Ms Owens and Mr Steele are joined by a very special guest in the shape of the History department's very own Mr Murphy to explore the historical context of Dickens' A Christmas Carol in a bit more detail.
For our last podcast of the calendar year, we explore questions such as:
Was life really that bad in the 19th Century?
Did people like Scrooge actually exist?
And the most important question of all... just how much would it have cost to buy a turkey back then?
All of these and more are explored in far more detail than we could cover as English teachers - so listen and take in some valuable contextual knowledge.