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Kate Williams & Robert Hardman | Royals On ‘The Crown’?! David Attenborough's Past & Etiquette Rules
02/06/2026 | 1h 6 mins.
Royal Historian Kate Williams and Royal Biographer Robert Hardman join the History Gossip in the studio this week! 💌
Tune in as they we discuss etiquette rules of the past, royals of history that would make the best content creators and we play a game of fact or fiction on David Attenborough as a belated birthday celebration to our national treasure!
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📖 Katie: @historygossip
Megan Thorne | Dr Seuss’s Risque Book, Plots Against Elizabeth I & Weird Laws of History
26/05/2026 | 1h 5 mins.
Megan Throne joins us in the Historical hot seat this week! 🏆
Tune in as we dive into Dr Seuss’s lesser known, more risque work, the plots against Elizabeth 1st and we play a game of ‘Law’ or ‘Lore’ uncovering histories weirdest laws!
New Episodes Every Tuesday at 5pm!
📖 Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.
📖 Follow on Instagram & TikTok: @historydiariespod
📖 Katie: @historygossip
Sophie Garrad | Regency Era Snog, Marry, Avoid, Tudor Icks, & The Many Lives of Julie d'Aubigny
19/05/2026 | 52 mins.
We have Sophie Garrad in the historical hot seat this week! 🏆
Tune in as we throw her into the regency era dating scene, tudor turn ons and we dive into the many lives of Julie d’Audigny!

New Episodes Every Tuesday at 5pm!
📖 Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.
📖 Follow on Instagram & TikTok: @historydiariespod
📖 Katie: @historygossip
Imogen Andrews | Cramped Cribs of History, Black Plague Barbie & Rebranding Lobotomies?!
12/05/2026 | 49 mins.
Imogen Andrews is in the historical hot seat this week! Tune in as the pair talk cramped cribs from history, they design a Black Plague Barbie and learn about the history of lobotomies!
The question remains do you think we’ll be seeing lobotomy style procedures being advertised soon (God I hope NOT!) 😭

New Episodes Every Tuesday at 5pm!
📖 Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.
📖 Follow on Instagram & TikTok: @historydiariespod
📖 Katie: @historygossip
Maia Beth | Rage Bating Cromwell, Fangirling Over A Warrior Princess & Cosplaying A Victorian Maid?!
05/05/2026 | 43 mins.
Maia Beth joins us in the studio this week! 🏆
Tune in as the pair talk London Vs The North East, Maia’s handstand goal & her craziest DJ’ing gigs!
They also plan a DJ set to rage bait Oliver Cromwell, fangirl over Khutulun and Maia reveals the one thing she WOULD HATE to go down in history for!
New Episodes Every Tuesday at 5pm!
📖 Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.
📖 Follow on Instagram & TikTok: @historydiariespod
📖 Katie: @historygossip

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About The History Diaries

The History Diaries, hosted by Katie Kennedy (@historygossip), is history with a twist, serving up the stories your textbooks left out. Think scandalous diaries, bizarre cures, and royals behaving badly – all retold with humour, honesty, and a dash of gossip. Each week Katie uncovers the wildest corners of the past before swapping the gossip with our favourite influencers.

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