• Episode 3: The Edwardians: The Good the Bad and the Ugly (Part 2)

  • Apr 11 2024
  • Length: 33 mins
  • Podcast

Episode 3: The Edwardians: The Good the Bad and the Ugly (Part 2)

  • Summary

  • The Edwardian period tends to get a bad rap - legitimately in the case of human zoos - but is there anything for which we ought to be grateful? Because of how it ended, with the carnage of the First World War, it’s easy to see the time as the quiet before the storm. But as we saw last episode, this was far from the case. There was rampant culture war, a crisis of confidence about the Empire and what it meant to be British. But there was also an increasing willingness to assert individual freedom and challenge taboos. We will see that the period helped give birth to today in fundamental ways: from Eugenics to Psychedelics and even to what has come today to be called intersectional politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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