Sorry about the delay, everybody.

Some of you who follow me on Twitter

know that a very good friend of mine died suddenly

and that really rocked me.

Then right on the heels of that,

we all came down with some kind of horrible respiratory illness.

Doesn't appear to be COVID,

but it is definitely coming up my voice.

So please forgive my voice if it sounds a little bit craggie.

Thank you so much for your patience and let's get going.

Welcome to the British History Podcast.

My name is Jamie and this is Episode 395.

Rearranging the deck chairs on HMS England.

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and thank you very much to Elon for being one of the best friends

I've ever had and I'm really gonna miss you, man.

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