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Anxieties of the Edwardian age

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The Edwardian era is sometimes regarded as an uneventful stopgap between the cultural and technological innovations of the Victorian period and the seismic shifts brought about by the First World War. But is this a fair assessment? Alwyn Turner talks to Jon Bauckham about what life was really like during the reign of Edward VII, and how anxieties about Britain's place in the world were beginning to take centre stage. (Ad) Alwyn Turner is the author of Little Englanders: Britain in the Edwardian Era (Profile, 2024). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Englanders-Britain-Edwardian-Era/dp/1800815301/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-HistoryiPad The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This episode is presented by eBay.

0:03.8

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0:07.8

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0:11.9

The eBay app. Yes, you are correct. You didn't need to talk to me. I already knew it. I love eBay.

0:17.2

When you're buying, you can discover loads of hidden gems. There's so many items where you think I would have never found that anywhere else. Then when you're selling, it's so simple and most

0:25.9

importantly, free. It's free, Rob. When it's this easy to sell for free and there's great deals

0:31.6

on things you love. You can't help but say when it's eBay. It excludes vehicles and business

0:35.9

sellers. Claire worked in the marketing department

0:40.0

for an up-and-coming artisan bakery. Unfortunately, the artisan bakery in question was so up-and-coming.

0:48.4

Nobody actually knew it existed. But then she had the really good idea to use Canva to create a business plan.

0:55.9

It looked good, really, really good.

0:59.2

Their investors thought so too.

1:01.4

And now their hotcakes are selling like, well, exactly.

1:06.2

Thanks Canva.

1:17.5

Welcome to the History Extra podcast, fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC History magazine. The Edwardian era is sometimes regarded as an uneventful

1:26.7

stopgap between the innovations of the Victorian period

1:30.0

and the seismic shifts brought about by the First World War. But to what extent is that a fair

1:36.1

assessment? In today's episode, the historian Alwyn Turner tells John Borkham about what life was

1:43.6

really like during the reign of Edward

1:45.8

the 7th and how anxieties about Britain's place in the world were beginning to take centre stage.

1:53.1

Alwyn, firstly, really great to have you on the podcast again. Hello, good to be here. Last time we spoke

1:58.6

about the 1950s, this time we're here to talk about your new book,

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