Footnotes Of History
Episode 25 - The Original Sugar Daddy: How Sir Henry Tate made life sweeter for everyone
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:53:24
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Synopsis
Having overcome our slight distraction by showbiz and movies in the last few episodes, Dan and I return to form in this episode, dabbling classic Victorian industrial revolution material with a bit of art. Henry Tate was a towering individual whose humble beginnings would make him a cliche in any novel. Cliches exist for a reason however and Tate represented in many ways the Victorian spirit - he was born poor, built his own commercial empire through serving his neighbours and - as a bonus of sorts - shared the wealth in the process. You can get the shownotes as usual at footnotesofhistory.com/25 PLUS: you can try our new personality quiz at footnotesofhistory.com/pmquiz