We’re back! Greg Jenner previews the topics and guest coming up in the new series of You're Dead To Me which begins on Friday 3 January, 2025. Listen first on BBC Sounds.
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Hello, Greg here.
I am delighted to tell you that series nine of youf're Dead To Me is barreling towards us at great speed.
We'll be starting with an episode about Aristotle, the ancient Greek philosopher.
We'll be doing the causes of the British Civil wars in the 1600s, you might think.
Hang on, do you mean the English Civil War?
No, that's not what we call it now.
We've change the name because it's British.
Ireland and Scotland are involved.
We're doing the arts and craft movement of the 19th century with William Morris.
We're looking at Queen Catherine de Medici of France.
She was not entirely queen, but she basically ruled the place.
We're looking also at the abolitionists from America in the 19th century, Sojourner Truth.
We are doing Arthurian legends.
So King Arthur from medieval to modern day.
Very excited about that one because that was my master's thesis when I was a student.
We've also looked at Hernan Cortes and his translator Melincin and the conquest of Aztec Mexico by the Spanish.
We've got an episode on cuneiform writing systems in ancient Bronze Age Mesopotamia.
Nerdy, but interesting, I can tell you.