You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.

Hello, delicious friends. The episode you're about to hear was supposed to be released

pre-Christmas, 2023, but as you are about to hear,

there were circumstances beyond my control, which led to this not being released on time.

So I hope you'll enjoy this festive-themed, panto-esque episode.

And apologies, if I'm wheezing, I still have, you know, the pneumonia.

And it's getting there. I'm on medication. Everything is, you know, going the way it should be.

But I hope you enjoy this episode and I am so sorry for the delay. Hi everybody and welcome to Who did what now, the history podcast.

That's not your history class.

With me your host, Katie Charlwood, History Harlot and Reader of Books.

Now, gentle listeners, I love you so much. I really do. And I got some really cute reviews in. So that's

wonderful. Love that. You're wonderful. You've really brightened up in my weekend. Because

gentle listeners, I have been beset upon by a series of calamities. I thought the worst part of my week

was going to be the fact that a wonderful follower of the podcast had sent me in a link

to a Clarabelle the Cow bag. Like it's a Disney Loungefly collaboration. It's gorgeous, it's perfect, it it's amazing but it's only available in the

US and I can't buy it so I was like oh no I know I thought you know it's the 100 year anniversary

it's let me get a addition it's like we're just now because it's coming to the end of the year and I was

like oh oh no I can't buy it.

And I thought that's sad. You know, that'll be, that'll be the worst part of my weekend, right?

Right? No. No, no, no, no. So I had a friend come in and I was seeing them before I was heading away for the weekend.

And their glasses were all wonky. And I was like like let me fix that for you because I'm always fixing my own frames right

and completely snap the leg off just gone snip snip snip gone broke them so now I'm going to try and get

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