Stephen Fry on History and the Seven Deadly Sins

Stephen Fry talks to Dan about the study of history, deadly sins, Blackadder, eddas, W. H. Auden, Philip Guedalla, Dorothy Parker, the internet, online trolls, R. W. Ketton Cremer and Felbrigg Hall, with a couple of minor detours along the way. Fry tackles the big questions, the small questions, and frequently just muses on his answers to the aforementioned questions. Enjoy this tour de Fry. For ad free versions of our entire podcast archive and hundreds of hours of history documentaries, interviews and films, signup to History Hit TV. Use code 'pod3' at checkout to get a 14 day free trial and your first 3 months access for £3 or $3. All of the books discussed in the History Hit podcast are available at www.historyhit.com/books Producer: Peter Curry   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.