As the testimony of Prince Harry’s latest law suit against the tabloids concludes, we learn that Harry himself was sending flirty messages to journalists. Has he sunk his own case?

Phil is then joined by Prof Mark Stoyle, an expert on 16th and 17th Century Britain to talk about the world of Samuel Pepys, one of the greatest - and most honest - diarists of all time. Phil and Mark explore the filth and the frolics of Pepy’s London in an entertaining mix of social history and salacious scandal!

Mark’s fantastic history books can be found on Amazon and this is the latest...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Murderous-Midsummer-Western-Rising-1549-ebook/dp/B0B8DXLH56

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Everyone is talking about the new Tom Bower book on Meghan and Harry - and Phil is no exception. But how much of it is real, and how much is simply ‘deranged gossip’, as one critic called it. As a former royal biographer, Phil explains how damaging personal royal stories like these come out…and why!

Then this week’s guest is Simon Dinsdale a very entertaining ex police detective who took his experience solving high profile murder cases and turned it into a new life writing crime novels. Simon talks very well about how policing has changed during his lifetime. Sometimes for good…but also sometimes for bad.

Simon Dinsdale, the author of the Christian Dane crime novels

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Phil is joined this week by historian Caroline Sharples to discuss her brand new book on the facts of Hitler’s death - but also what she calls ‘the emotional history’ of an event that was hoped for by many, feared by some, and pre-planned by many people, including Hitler himself.

So just how did the world learn of this historic event - and how was it proved to the satisfaction of global opinion. Hint - it involves the tyrant’s teeth!

You can buy Carolne's book here...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Long-Death-Adolf-Hitler-Investigative/dp/0300284918

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Phil begins with his reaction to the latest royal news as the police finally move to arrest Britain’s disgraced prince.

He’s then joined by writer Neil Root to talk about the incredible life, and untimely death, of Peter Rachman, the most notorious landlord in 1950 and 60s London. His life intersected with many of the dangerous - but also glamorous - men and women of his time, as the city boomed and then prepared to 'swing’, as told in Neil’s excellent book on criminal and social history, called SLUMLORD...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Slumlord-Rachman-Post-war-London-Underworld-ebook/dp/B0G2SKC4YY

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Phil is very much occupied by Australia this week.

He starts by sharing his thoughts on a recent boycott of an important Writer's Festival in Adelaide because of a row about open support for Hamas and its murderous actions on 7/10. The boycott was by mostly left-of-centre wing writers and broadcasters, some of whom Phil has worked with and knows well. He doesn’t think they were right!

Then - in the week that Prince Andrew finally leaves Royal Lodge - Phil turns to the state of the British royal family’s relationships with Australia, in the company of lawyer, broadcaster and long-term royal observer Caroline Di Russo.

From the rise and fall of republicanism through Australia’s love affair with Diana Princess of Wales and then its (brief!) embrace of Prince Harry in his ‘Larkin Prince’ phase, this is a fascinating convo (as they would say in Australia) about royalty, politics and culture down under.

There’s information and extracts from Phil’s new book here...

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In the first episode of 2026 Phil talks to his old friend Stephen Moss, one of Britain’s leading bird watchers. It’s a colourful and amusing conversation - full of surprises.

‘Birding’ has become very popular in recent years as more and more of us take an interest in conservation and the natural world. But, even amongst the normally placid ’twitching’ community, there are many issues and controversies to explore - and even some actual scandal.

Stephen’s books are available here...

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There’s information and extracts from Phil’s new book here...

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WISHING YOU ALL A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

In this extended episode Phil reviews his year then welcomes his old pod-pal Andrew Lownie back to discuss the continuing fall out from his bestselling book on Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, and to drop some major hints about his next project - the marriage of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. What truth lies behind the rumours of his multiple affairs, the suggestion that she enjoyed at least one alternative relationship, and that Philip may not have been Andrew’s real father?

Expect some scandalous suggestions.

After that Phil is showing a video of his recent interview with Sonia Purnell, biographer of Pamela Churchill/Harriman. This interview - filmed at a recent literary event - is full of juicy details about a life that was packed with scandal, but also very momentous.

There’s information and extracts from Phil’s new book here...

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During WW2, Allied propaganda portrayed Adolf Hitler as….er…lacking in certain areas of male physique.

Recently, the world’s leading forensic DNA scientists have extracted Hitler’s genetic material from an old bloodstain - and discovered some remarkable things about his health, his mental state and, yes, the likely state of his genitals.

Historian Guy Waters - an expert on the Nazis - joins Phil to explore what all of this means for our understanding of one of history’s greatest villains.

Guy’s book Hunting Evil can be bought here...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hunting-Evil-Guy-Walters/dp/0553819399/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0

And there’s information and extracts from Phil’s new book here...

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You can order his book now on Amazon UK and Amazon Australia, India and NZ - and it is available all around the world as an e-book and an audio book...

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