Neil Oliver: News, Comment, History

In this episode we travel with Neil to the beautiful island of Lindisfarne to see the formidable Viking raiders write themselves into the history books.To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive video vodcasts every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliver Check out Neil’s YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter Neil Oliver History Podcasts,Season 1: Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles &Season 2: Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Neil takes us to the centre of a swirling vortex of destruction for one of history’s tantalising ‘what-if’ moments – if the battle had gone the other way, what if?To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive video vodcasts every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliver Check out Neil’s YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter Neil Oliver History Podcasts,Season 1: Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles &Season 2: Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Neil takes us to the heart of an island nation bubbling with lethal intrigues, family feuds and religious battles - we’re in C6th Japan as the powers behind the imperial throne set this country on its unique path.To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive video vodcasts every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliver Check out Neil’s YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter Neil Oliver History Podcasts,Season 1: Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles &Season 2: Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we travel with Neil to Mecca as a seismic event takes place, which will echo through the fabric of time & history right up to the present day  To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive video vodcasts every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliver Check out Neil’s YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter Neil Oliver Audio Podcasts,Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles &Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Neil's journey through history takes us to watch as the mighty Roman empire, which has ruled for over 1000 years is teetering on the brink of collapse! To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive video vodcasts every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliver Check out Neil’s YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter Neil Oliver Audio Podcasts,Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles &Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we travel with Neil to Italy, to watch two of the most powerful men in history go head to head, and start a battle that has echoed down through time to the present day! To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive video vodcasts every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliver Check out Neil’s YouTube Channel which is simply called the ‘Neil Oliver’ channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter Neil Oliver Audio Podcasts,Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles &Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we are with Neil in the city of York on the day that Constantine is proclaimed emperor and the world moves on its axis. To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive video vodcasts every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliver Check out Neil’s YouTube Channel which is simply called the ‘Neil Oliver’ channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter Neil Oliver Audio Podcasts,Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles &Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Neil takes us to the heart of the mighty Rome empire to explore the famous concept of history, which identified its workings, its rhythms, rhymes and repeating patterns. To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive video vodcasts every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliver Check out Neil’s YouTube Channel which is simply called the ‘Neil Oliver’ channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter Neil Oliver Audio Podcasts,Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles &Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we travel with Neil to meet, maybe the single most influential being that has ever walked the face of the earth. To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive video vodcasts every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliver Check out Neil’s YouTube Channel which is simply called the ‘Neil Oliver’ channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter Neil Oliver Audio Podcasts,Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles &Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we travel with Neil to Auschwitz and witness the moment when Primo Levis met Steinlauf and learnt a profound truth. To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive video vodcasts every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliver Check out Neil’s YouTube Channel which is simply called the ‘Neil Oliver’ channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter Neil Oliver Audio Podcasts,Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles &Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The spectre of totalitarianism ancient & modern. In this episode we travel with Neil to Italy, crossing the Rubicon with Caesar and ushering in a new age! To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive video vodcasts every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliver Check out Neil’s YouTube Channel which is simply called the ‘Neil Oliver’ channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter Neil Oliver Audio Podcasts,Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles &Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Neil uncovers a vast, magical tomb guarded by thousands of terracotta soldiers and deadly hidden crossbows. To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive video vodcasts every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliver Check out Neil’s YouTube Channel which is simply called the ‘Neil Oliver’ channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter Neil Oliver Audio Podcasts,Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles &Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we walk with Neil to the Americas, exploring the early civilizations as they grappled with the concept of deep time, sensing that time has no beginning and no end. To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive video vodcasts every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliver Check out Neil’s YouTube Channel which is simply called the ‘Neil Oliver’ channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter Neil Oliver Audio Podcasts,Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles &Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Neil travels to the ancient sub-continent of India as a burst of light illuminates a different way of doing things. To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive video vodcasts every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliver Check out Neil’s YouTube Channel which is simply called the ‘Neil Oliver’ channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter Neil Oliver Audio Podcasts,Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles &Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Neil watches ancient Greece flowering as it simultaneously rips itself apart. To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive video vodcasts every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliver Check out Neil’s YouTube Channel which is simply called the ‘Neil Oliver’ channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter Neil Oliver Audio Podcasts,Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles &Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Neil salutes the king of cussedness, one of the world’s greatest thinkers. To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive video vodcasts every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliver Check out Neil’s YouTube Channel which is simply called the ‘Neil Oliver’ channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter Audio Podcasts,Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles &Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we stand shoulder to shoulder with Neil and the legendary 300. To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive video vodcasts every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliver Check out Neil’s YouTube Channel which is simply called the ‘Neil Oliver’ channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter Audio Podcasts,Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles &Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Neil takes us to Italy, back in time to a moment in history that would change the world forever - the moment when the Republic was born. To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive video vodcasts every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliver Check out Neil’s YouTube Channel which is simply called the ‘Neil Oliver’ channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter Audio Podcasts,Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles &Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we travel with Neil to the cradle of civilization as the mighty city of Babylon falls and a new era dawns. To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive video vodcasts every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliver Check out Neil’s YouTube Channel which is simply called the ‘Neil Oliver’ channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter Audio Podcasts,Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles &Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Neil travels to ancient China to discover ideas and thinking, which he feels are still vitally important today.To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive video vodcasts every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliver Check out Neil’s YouTube Channel which is simply called the ‘Neil Oliver’ channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter Audio Podcasts,Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles &Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Neil heads to Nepal to follow Buddha on his journey to Nirvana.To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive video vodcasts every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliver Check out Neil’s YouTube Channel which is simply called the ‘Neil Oliver’ channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter Audio Podcasts,Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles &Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Neil travels back to ancient Greece to meet the author shrouded in mystery who wrote two of the most influential works in western literature – Homer.To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive video vodcasts every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliver Check out Neil’s YouTube Channel which is simply called the ‘Neil Oliver’ channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter Audio Podcasts,Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles &Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Neil walks with the Phoenicians, the people who constructed a legendary temple the like of which the world had never seen.To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive video vodcasts every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliver Check out Neil’s YouTube Channel which is simply called the ‘Neil Oliver’ channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter Audio Podcasts,Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles &Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, at the time when a new social order was being developed that would affect billions of people we travel with Neil to the Indian subcontinent and become immersed in sacred texts and profound wisdoms. To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive video vodcasts every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliver Check out Neil’s YouTube Channel which is simply called the ‘Neil Oliver’ channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter Audio Podcasts,Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles &Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, with Neil at our side, we ride into battle with the Egyptians, as they harness cutting edge technology and fight to regain their empire. To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to extra, exclusive video vodcasts every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliver Check out Neil’s YouTube Channel which is simply called the ‘Neil Oliver’ channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g The series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter Both audio Podcasts,Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles &Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we travel with Neil to India as a unifying culture of immense power & profundity, that would guide the lives of billions of people, was born.To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to exclusive video vodcasts every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverCheck out Neil’s YouTube Channel which is simply called the ‘Neil Oliver’ channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7gThe series Instagram account is called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletterAudio Podcasts,Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles & Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Neil takes us to ancient Greece as wealth and prosperity poured into the island of Crete, building a grand palace with the monstrous Minotaur below, and powering the development of the west.To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to exclusive video vodcasts every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverCheck out the series Instagram account called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletterBoth audio Podcasts,Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles & Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-islesNeil’s YouTube Channel is simply called ‘Neil Oliver’https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The World’s First MoneyNeil takes us right around the world, following the Money from Asia, to the Western Pacific Ocean and North America. Money does make the world go around! To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to exclusive videos every week sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverCheck out the series Instagram account called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletterBoth Podcasts,Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles & Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World,are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we travel with Neil to ancient Egypt, to meet the people who made some of the wonders of the world possible and witness the moment a huge rock is slid into place, sealing the entrance to a magical tomb and keeping its secrets hidden for thousands of years.To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to exclusive weekly videos sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverCheck out the series Instagram account called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletterBoth Podcast, Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles & Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World, are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we travel with Neil to the ancient city of Babylon to witness a pivotal event in the development of civilization – the moment King Hammurabi lays down the law.To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to exclusive weekly videos sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverCheck out the series Instagram account called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletterBoth Podcast, Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles & Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The World, are available on all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we travel with Neil to the ‘cradle of civilization’ as a vital building block in the construction of society is put in place – the moment Enheduanna, the world’s first known writer, has her poems etched into clay tablets and the concept of the ‘written word’ is conjured into being. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this first episode Neil sets out his stall for the brand-new series, giving us a glimpse into his family’s personal history and a passionate explanation of why he feels it’s vital for us all to try to understand the past.To help support the making of Neil’s podcasts & get access to exclusive weekly videos sign up to 'Neil Oliver' on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverCheck out the Instagram account called, ‘Neil Oliver Love Letter’https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletterPodcast - Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles – all the usual providershttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this, the last episode of the series Neil brings together the people who live, work, visit, are fascinated by and like him have a of love of the British Isles. Listeners from all over the world share their thoughts and ask Neil pertinent and diverse questions – love, life, whiskey, history, and the human story.Season 2, ‘A History of the World’ starts soon.To help support the making of this podcast, and get exclusive access to extra history & comment content sign up to Neil Oliver on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverNew Videos Every Week Check out the Neil Oliver YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g The Official Instagram account is called - Neil Oliver Love Letter https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter/?hl=en Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Neil unties his walking boots and starts drawing the strands of history that run through the British Isles together. This week’s show is a celebration of the incomers and blow-ins, the folk who have come to these islands & woven a rich tapestry. Sacred places, formidable fortresses, and landscapes of breath-taking beauty it’s a set of islands that have had an influence on the whole world. A place with a rich, complicated, and compelling history, a place Neil loves.To help support the making of this podcast sign up to Neil Oliver on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverNew Videos Every Week Neil Oliver YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g Instagram account – Neil Oliver Love Letter https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter/?hl=en Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Neil takes us to the breathtakingly beautiful shingle headland at Dungeness – a place loved by artists, photographers, pop stars and fans of this archipelago’s raw natural coastline.On this windblown and storm-washed headland, that’s full of sky and sound, Neil explores the concept of how the land we grow up in becomes a part us – part of our actual physical being as well as our ‘souls’.For Neil, Dungeness Headland is an ever-changing landscape with a fragile feel to it, which strikes a very personal chord and reminds him of the British Isles themselves To help support the making of this podcast sign up to Neil Oliver on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverNew Videos Every Week Neil Oliver YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g Instagram account – Neil Oliver Love Letter https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter/?hl=en Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep99 The Tower of London In this episode we’re scaling the walls of one of the most famous fortresses in the whole of the British Isles – the Tower of London. Almost a thousand years old this beautifully kept Roya palace is now spic and span, and surrounded by the steel and glass of a thriving modern metropolis. But for centuries it was a place to dread. Packed to the rafters with history, this week Neil digs down to find the awful secrets that have been buried beneath the floorboards!  To help support the making of this podcast sign up to Neil Oliver on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverNew Videos Every Week Neil Oliver YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g Instagram account – Neil Oliver Love Letter https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter/?hl=en Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Neil takes us to meet a great mind; a scientist whose work laid some of the foundations that have helped shape the world we live in. James Clerk Maxwell grew up surround by the soft rounded hills, lochs and handsome woodland in Dumfries and Galloway. From his country upbringing and a slow start at school he went on to dazzle on the scientific stage.Einstein and the scientists that followed all pay tribute to the great beauty of Maxwell’s mathematics, his theorems, and the ground-breaking work he did showing that electricity, light and magnetism were all covered by the same fundamental and natural laws. Without him the world wouldn’t be as it is today. To help support the making of this podcast sign up to Neil Oliver on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverNew Videos Every Week Neil Oliver YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g Instagram account – Neil Oliver Love Letter https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter/?hl=en Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode a wave of devolution sweeps across the United Kingdom creating assemblies in Northern Ireland and Wales and a new parliament in Scotland.In 1999 as the balance of power across the whole of the British Isles starts to shift, the foundations are laid to cement a new age in Scotland. At the end of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile work begins on an ambitious building, which will herald Scotland’s move to devolution. Built with oak, sycamore, stainless steel and Caithness stone the finished design for Scotland’s new Parliament Building is celebrated, loved and loathed in equal measure.To help support the making of this podcast sign up to Neil Oliver on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverHistory & Comment - New Videos Every Week Neil Oliver YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g Instagram account – Neil Oliver Love Letter https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter/?hl=enContact details: Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode the countdown begins; will it be the dawn of a second coming or herald chaos and catastrophe? This week, as the dials turn and the 9s mutate to 0s the new millennium arrives and we’re standing in a landmark building designed by one of the world’s great architects. What does this building tell us about Britain? Hope you’ve got your streamers!To help support the making of this podcast sign up to Neil Oliver on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverNew Videos Every Week Neil Oliver YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g Instagram account – Neil Oliver Love Letter https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter/?hl=en Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Neil comes face to face with the exploits of the Solomon Brown lifeboat crew. With a hurricane battering the Cornish coast, 8 men set sail from Penlee Lifeboat Station in an attempt to save the passengers and crew of the Union Star.As the Union Star was being violently tossed ever closer towards deadly rocks a helicopter rescue pilot witnessed the bravery of the Solomon Brown crew as they attempted to rescue everyone aboard the Union Star – the helicopter pilot described what he saw and the lifeboat men as, ‘truly the greatest eight men I have ever seen’.   To help support the making of this podcast sign up to Neil Oliver on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverHistory & Comment - New Videos Every Week Neil Oliver YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g Instagram account – Neil Oliver Love Letter https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter/?hl=en Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 In this episode Neil takes us along one of London’s most celebrated and infamous streets, the place that became a byword for the British Press - Fleet Street. We’re in the midst of the pounding heart of the city with gossip, scandal, exposes and politics ringing in our ears – we’re at St Brides Church on Fleet Street.Named after the river Fleet upon which it was built. In the C16th Wynkyn de Worde and his printing press set up shop on Fleet Street, and the foundations of a tradition were laid.In 1702 the capital’s first newspaper, the Daily Courant, was published as the street developed from printing books to newspapers. As the penny-press’s popularity skyrocketed a torrent of words started flowing down Fleet Street as the nation’s obsession with news was fed. To help support the making of this podcast sign up to Neil Oliver on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverHistory & Comment - New Videos Every Week Neil Oliver YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g Instagram account – Neil Oliver Love Letter https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter/?hl=en Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Neil takes us to a set of three tiny spellbinding islands, shimmering with crystal clear water and pristine white sand – his ultimate desert island. This is the place he escapes to in his imagination when he needs to get away from the pressures of the world.In the C17th smugglers made one of the islands their secret hideaway. Another island was home to a self-styled king who swapped gifts with Queen Victoria – a basket woven from seaweed and filled with fresh fish and royal coat made of blue cloth. It’s a place where is still possible to glimpse magic! To help support the making of this podcast sign up to Neil Oliver on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverHistory & Comment - New Videos Every Week Neil Oliver YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g Instagram account – Neil Oliver Love Letter https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter/?hl=en Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, as the Cold War and the threat of nuclear Armageddon sends a terrifying chill around the world Neil heads to Orford Ness in Suffolk.In the early C20th this isolated shingle spit, tucked away from prying eyes, came to the attention of the military who saw it as the perfect location for secret experiments. It was first used as a training base for the fledgling Royal Airforce during the First World War. Later, work on the radar system that would prove to be so vital for the defence of Britain in WWII was conducted here.The shroud of secrecy, which the military had thrown over this location continued as experiments that would help develop Britain’s first atomic bomb took place in the laboratories here. And in 1967 as Cold War tensions and the threat of nuclear war increased, to counter any Soviet aggression, British and US military scientists started developing a next generation radar system called Operation Cobra Mist. To help support the making of this podcast sign up to Neil Oliver on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverHistory & Comment - New Videos Every Week Instagram account – Neil Oliver Love Letter https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter/?hl=en Neil Oliver YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we come face to face with a chilling reminder of just how close Hitler came to conquering Britain. During World War 2 he got a toe-hold on British territory when his army captured the Channel Islands – the first time they’d be wrestled from British control in over 1000 years.This week Neil travels to Alderney, one of the islands in the archipelago, to witness the terrifying atrocities carried out by the Nazi occupation force. Here they brought in an army of slave labourers to build defences aimed at keeping out liberation from the British. And the horror meted out to them is a satin on all humanity.To help support the making of this podcast sign up to Neil Oliver on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverHistory & Comment - New Videos Every Week Instagram account – Neil Oliver Love Letter https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter/?hl=en Neil Oliver YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Operation Overlord is go as Allied troops begin practicing for D-Day.The plans to invade and liberate Europe are drawn up with amphibious landings on 5 beaches in Normandy - Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword. Hitler's defences are well prepared, ready and determined, so allied training rehearsals are vital, and it's crucial they are as realistic as possible.Neil heads to Slapton Sands in Devon to watch Exercise Tiger unfold - a heady, dangerous mix of live ammunition, miscommunication, German E-boats, secret documents and tragedy. To help support the making of this podcast sign up to Neil Oliver on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverHistory & Comment - New Videos Every Week Instagram account – Neil Oliver Love Letter https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter/?hl=en Neil Oliver YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we meet Winston Churchill, a man who has helped define the British Isles: a luminary figure, complex, charismatic and inspirational. Prime minister of Britain during World War II he was a man who inspired a nation in its time of need. Neil travels to Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, where was Churchill was born, and to the village of Bladon next door, where he is buried.To help support the making of this podcast series sign up to Neil Oliver on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverHistory & Comment - New Videos Every Week Instagram account – Neil Oliver Love Letter https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter/?hl=en Neil Oliver YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we hear the deafening roar of industry and see the spark fly as some of the world’s great ships are built. We’re on the banks of the river Clyde, a river that powered a city; as the say goes, ‘Glasgow made the Clyde and the Clyde made Glasgow’.At one time the Clyde shipbuilders build a fifth of all the ships in the world - everything from luxury transatlantic flagships that crossed the world’s oceans to the legendary battlecruisers that would soon face a determined enemy in the coming Great war.To help support the making of this podcast sign up to Neil Oliver on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverHistory & Comment - New Videos Every Week Instagram account – Neil Oliver Love Letter https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter/?hl=en Neil Oliver YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we set sail with Neil to visit one of the world’s great natural harbours, Scapa Flow in Orkney. This vast harbour is a beautifully bleak, windswept spot drench in drama, tragedy and power. For thousands of years, it played a vital role in maritime travel, trade and conflict. The Vikings anchored in its safe waters in the C11th. The British admiralty enlisted it in the Napoleonic wars. And in the First World War it was home to Britain’s Grand Fleet, before being pressed into service once again in the 2nd world war. In the First World War the entire, surrendered German navy was scuttled here in an extraordinary act of sabotage. To help support the making of this podcast sign up to Neil Oliver on Patreon.comhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverHistory & CommentNew Videos Every Week Instagram account – Neil Oliver Love Letter https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter/?hl=en Neil Oliver YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we are walking down Whitehall, one of London’s most famous streets, to remember the dead of the First World War.Fabian Ware joined the British army at the outbreak of the war, but because he was 45 years old, the authorities would let him fight on the front line and put him in charge of a mobile ambulance unit instead.Appalled by the number of casualties and troubled that the dead were not being recorded properly he began keeping note. On account of his efforts, the organization now called the Commonwealth War Graves Commission came into existence. The process of remembrance began.11 November 1919 was the first anniversary of the war’s end. It was marked with the construction of a temporary memorial called the Cenotaph on Whitehall, a march of remembrance and the return of the Unknown Soldier. The outpouring of emotion at this event and the public’s actions demanded that the temporary Cenotaph be made permanent. And across the whole of the British Isles collective grief propelled the largest public art project ever seen as communities took it upon themselves to build their own local memorials to remember all the dead.  To help support the making of this podcast sign up to Neil Oliver on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverHistory & CommentNew Videos Every Week Instagram account – Neil Oliver Love Letter https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter/?hl=en Neil Oliver YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Horatio Herbert Kitchener, the secretary of state for war, declares, Your Country Needs You!The First World War meant that Britain had to raise a new army from volunteers, so the call was raised. Five strong, stout brothers from the Souls family, who lived in the Gloucestershire village of Great Rissington, signed up to join the army and become soldiers. After training they shipped out for France.Albert, the youngest brother, was the first to be killed. Fred was the second brother to die, he was killed at the battle of the Somme. Walter was killed next, soon followed by Alfred.The last of the five brothers alive was Arthur, he was Alfred’s identical twin, and won the Military Medal for valour at the fight to hold Villers-Bretonneux. But during the battle he was fatally wounded.Five brothers from the Souls family, all lost. A snapshot of a war like no other - tragedy writ large.To help support the making of this podcast sign up to Neil Oliver on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverHistory & CommentNew Videos Every Week Instagram account – Neil Oliver Love Letter https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter/?hl=en Neil Oliver YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.