How we make it
A person stands behind every step of every episode, as author, editor or the one overseeing the work. Here is what each step involves, and where modern tools help.
The research
Every episode starts from period sources: novels, letters, diaries, account books, newspapers, law books and parish records. AI tools help us search and sort them, so work that once took days takes hours. That time goes into checking. Every fact in an article has a numbered source you can follow.
The writing
Scripts and articles are written and edited by our team and signed with pen names. Each pen name belongs to a real person who checks the sources and approves the piece. Nothing is invented: no quotes, no figures, no dates.
The voice
The narration is a real person's voice, a member of our team. To save recording time, we use a digital copy of that voice to read each script.
The pictures
Period paintings, prints and fashion plates are credited where we use them. Pictures captioned "Illustration" are made with AI image tools, guided by period references, and are never presented as historical.
Our view
How to read a novel, or a character in it, is a matter of judgement. We bring our own view and the work of other readers and historians. The aim is to add to the conversation, never to hand down the one truth.
Mistakes
We work to be accurate, and we still get things wrong. When we do, we fix the article, note the change at its foot, and list it on the corrections page.