Harry Sidebottom's guest appearances

Harry Sidebottom

The Meeples & Miniatures Podcast

How To Academy Podcast

Travels Through Time

Rich Jones

Richard Clarke

Alessio Cavatore

Gav Thorpe

Adeptus Titanicus

Byron Collins

Dux Britanniarum

Stuart McCorquadale

Jon Sutherland

Robey Jenkins

Sam Mustafa

Jim Bambra

Jake Thornton

Conan Boardgame

OwlTail

We have our fair share of bizarre rulers in the twenty-first century, but the subject of today’s episode makes Putin, Trump and Kim Jong Il seem rather tame. According to the Oxford academic and bestselling novelist Harry Sidebottom, our guide this week, the Roman Emperor Heliogabalus was the maddest and baddest of them all. Heliogabalus turned Rome upside down as he rampaged over political and religious tradition during his lust-fuelled, four-year reign, contributing to the instability and chaos of the later third century AD. In this special end of year episode, we get into the spirit of Heliogabalus by allowing Harry Sidebottom to trample on our own tradition of choosing just one year in history to travel back to.  Today we visit three separate years, 218, 220 and 222 so we can hear the full extraordinary story he tells in his new book on the maddest emperor of them all. The characters and stories that feature in this episode of Travels Through Time form part of Sidebottom’s latest book. The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome is out now.Show notesScene One: 1 May 218. Heliogabalus’ grandmother sneaks him out of Emesa (modern day Homs) in Syria to start the revolt that will elevate him to the position of Emperor of Rome. Scene Two: Midsummer’s Day 220. Heliogabalus holds a huge parade in Rome to demonstrate his new religion. Scene Three: March 222. Heliogabalus is murdered on the orders of his grandmother. Memento: Heliogabalus’ horn.People/SocialPresenter: Violet Moller Guest: Harry Sidebottom Production: Maria Nolan Podcast partner: Ace Cultural Tours Theme music: ‘Love Token’ from the album ‘This Is Us’ By Slava and Leonard Grigoryan Follow us on Twitter: @tttpodcast_ Or on Facebook See where 218 fits on our Timeline

We have our fair share of bizarre rulers in the twenty-first century, but the subject of today’s episode makes Putin, Trump and Kim Jong Il seem rather tame. According to the Oxford academic and bestselling novelist Harry Sidebottom, our guide this week, the Roman Emperor Heliogabalus was the maddest and baddest of them all. Heliogabalus turned Rome upside down as he rampaged over political and religious tradition during his lust-fuelled, four-year reign, contributing to the instability and chaos of the later third century AD. In this special end of year episode, we get into the spirit of Heliogabalus by allowing Harry Sidebottom to trample on our own tradition of choosing just one year in history to travel back to. Today we visit three separate years, 218, 220 and 222 so we can hear the full extraordinary story he tells in his new book on the maddest emperor of them all. The characters and stories that feature in this episode of Travels Through Time form part of Sidebottom’s latest book. <a href="https://oneworld-publications.com/work/the-mad-emperor/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome </a>is out now.Show notes Scene One: 1 May 218. Heliogabalus’ grandmother sneaks him out of Emesa (modern day Homs) in Syria to start the revolt that will elevate him to the position of Emperor of Rome. Scene Two: Midsummer’s Day 220. Heliogabalus holds a huge parade in Rome to demonstrate his new religion. Scene Three: March 222. Heliogabalus is murdered on the orders of his grandmother. Memento: Heliogabalus’ horn.People/Social Presenter: Violet Moller Guest: Harry Sidebottom Production: Maria Nolan Podcast partner: <a href="https://www.aceculturaltours.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ace Cultural Tours</a> Theme music: ‘Love Token’ from the album ‘This Is Us’ By Slava and Leonard Grigoryan Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/tttpodcast_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@tttpodcast_</a> Or on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Travels-Through-Time-107198570667987" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> See where 218 fits on our <a href="https://www.tttpodcast.com/timeline" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Timeline</a>

Harry Sidebottom: The Mad Emperor (218)

The teenage emperor Heliogabalus was a polyamorous, sex positive, trans person who began life as a refugee; he was also a profiligate, irresponsible, bloodthirsty, fundementalist tyrant who built a gold statue of himself and murdered his own tutor. In this episode of the podcast we explore the decadence of the Roman empire through the lens of the life of an almost forgotten, remarkable young man and ask whether it is ever right to make heroes or villains from historical actors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The teenage emperor Heliogabalus was a polyamorous, sex positive, trans person who began life as a refugee; he was also a profiligate, irresponsible, bloodthirsty, fundementalist tyrant who built a gold statue of himself and murdered his own tutor. In this episode of the podcast we explore the decadence of the Roman empire through the lens of the life of an almost forgotten, remarkable young man and ask whether it is ever right to make heroes or villains from historical actors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Harry Sidebottom - The Mad Emperor Heliogabalus

Welcome to Episode 188 of the Meeples &amp; Miniatures Podcast In this show, hosts Neil Shuck and  Mike Whitaker talk to best-selling historical fiction author Dr Harry Sidebottom. We chat to Harry about his background as an ancient historian, how he got into writing historical fiction, and his tabletop gaming hobby.  00:00 - Intro 06:05 - Interview - Dr Harry Sidebottom 1:40:39 - Outtro  We hope you enjoy the show Official website of Dr Harry Sidebottom Harry Sidebottom books on Amazon.co.uk

Welcome to Episode 188 of the Meeples &amp; Miniatures Podcast In this show, hosts Neil Shuck and  Mike Whitaker talk to best-selling historical fiction author Dr Harry Sidebottom. We chat to Harry about his background as an ancient historian, how he got into writing historical fiction, and his tabletop gaming hobby. <ul> <li>00:00 - Intro</li> <li>06:05 - Interview - Dr Harry Sidebottom</li> <li>1:40:39 - Outtro</li> </ul> We hope you enjoy the show <a href="http://www.harrysidebottom.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Official website of Dr Harry Sidebottom</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Harry-Sidebottom/e/B001IXO15S/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1481805239&amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harry Sidebottom books on Amazon.co.uk</a>