Castle Stories is a podcast from Newcastle Castle looking at the history of Newcastle and the North East of England, as well as medieval history and castles more generally.
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The witch hurtling through the air on her broomstick is a familiar image around this time of year. So too is the image of the medieval period as full of angry and ignorant peasants roaming around look...
Flying Men and Flying Donkeys: Castle Stories Episode 17 (00:13:31)
In this weeks episode of Castle Stories, David is taking a look at one of the most enduring, and weirdest, tales of Old Newcastle - the legend of the Flying Donkey. Join us and find out about rope dan...
Foul and Pestilent Vapours: Castle Stories Episode 16 (00:16:39)
The standard view of the medieval period is that it was a time when hygiene had been abandoned. Abandoning fancy Roman ideas like bathing, the average medieval person never washed and was consequently...
A Drop to Drink: Castle Stories Episode 15 (00:10:41)
In this week’s episode of Castle Stories, George will be peering through his beer goggles at the world of booze in medieval Newcastle, with an overview of the kinds of alcoholic drinks that were avail...
A Flat Earth? Castle Stories Episode 14 (00:12:05)
Everyone knows that until “Columbus sailed the ocean blue” in 1492, every medieval sailor worth their salt thought that the Earth was flat and that sailing too far in any direction would lead to you p...
Once and Future King: Castle Stories Episode 13 (00:12:51)
The stories of King Arthur are among the best-known literary works from medieval times, and have inspired countless novels, poems, TV shows and films over the years. Was there a real King Arthur who r...
Dragons are mythical creatures of fantasy, and although many people associate them with the world of knights and castles, there never were any real dragons in the Middle Ages, right? Well, you might b...
When Knights Were Bold: Castle Stories Episode 11 (00:12:04)
The chivalrous and honourable knight is a familiar figure from the medieval period, but just how much reality is there behind the romantic image of the knight in shining armour, fighting for king, cou...
Heavy Armour: Castle Stories Episode 10 (00:12:29)
On looking at the full suits of armour worn by medieval knights, many modern people wonder how on earth they managed to fight while wearing all that steel. Images of knights falling into the mud and b...
Spinning a Yarn: Castle Stories Podcast Episode 9 (00:21:05)
In this week’s episode, we’ve invited a guest, Rosie Bristow, to tell us all about everything flaxen. Along with wool, flax was a mainstay fabric in medieval England, and the trade in it plugged Newca...
In this week’s episode of Castle Stories, we look at the lives of the most downtrodden people in Medieval society - the peasants. Were they really as ignorant, dirty and filthy as they’re always depic...
Inns and Outs: Castle Stories Episode 7 (00:11:10)
Moving on from last week’s episode, we thought we’d take a bit of a dive
into travel in the medieval period. What was it like to go on a journey in
medieval England? How fast could you travel? What ...
Travel and Trade: Castle Stories Episode 6 (00:08:27)
How common was travel in the medieval period? Is it really true that people rarely went more than a few miles away from their place of birth? For what reasons did people travel when they could? We try...
Dying Young: Castle Stories Episode 5 (00:08:44)
It’s a well known fact that life in the medieval era was nasty, brutal, and short. Well known it might be, but is it true? And how can you tell what the life expectancy of people hundreds of years ago...
The Colour of Castles: Castle Stories Episode 4 (00:06:57)
The image of the medieval period in modern media is pretty monochrome, with the main colours being the brown of mud or the grey of stone. Were the real middle ages so washed out? Find out in this epis...
Pure Filth: Castle Stories Episode 3 (00:07:01)
In the popular imagination, Castles, and in fact the whole medieval era, have a reputation for being absolutely filthy. But just how true is this mud stained, foul smelling view of the medieval period...
Every good castle has it's very own dungeon. But what do we really know about these grim and forbidding prisons? Where they really full of racks and iron maidens and prisoners chained to the wall? Let...
Have you ever heard that all Castle stair cases go round clockwise? Aye, so have we! In this first episode of Newcastle Castle’s podcast, Castle Stories, our Learning Officer David takes a look at the...
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