• Peterborough: Historic city, New town

  • Dec 9 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
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Peterborough: Historic city, New town

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  • After a brief historical overview our podcast explores the city in four categories:

    Politics & War: the royal connections to the ancient cathedral including Catherine of Aragon and Mary Queen of Scots

    Science & Industry: a city expanded by railway industry, brickmaking, and engines. Two pioneering female scientists.

    Arts & Culture: The Peterborough Chronicle, a key national record, and insight into the evolution of the English language

    Urban landscape: a new town joined onto a historic city centre home to one of the great cathedrals of England

    As ever, we will give our opinions on the city and scores for historic interest.

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