Hello and welcome to the Restless History, Dominic. Have you heard the latest exciting news about our live tour?

I have, Dominic. It's actually shocking news. It's shocking but also heartening. But just to remind you the listener, the rest is history is going on a nationwide tour at the end of April 2023.

I say tour but it's for three nights only. We'll be in London on the 25th of April and the historic Drury Lane Theatre. Then we'll be able to edit more of the following evening on the 26th of April to play at Usher Hall.

And we will finish on the 30th of April at the Larry in Sulford Greater Manchester. But Tom, the listeners are gacking to know about this shocking news that you have for them about the tour.

Ladies and gentlemen, I can announce that our London live show has now sold out. I repeat, all 2000 seats, yes 2000 seats at Drury Lane Theatre are now sold out.

So not even frozen the musical, the show that we are of course replacing at Drury Lane, not even frozen sold out that quickly.

I can imagine Elsa listening to this right now, fuming at the very thought of the rest is history stealing her snowy thunder. But Elsa, all I will say to you is let it go.

People can go to both shows.

But just to emphasize, that's our first live date already sold out and tickets are selling incredibly quickly for Sulford and Edinburgh too.

So if you do want to come, please buy your ticket right now to avoid disappointment. Now, if you've never been to one of our live shows, what a treat awaits you. We have an incredibly inventive approach.

Tom will take the first half and he will be running through his repertoire of Marilyn Monroe songs and I do be the do thanks for that.

And I will be picking up after the interval with the PowerPoint presentation on the economic policies of Stanley Baldwin. It's an absolute riot.

Fun for all the family. So these are our first ever shows outside London as a podcast. So we'll be putting on a tour de force. I think Dominic is the only word for it in both greater Manchester and the Scottish capital.

There'll be impressions, perhaps a Mureguin pipe music and plenty of absolute lads from history.

Here is how you can get tickets. Just go to restishistorypod.com. It is very, very, very straightforward. That is www.restishistorypod.com. Buy your tickets now to Sulford and Edinburgh before it's too late.

Welcome to the restis history are very first on location recording in to Holland without an earring eye for glamour. We have chosen this fantastic spot.

It's literally around about. We're in the middle of a roundabout but it's a distinguished roundabout because it's Trafalgar Square. You can hear the police going by shouting over the siren. That's how I like to think we'll confirm your darkest suspicions of London.

We're standing beneath the statue of Charles I which is London's oldest bronze statue. It is. And is in fact the centre of London isn't it? Because this is where the L and across used to stand.

The cross was taken down in 1647. These were the crosses put up by Edward I in memory of his wife and an owner of Castile. On this spot we have this bronze statue of Charles I which went up in 1633 during his lifetime. This isn't a statue commemorating someone who's dead. Unlike most of the statues that we're going to be talking about today because that's what we're doing isn't it?

We're talking statues. So that's why we've come here. So obviously Trafalgar Square got Charles I but we've also got Nelson. We've got a load of generals who Ken Livingston famously didn't know who they were and wanted to take them down.

And then we may go down Parliament Square and look at the statues there as well. Statues obviously very hot button issue. So I think this is a perfect place to do our first on the spot broadcast.

So we've got a lot of attention Tom. Keep or keep or cancel. I think we should ask keep or cancel. Yes. Okay. So should we focus on Charles I?

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