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.
Latest episodes
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41 min
Best Bits | Creating Genghis Khan’s LinkedIn, Girl Boss History of Alcohol & Historical Top Trumps
Our History Gossip is away this week working on her History Masters Dissertation, but fear not history lovers this week we’ve made a compilation of the best bits of the podcast so…
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47 min
Lady Clementine | Solving Regency Dating Dilemmas, ICK Hobbies of History & How To Prevent Rebellion
Rosalie Minnitt as Lady Clementine joins us in the studio this week! Tune in as the pair try to solve real historical regency dating dilemmas, they rank Georgian era hobbies and ga…
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1 h 06
Kate Williams & Robert Hardman | Royals On ‘The Crown’?! David Attenborough's Past & Etiquette Rules
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 o…
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1 h 05
Megan Thorne | Dr Seuss’s Risque Book, Plots Against Elizabeth I & Weird Laws of History
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 o…
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53 min
Sophie Garrad | Regency Era Snog, Marry, Avoid, Tudor Icks, & The Many Lives of Julie d'Aubigny
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’Au…
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49 min
Imogen Andrews | Cramped Cribs of History, Black Plague Barbie & Rebranding Lobotomies?!
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 loboto…
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44 min
Maia Beth | Rage Bating Cromwell, Fangirling Over A Warrior Princess & Cosplaying A Victorian Maid?!
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 bai…
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1 h 08
Dan Jones | Hotties of History, Medieval Vs Modern Job Roles & Which Monarch caused the MOST DRAMA?!
Historian Dan Jones joins us in the studio this week! 🏆Ever wondered what Dan Jones did before he became a successful historian, what he last cried about or other ways you can get…
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43 min
Gracey & Williams Comedy | 18th Century Wife Auction, BAD Victorian Jokes & Fake Downing Street?!
Savannah Gracey & Lafay Williams join us in the studio this week! 🏆 You know them for their hilarious skits but this week we are putting them in the historical HOT SEAT! Can they d…
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50 min
Ginger Johnson & Kyran Thrax | Stunts for Dionysus, Modeling in Ancient Egypt & Tiny Tim Tries DRAG!
We have Drag Queen ROYALTY in the studio! Welcome Ginger Johnson & Kyran Thrax! 🏆💖From building a historically accurate beat, auditioning for Dionysus’s cult like following to expl…
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42 min
Jonny Owen | Burke & Hare Crime DEEP DIVE, The Welsh Robin Hood & The Secret To Aging Well!
History Lover and Host of ‘Britain’s Murder Map’ Jonny Owen’s joins us in the studio this week!We take a deep dive into history's most prolific serial killers - Burke and Hare. We…
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43 min
Liam Shaw | CIA’s WORST Intelligence Project, The History of Getting HAMMERED & The Green Medieval Children
We have Comedian Liam Shaw in the Studio! This week we are delving into the history of getting HAMMERED, the Medieval mystery of some green kids that only ate beans and the Cold Wa…
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1 h 02
Phil Carr | Surviving Historical Reenactments, Historical Expedition FAILS & PETROL PRAMS?
Welcome back History Lovers! This week we are joined by your favourite tiktok travel creator Phil Carr! Join us as we explore the weirdest transportation inventions in history, the…
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39 min
The Other Bennet Sister Special! Filming BTS, Fighting Pride & Prejudice Cast & Regency Ball CHAOS
Today we have a special treat for the Pride and Prejudice lovers out there …. The Other Bennett Sister has hit our screens and we have exclusive interviews with the amazing cast an…
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30 min
Weirdest Royal Deaths, Forty Elephants Crime Ring & History of Boob Jobs
Welcome back History Lovers! International Women’s Day may have past but this episode is very heavy on we support Women’s RIGHTS and Women’s WRONGS! We are taking a deep dive into…
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59 min
Toby From Bath | Would We Fall For The Fraudsters Of History? The Emu War & Gen Z’s Attention Span!
Once a History Scholar always a History Lover we have Toby (From Bath) in the studio! This week we are testing if we would have fallen for the biggest fraudsters of history, austra…
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40 min
Binks & Hebrides | Kardashians of 1930s, Girl Boss Brewers & History Behind Beauty And The Beast!
History Lovers this week we are undeniably delighted to be joined by the absolutely extraordinary Binks & Hebrides all the way from the posh estates of West London! Pour yourself a…
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1 h 05
Wuthering Heights Special | Margot Robbie’s Skin Room, Dress of HAIR & Red Carpet SCANDAL
It’s the film that’s got everyone talking and so many YEARNING. This week we are taking a deep dive into WUTHERING HEIGHTS! Fresh from the brand trip and premier Abby, Charlotte, L…
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29 min
Valentines Special | Sigmund Freuds SHOCKING Love Letters, Hate Mail Valentines & Mistaken Bombings
Welcome back History Lovers, it’s that time of year when chocolate boxes are more expensive than usual and red roses are EVERY WHERE - it’s a Valentines Special! This week we are d…
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52 min
Eshaan Akbar | A Historical Bollywood Musical?! Philosophers Secret Kinks & Puppy Juice Beauty Hack
In this episode we dive into the worst rulers of all time, Philosopher Jean Jaques Rousseau's secret spanking kink and the tudor beauty hack that involved the nations favorite pet…