Rebecca Rideal
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 21 Sep
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He writes about how on one occasion the Earl of Rochester had been with, quote unquote, a wench and this wench had stolen gold from him and made off with all of his clothes.
And this was a source of laughter and jollity within the court as well.
They would do so much stuff.
They would take mistresses, so usually actresses, from the stage.
Obviously, this is the age of actresses becoming professional and being allowed on the stage.
There were just so many stories of their antics at court.
And drink was the through line throughout all of them, primarily, this love of drinking.
I think we would probably recognize some of their behavior as nihilistic.
They don't care.
They're very, very privileged.
They are living this life.
We can rationalize it by looking to political thinkers at the time, Thomas Hobbes and his influence on human nature and what that actually means.
and the wider understanding and taking on of Hobbes's belief.
But actually, I do think there's this precociousness that's running through it, this pushing the boundaries.
And I think quite often when it comes to the Earl of Rochester, he's always got one eye on Charles II.
He has these expectations of Charles II as a king.
And I do feel that many times he's pushing back against that, almost like we've mentioned this kind of
And whether it's kind of paternal, but almost like a child might do with a father figure or a parental figure.
I think there is an element of that as well.
But it's on the one hand celebrated.
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