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A bit of a different thing going on this week.

You've been immature and you've lied.

And now you're trying to turn it on me and manipulate me and gaslight me.

I was trying to manipulate you.

Diana, you would be chucking their clothes out of the window.

I know, I'd be like, are you joking?

I don't know.

I guess you'd have to ask. Someone that has sex. Someone that has sex. Right. And remember,

it's just between us. Hello and welcome to the History Extra podcast from BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed.

I'm Ellie Cawthorne. In January 1649, King Charles I lost his head, and Britain embarked on an 11-year experiment with republicanism, now known as the Interregnum. In her new book, The Restless Republic, Britain Without a Crown,

Anna Key explores this extraordinary period through the eyes of some of those who watched it unfold.

Here, in conversation with Spentemism, she reveals what life was like in the 1650s,

and why this decade would prove crucial in forging modern Britain.

Anna, your new book, The Restless Republic, tells the story of the 11 years between the execution

of King Charles I's and the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 through the eyes of some of the

people who watch these events unfold.

Now, before digging further into that, I wonder if you could give our listeners a whistle-stop

introduction to the 1650s, because I guess it's a period that a lot of them won't know

a great deal about. So I was wondering if you could just run through the landmark events of this dramatic decade.

Yes, gladly, because I think you're right, which is that it often gets skipped over. So it's a bit unfamiliar territory for lots of us, really.

So this decade is not a civil war. This is the crucial thing.

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