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But for now, back to this episode of The History of England.

Hello everyone and welcome back to The History of England, episode 305 of The Frog Prince.

Firstly, if you will forgive me, some messages. Firstly, to Scott who got in touch with me recently, Scott very lovely to hear from you and the very best of luck.

Secondly, news of a Zoom bonfire. You may or may not know that I'm involved in other podcasts. One of these is called The Things That Made England.

This is a collaboration of international glittering stars. And when I say glittering, I mean they glitter.

Roy Field Brown, Fiona Shaborn Power, Luke Baxter and me as well. We thought we should get people together for something of a bonfire or a sort of village fate on Zoom.

So on Saturday the 16th of January 2021, 6pm UK time, why not come along to hear me being interviewed, to have a group quiz, and so that you can ask as many searching questions as you see fit.

It is of course utterly free and to find out more, go to the history of England.co.uk forward slash, bonfire fate.

Okay, so that's 16th of January, 6pm GMT, pop it in your diary so you can remember to go down the pub instead, lockdown permitting.

And finally, in the line of recommending fellow podcasters, the here is a podcast on which you might want to pick up.

Hello, I'm Fry, and I'm Brie from Plotipax, a papal history podcast, ranking all of the popes from Peter to Francis.

In each episode, we explore the life of a single Pope and contextualize their papacy in world history.

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