DOGS!

Published: Jan. 27, 2022, 9:27 a.m.

b'In this latest episode, the Unexpected duo, Professor James Daybell and Dr Sam Willis take you all for a long country walk to exercise the unexpected history of DOGS! Which is all about Tudor gifts and Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII and sporting pastimes, and Mary Queen of Scots\' lapdog; it\'s about the 1796 Dog Tax, and the attempt to contain dogs in 1738 in Edinburgh in the face of a rabies outbreak; and also about the history of guide dogs via Herculaneum and Charles Dickens. It\'s also all about personal histories and memories of beloved childhood pets; monstrous dogs and the Beast of G\\xe9vaudan; and Titian and Rembrandt! Woof woof!


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