Taking sides: how the Civil War turned friends into enemies

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🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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As 17th-century Britain edged ever closer to civil war, two friends, Bulstrode Whitelock and Ned Hyde, found their relationship under increasing strain. Minoo Dinshaw tells Ellie Cawthorne about how these two companions found themselves on opposite sides of a political and ideological divide, and reflects on how the Civil War caused painful ruptures in many personal relationships. (Ad) Minoo Dinshaw is the author of Friends in Youth: Choosing Sides in the English Civil War (Penguin Books, 2025). Buy it now from Waterstones: https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-histboty&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Ffriends-in-youth%2Fminoo-dinshaw%2F9780241312827. 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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1:17.5	Welcome to the History Extra podcast. fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC History Magazine.
1:26.4	As 17th century Britain edged ever closer to civil war, two friends, Bullstrode Whitlock and Ned Hyde found their relationship under increasing strain.
1:31.4	Writer Minu Dinshaw charts how these two companions found themselves on opposite sides of a political and ideological divide
1:39.2	in his new book, Friends in Youth. And I spoke to him to find out more.
1:45.9	Thank you so much for joining me to discuss your book, Friends in Youth. And I spoke to him to find out more. Thank you so much for joining me to discuss your book, Friends in Youth. Before we go any further, could you start us off by introducing
1:53.4	us to your two protagonists for the book? The Friends of my title are on the one hand the slightly older Bullstrowed Whitlock and on the other
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