Dan Jones

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216 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 7 Apr

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How To Fail With Elizabeth Day · Elizabeth's New Show: History’s Greatest Fails · 7 Apr 2026 podcast

Hello, this is History's Greatest Fails with me, Dan Jones.

I'm a medievalist broadcaster and author.

We're old friends and fellow history graduates.

And in this podcast, we're going to dig into failures of historical proportions.

Now, before we begin, some housekeeping.

And to catch the rest of this series, indulge your inner history nerd by subscribing to my podcast, This Is History, A Dynasty To Die For.

Now, let's get stuck in.

You, Elizabeth Day, I put this to you, are a Ricardian.

You're in love with Richard III in some kind of sick, fetishistic way.

And I think that the failure of the last Plantagenet monarch, who brought down the glorious House of Plantagenet, which I've been spending season after season narrating the story of on my podcast, this man, for some reason, you think is totally marvelous.

I wonder if you can just explain, first of all, why you're such a Richard III obsessive.

Well, you go ahead.

But before you do, can I just say, not just women who are in love with Richard III.

That's one of my defences, yeah.

Discovery magazine.

Were you ever a subscriber?

Just context for listeners and viewers, Elizabeth as a child was maybe the geekiest child that ever lived.

It was a compliment.

But before we do that, let's just for the sake of clarity for listeners, like spell out who Richard was.

Before the rain, because I think that what often happens with discussions of Richard III is that they're played backwards.

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