be next? We’ll hear the facts behind what became the legend. Then, we’ll consider… · How does a true story become a lege...
Victorians, Social Clubs & Drag Kings, Oh My!: PLUS, Looking at the Past, Present, and Future of YLT
August 19, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBWow, what a year it’s been! It’s our first podcast anniversary, and we are so grateful for YOU, our YLT community! In this episode, we will take a moment to remember our past, reflect on our present and dream about the future. Specifically, we will: * share our origin story, and talk about the fun and challenges we encountered along the way as we launched the podcast into being * take a quick look at our past episodes, and reflect on how an episode comes to life * drop some new Victor...
To Drink or Not to Drink? Spirits and Temperance in Victorian London
August 06, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBCheers! Did you know that cocktails as we know them today have their origins in the Victorian Era? It’s true! But the Victorian relationship with alcohol is complicated - it’s a lot more than just booze; it is also an examination of class, equality, opportunity, and values. In this episode, we will explore: what motivated the middle class temperance movement, and the hypocrisy that surrounded it why many in the working classes began to embrace teetotaling how unsafe living condition...
One Shilling Buys You the World: Let's Go to the Great Exhibition 1851
July 23, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 45.6 MBThe Great Exhibition of 1851, the brainchild of Prince Albert and Henry Cole, had the loftiest of goals: the unity of humanity moving forward together via a merge of science, technology, and the arts. We’ll think about… Prince Albert’s unexpected progressive views How to design an event as massive as the Exhibition with no guidebook from which to work How powerful entities like the press and politicians can screw up the best laid plans A new heyday of excursion travel based on Victorian...
From Medieval to Modern: The London Summer of 1858
July 09, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBIn this episode, we remain in Victorian London and will examine the events of the summer of 1858, the moment in time that serves as the bridge from medieval to modern London. We will explore: how The Big Stink served as an impetus for change in regards to water quality the contributions of Sir Joseph Bazalgette and his gift to public health: modern sanitation the beginnings of a notable British politician, Benjamin Disraeli the unintended distraction from the heat and stench: the drama ...
BONUS EPISODE: The Plant Hunters
July 02, 2022 04:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBThis is a companion episode to last week’s Exotica Mania. In that episode, we considered the Victorian plant frenzy, especially for exotic plants from faraway lands. But how did the plants come to Britain? Enter the PLANT HUNTERS. The Indiana Joneses, and sometimes the Jack Sparrows, of their day. Plant hunters were sent off to explore in every direction in search of specimens that might have potential. They faced weather extremes, illness, thieves, shipwrecks, violence, imprisonment, p...
The Plant Hunters
July 02, 2022 04:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBThis is a companion episode to last week’s Exotica Mania. In that episode, we considered the Victorian plant frenzy, especially for exotic plants from faraway lands. But how did the plants come to Britain? Enter the PLANT HUNTERS. The Indiana Joneses, and sometimes the Jack Sparrows, of their day. Plant hunters were sent off to explore in every direction in search of specimens that might have potential. They faced weather extremes, illness, thieves, shipwrecks, violence, imprisonment, p...
Exotica Mania: a Victorian Plant Craze
June 25, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 47.9 MBHow can something as mundane a plant tell us about a culture? We may start talking about plants, but soon we will be in mired in a reaction to the Industrial Revolution, colonialism, imperialism, exoticism, Darwinism, social order and class, surreptitious societal coding, a rising middle class, the concept of leisure time, and a culture caught up in the allure of seeking and getting. Phew! We’ll look at: the rise in London’s public parks, squares, and gardens a Whitechapel physician who ...
Deadly Water: The Victorian London Cholera Epidemic
June 11, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBIn this episode, we will explore the emerging concept of mega cities and Victorian London’s biggest epidemiological catastrophe: cholera. We will learn: what it was like to suffer from cholera in Victorian London who was affected most by the pandemic and why about some of the heroes of the era and their contributions to science and humanity We will also dig more deeply and question: how misinformation and the refusal to reconsider assumptions and preconceived notions worsened and elong...
Deadly Water: The Victorian London Cholera Epidemic
June 11, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBIn this episode, we will explore the emerging concept of mega cities and Victorian London’s biggest epidemiological catastrophe: cholera. We will learn: what it was like to suffer from cholera in Victorian London who was affected most by the pandemic and why about some of the heroes of the era and their contributions to science and humanity We will also dig more deeply and question: how misinformation and the refusal to reconsider assumptions and preconceived notions worsened and elong...
Chim-Chim-Cher-NO: The Iconic Victorian Chimney Sweep
May 28, 2022 04:00 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MBIn this episode, we look behind the romanticized glow-up of the iconic Victorian child chimney sweep. We'll wonder: what can we learn about a culture by examining a mundane occupation? what were the structures that put this practice in place? what would a typical day in the life of a young sweep be like? And most importantly: how can a bad practice become undone? and how can you persuade a public who benefits from a bad practice that it needs to stop? This is our YLT opportunity to g...
Welcome to VICTORIAN LONDON: Would You Rather...?
May 14, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBWith this episode, we kick off a new story arc about Victorian London, an era as fascinating as it is repulsive. And it's with that push-pull blend that we approach this episode. We'll take a bird's eye view; well, a pigeon's eye view as an introduction to the time and place. Our friends, Zelli and Holly, help us by playing a game of Would You Rather. Along the way, they will make choices that peek at wealth and poverty, various professions, schooling, fun and games, food and drink, child...
EXTRA: Fun and Games with the Queen's Platinum Jubilee
April 30, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 43.9 MBIn a departure from our regular show, we decide to test your knowledge of trivia on the life of the current monarch. The Liz Quiz? The Queen Quiz? You decide. Then, we'll look at the officially sanctioned Jubilee celebration plans as well as some unofficial and downright off-the-wall ways to celebrate. Photos and links can be found at our show notes HERE. Our website https://yltpodcast.buzzsprout.com/
Persistence: Takin' It to the Streets (Protein Man) and Underground (Charles Pearson)
April 16, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 52.4 MBPersistence: Takin’ It to the Streets (Protein Man) And Underground (Charles Pearson) This episode has two stories on the theme of persistence. When is persistence helpful and when is it just annoying? When is persistence visionary and when is it obsession? Meet Stanley Green, who most people know as Protein Man, spent 23 years walking up and down Oxford Street with a placard warning of the the dangers of protein. Stanley wasn’t an animal rights activist. He wasn’t concerned about the co...
Terrible and Glorious Years: Lilibet's Awakening
April 02, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 55 MBIn the previous episode in the series, Lilibet: a Queen's Beginnings, we met the young Princess Elizabeth and her early influencers. We left her on the edge of adolescence, which is where this story picks up. In 1939, Lilibet will turn thirteen and her country will enter World War II. These circumstances provide Lilibet with an extraordinary opportunity to have a life with certain parallels to others in her age group. We'll examine Lilibet's adolescence as a series of awakenings: physical,...
Terrible and Glorious Years: Lilibet's Awakening
April 02, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 55 MBIn the previous episode in the series, Lilibet: a Queen's Beginnings, we met the young Princess Elizabeth and her early influencers. We left her on the edge of adolescence, which is where this story picks up. In 1939, Lilibet will turn thirteen and her country will enter World War II. These circumstances provide Lilibet with an extraordinary opportunity to have a life with certain parallels to others in her age group. We'll examine Lilibet's adolescence as a series of awakenings: physical,...
But the Chap is One of Us! The Privilege That Enabled the Treachery of Kim Philby
March 19, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBHow was British classism was responsible for greatest leak ever known in British intelligence?What is the legacy of that treachery? In this episode, the final in a three-part arc exploring espionage in and around Great Britain, we meet the infamous Kim Philby, the British national and MI6 agent who spied for Moscow for decades while under the employ of MI6. How was he able to deceive so many otherwise bright people for so long? Why were so many reluctant to accept the truth about his deceit?...
I Will Die For Britain: The Persistence and Perseverance of Oleg Gordievsky
March 05, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 76.5 MBWhat makes a Londoner, a Londoner? What constitutes identity? These are two of the many essential questions that we continue to explore in this harrowing conclusion to our story about Oleg Gordievsky, a KGB colonel turned MI6 agent, the second episode in a three-part arc exploring espionage in and around Great Britain. We’ll question what motivates Gordievsky to continue to spy for England rather than defect to London when his life is at stake, and examine how his choices greatly affected b...
I Will Die For Britain: The Persistence and Perseverance of Oleg Gordievsky
March 05, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 76.5 MBWhat makes a Londoner, a Londoner? What constitutes identity? These are two of the many essential questions that we continue to explore in this harrowing conclusion to our story about Oleg Gordievsky, a KGB colonel turned MI6 agent, the second episode in a three-part arc exploring espionage in and around Great Britain. We’ll question what motivates Gordievsky to continue to spy for England rather than defect to London when his life is at stake, and examine how his choices greatly affected b...
The Making of a Double Agent: Oleg Gordievsky & MI6
February 19, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 45.2 MBWhat makes a Londoner, a Londoner? Is it exclusively by birth? Does one achieve the status after residing there a certain number of years? After working there for a period of time? After studying there or completing a course of study? It is hard to define; it is an identity, and it’s problematic to dictate parameters of identity to anyone else, or to assign an identity to another person. The issue of identity becomes especially murky when one takes a peak into the world of espionage and tr...
The Making of a Double Agent: Oleg Gordievsky & MI6
February 19, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 45.2 MBWhat makes a Londoner, a Londoner? Is it exclusively by birth? Does one achieve the status after residing there a certain number of years? After working there for a period of time? After studying there or completing a course of study? It is hard to define; it is an identity, and it’s problematic to dictate parameters of identity to anyone else, or to assign an identity to another person. The issue of identity becomes especially murky when one takes a peak into the world of espionage and tr...