5. The Great Exhibition: Prince Albert, Revolutionaries, and the Duke of Wellington (Ep 1)

Journey Through Time

Goalhanger

History

4.3 • 595 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The Great Exhibition is to open in May 1851 and millions of people will descend on the capital to marvel at exhibitions of culture and industry. Victorian engineering and determination will transform one million square feet of glass into the Crystal Palace in London’s Hyde Park in just five months, ready to house the wares of the world. However, this celebration of progress also exposed the stark inequalities of Victorian society, as the wealthy of West London contemplated the arrival of vast crowds from the impoverished East End. Fears of social upheaval stirred, echoing the anxieties surrounding the Chartist movement and the revolutions sweeping Europe. Discover the extraordinary measures taken to manage these anxieties, from the deployment of an additional thousand police officers to the subtle surveillance by specially appointed guides. Join Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga to discuss the Great Exhibition, and whether it was a unifying moment for the nation, or did it serve to highlight the chasm between the privileged and the poor? To find out more about Find My Past visit: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/journey-through-time Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com X: @ThroughTimePod Blue Sky: @ThroughTimePod Instagram: @ThroughTimePod Assistant Producer: Alice Horrell Producer: Callum Hill Senior Producer: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by family history website, findmypass.co.com.
0:04.9	Where you can delve deeper into your family history to really understand the people, places and events that came before you.
0:13.9	Do you want to know what day-to-day life was like during the Industrial Revolution, or what it was like to grow up in your local area generations ago.
0:22.7	You can answer these questions and more by starting your family tree with Find My Past records,
0:29.2	maps, and timelines.
0:31.0	And listeners to Journey Through Time can take advantage of a very special offer.
0:36.2	Visit findmypass.com.uk slash journey through time to take a free
0:41.3	trial and claim 30% off their most popular subscriptions. That's find my pass.com.uk slash journey
0:49.0	through time. Free trial auto renews after seven days unless canceled, terms and conditions apply.
0:55.1	Here's the truth about AI. AI is only as powerful as the platform it's built into.
1:00.8	ServiceNow puts AI to work for people across your business, removing friction and frustration
1:06.2	for your employees, supercharging productivity for your developers, providing intelligent tools for your
1:12.3	service agents to make customers happier, all built into a single platform you can use right now.
1:18.4	That's why the world works with ServiceNow. Visit ServiceNow.com slash UK slash AI for people.
1:26.3	This episode is brought to you by Google's Notebook LM.
1:30.6	David, we all know what it's like to be buried under a mountain of information.
1:34.0	Notebook LM can get you out from under this because you can upload anything to it and receive
1:38.1	clear summaries and connections between ideas.
1:40.8	It's quick, reliable and backed byations, so you can trust the information
1:45.3	you're getting. And with the audio overview feature, your sources come to life in a dynamic,
1:50.5	conversational style, like hearing experts break things down for you.
1:54.1	Understand anything with NotebookLM. Try it at Notebooklm.combe.combe.combe
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Goalhanger, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Goalhanger and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.