Biography: Greg Jenner is a historian, author and podcast host, specializing in communicating history through popular culture. In truth, I was expecting the usual chat about how the light bulb came about rather than a comprehensive history lesson - the toilet was there too though, admittedly. Greg Jenner (FRHistS) is a British public historian, broadcaster, and author noted for using humour and pop culture to communicate the complexities of the past. Each episode sees him to talk to both a historian and comedian about a historical figure or time period.

Find out the delightful, daft and downright deadly history of your everyday life that your teachers won't tell you about. With the curly hair and the beard, I look like I should just be in a ditch somewhere covered in goat poo, I’ve got a very historical face and I’m quite good at playing dead bodies. If you phone up a historian and say, ‘tell me 10 stories that would be great movies', we can do that in 20 minutes. Greg is also a regular voice on BBC Radio 4, and was resident historian on the science and history series THE ORIGIN OF STUFF, hosted by Katy Brand.She has been drawing stories since 1997, when she first discovered what pencils and paints could really do. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. I highly recommend this book and I think it's a great way to introduce younger people to history and show them that not all history is boring! The Oxford Literary Festival was a special opportunity for me and certainly one of the highlights of my career – it was an honour I will never forget.

Greg Jenner is a historian, author and podcast host, specializing in communicating history through popular culture. Discover how cereal came to be and what were classified as beds in the Stone Age, the weird and painful history of soap, and the bike style in the "olden days"! Although this might spark some concern over what the salacious Regency romance drama Bridgerton is telling us about 21 st century pent-up sexuality, Jenner reminds us that the trend goes back far further than this, with examples dating back to Shakespeare.Over the course of only a couple of weeks, I read a few pages each night before bed and soon learned lots of new fun facts, some of which both impressed and surprised me! This book is about the history of ordinary things most of us use every day but don't think twice about, like a pillow or a coat; common objects that turn out to have a long and surprising history. We are experiencing delays with deliveries to many countries, but in most cases local services have now resumed.

For more of Greg Jenner, listen to his BBC Sounds podcast You’re Dead to Me, or check out his range of books for both kids and adults. This book has everything, or at least everything I use and wanted to learn about (the cat included). The past allows us to work through our current fascinations and concerns and allows us the romance and the glamour and the beauty. It is accepted by you that Daunt Books has no control over additional charges in relation to customs clearance. He is best-known for his educational comedy podcast for the BBC, You're Dead to Me, which has had over 65 million downloads.He is also the Historical Consultant to BBC's Emmy and multi-BAFTA award-winning comedy sketch-show HORRIBLE HISTORIES, being solely responsible for the factual accuracy of over 2,000 sketches and 150 comedy songs. You Are History: From The Alarm Clock To The Toilet, The Amazing History of The Things You Use Every Day [28] was released in 2022. Similarly, scholars of the Restoration Period and Hampton Court staff probably didn't expect to see Mathew Baynton as King Charles II "pimp walking" down the table of the Great Hall, surrounded by uninsurable tapestries, as he did when the crew became the first to ever be given the privilege of filming there. Payments made using National Book Tokens are processed by National Book Tokens Ltd, and you can read their Terms and Conditions here.