Little plug for a YouTube channel I stumbled upon a while back and just kinda' got hooked on... I was going to post it in the Listening Thread, and it is just that; listening. Not music related in the slightest.
https://youtube.com/@historycalling?si=ZwJsmsi-XAx86i87You can read her bio there at the front, but briefly put, R.L. Weston is an historian and author based in Northern Ireland. She was lecturing at a university there until the lockdowns put the skids on that gig, and so began her independent work. A lot of the content is regarding medieval European history, but she does venture often to other subjects and time periods. There's a lot of content about Tudor Kings and Queens. This week's post was a bit further back, on Matilda of Scotland, the so-called runaway nun who became Queen of England.
I find the content fascinating and her voice soothing. Best of all, no AI nonsense. She is very thoroughly researched, and does not excuse easily those who are not. I get the sense she probably didn't mind flunking the lazy ones.
