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  • It’s our first birthday!


    And to help us celebrate we’re talking to the Daily Mail’s legendary royal correspondent and author, Richard Kay.


    No journalist ever got closer to Diana, Princess of Wales, and in the final years of her life they spoke many times a day. At that time, and in the years since, Richard has broken dozens of royal stories and knows more about the goings-on behind closed palace doors than any writer alive. But he’s also won the confidence of many royal people - especially Diana - by NOT always printing what he knows.


    In this fascinating conversation with Andrew and Phil (Phil and Richard worked together once), he speaks frankly about his near 40 year career and reveals some of the secrets of his own trade.


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  • As LGBTG+ history month begins, Andrew and Phil are joined by Mok O’Keefe, better known as The Gay Aristo, to learn about the life and times of one of the most scandalous men in British history.


    Perhaps the best well known theatrical celebrity of his time, Wilde dominated the British and Irish literary scene but ended his days almost penniless in a cheap Parisian hotel, abandoned by his family and scorned by many of his famous friends. How much was the the victim of an age which cruelly mistreated and misunderstood gay men and women, and how much was he the author of his own misfortune?


    If you're interested in educated and deeply fascinating facts about mostly unknown LGBTQ+ history then follow Mok's channels below for a world of enlightenment.

    www.youtube.com/c/gayaristo

    www.instagram.com/gayaristo/


    To find our more about the Gay Aristo himself....

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  • When famous crime writer Agatha Christie suddenly vanished without trace in December 1926 it triggered one of the greatest tabloid sensations of the age. Behind it lay a twisted story of love, loss and love affairs that’s worthy of one of her greatest novels.


    Returning to the podcast for the third time, writer Laura Thompson peels back the layers to explain exactly what happened - and why this was the most important month of Agatha Christie's life and work.


    You can buy Laura's excellent biography of Agatha, and books from the other authors we feature here, in our own Scandal Mongers bookshop - along with thousands more.


    https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/agatha-christie-a-mysterious-life-laura-thompson/2300271?aid=12054&ean=9781472269560&


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  • In today’s episode Andrew and Phil explore some truly shocking allegations about one of the most celebrated figures of the 20th Century, Lord Louis Mountbatten, and reveal new evidence and insights into what could be one of the greatest scandals in the history of the British royal family.


    Andrew’s book on Mountbatten and his wife Edwina created a sensation when it was published in 2019. Packed with new accounts of the highs and lows of a remarkable life it included the many rumours and allegations that had long circulated about the famous Lord, and critically it also included named witnesses testifying that they had been abused by him.


    The book - along with Andrew’s campaign to gain full access to the papers of the Mountbatten family - propelled the story onto the front pages of the British press for the first time.


    Much of Andrew’s work involves a long-running British abuse scandal, the Kincora Boy’s Home affair. Having made a groundbreaking TV investigation of this story in the 1990s, breaking Britain’s Official Secret’s Act on behalf of the BBC, Phil brings a unique perspective of his own to this dark but fascinating subject.


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  • This week author and broadcaster Martin Bright joins Andrew and Phil to discuss what he believe is a little known but massive wartime cover up. As a new official report is due on the extent of Nazi crimes in the occupied Channel Islands during WW2, Martin believes that the suffering of Jewish and other prisoners on the islands has been hidden for many decades - partly because of official embarrassment at the amount of collaboration there.


    In his book END OF THE BEGINNING Phil has written about another aspect of this story - the deportation of Jews from these British islands to Nazi death camps.


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  • King Charles is on the throne with Camilla by his side, and The Crown has returned to Netflix amid a storm of controversy about dramatising recent history. 

     

    Phil knows more than most about Diana’s life and marriage. Having run a large TV production team that produced an unusually well-sourced biography of the Princess, widely praised for its intelligence and objectivity, he’s spent over two decades learning about this subject, and de-constructing the real story of briefing and counter briefing that lies behind much of what we think we know about her and her life. 

     

    Andrew, who is no slouch when it comes to royal scandals and the dark arts of royal biography, interrogates Phil and puts his theories to the test.

     

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  • When famous crime writer Agatha Christie suddenly vanished without trace in December 1926 it triggered one of the greatest tabloid sensations of the age. Behind it lay a twisted story of love, loss and love affairs that’s worthy of one of her greatest novels.


    Returning to the podcast for the third time, writer Laura Thompson peels back the layers to explain exactly what happened - and why this was the most important month of Agatha Christie's life and work.


    You can buy Laura's excellent biography of Agatha, and books from the other authors we feature here, in our own Scandal Mongers bookshop - along with thousands more.


    https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/agatha-christie-a-mysterious-life-laura-thompson/2300271?aid=12054&ean=9781472269560&


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  • This week writer Anne de Courcy joins Andrew and Phil to discuss her extraordinary biography of Lord Snowdon, Antony Armstrong Jones, who was married to Princess Margaret for 18 tumultuous years.


    A gifted photographer, designer and charity entrepreneur, Lord Snowdon was also a notorious womaniser before, after and during his marriage. His relationship with Margaret veered between affection and bitter recrimination, even cruelty, whilst he cut a dashing swathe through British high society, charming his way out of numerous perilous social and sexual intrigues.


    Anne’s ’semi authorised' biography of Snowdon exposed many new secrets and received huge acclaim. One reviewer said 'The amorous Snowdon was remarkably helpful for this life; the result is jaw-droppingly revealing.


    You can buy Anne's books at the Scandal Monger’s own bookstore, along with thousands of others. All profits are shared between independent booksellers and podcasters.


    https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/snowdon-the-biography-anne-de-courcy/4377193?aid=12054&ean=9781474625142&


    We also now have our own merchandise in a new online shop. You can currently buy a mug, a T shirt and a Sweater, and more products will be added soon. The perfect gift for that special scandalous someone in your life!


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  • In a special sports themed episode Andrew and Phil are first joined by writer and former newspaper editor Chris Blackhurst to discuss his investigation into Manchester United - the world’ favourite football team - and how it has fared under the ownership of the American Glazer family, plus the wider role of big money in professional football (or ‘soccer' if you’re American!). Chris also talks about his fascinating work in the world of risk management.


    Next up is Andrew Butler and Matt Russell from Tortoise Media who reveal an astonishing scandal of match fixing and intimidation in the normally sedate world of professional snooker.  Spotted: snooker’s fight against match fixing...

    https://shows.acast.com/the-tortoise-podcast/episodes/spotted-snookers-fight-against-match-fixing


    You can buy books from the authors we feature - including those discussed in this episode - in our own bookshop. All profit are shared between podcasters and independent booksellers. 

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  • We begin with the latest from the Post Office Scandal that we first covered with investigative journalist Nick Wallis 8 months ago. In recent weeks a powerful

    ITV drama has made the behaviour of the Post Office - and the cruel treatment of its employees - front page news in the UK. It’s truly blood boiling!!


    Then writer Neil McKenna joins Andrew and Phil to reveal a story of 19th Century sexual, political, royal and legal intrigue - the infamous ‘Cleveland Street Affair’ which shook

    the British upper classes and prompted fevered speculation all around the world. Could it be that a senior member of the royal family was a patron of London’s most notorious gay brothel?


    With incredible details of the society of this time - and the way that wealth and privilege could guarantee legal protection - Neil lays out all the details of a saga that’s as fascinating as it’s shocking.


    You can buy Neil's books and other books by the authors we feature here in our own Scandal Mongers bookshop - along with thousands more.


    https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/fanny-and-stella-the-young-men-who-shocked-victorian-england-neil-mckenna/1669922?aid=12054&ean=9780571231911&


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  • The Times royal correspondent returns to the podcast for a second interview. This time we’re highlighting the new work he has done for the latest edition of his widely acclaimed book COURTIERS, which first lifted the lid on simmering tensions behind palace walls and gave a voice to staff members who claimed to have been bullied and belittled by the Duchess of Sussex.


    What’s the real divide that drives the current feud in the House of Windsor? Could it be a deep personality clash between Kate, now Princess of Wales, and Meghan?


    'Recollections may vary', as the late Queen Elizabeth said of the Sussexes Oprah Winfrey interview!


    You can now buy Valentine’s book in the Scandal Mongers own online book store, which shares profits between independent bookshops and other podcasters.


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  • The human dynamo that is Anne de Courcy returns to the podcast by popular demand after her brilliant interview about Princess Margaret and Tony Snowdon. This week she is speaking about one of her most successful books ‘The Viceroy’s Daughters’, the saga of Lord Curzon and his three talented, beautiful but often wayward daughters at the pinnacle of British and imperial high society in the first half of the 20th Century.


    Overlapping love affairs, dalliances with dangerous young men and campaigning alongside the most charismatic politician of the age, Oswald Mosley, the former socialist turned fascist leader of Britain’s ‘Black Shirts’ in the 1930s - this is a story with everything and an incredible window into a glittering but also menacing world of privilege, power and decadence.


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  • Forever remembered as the smart and stylish First Lady to President John F Kennedy, whose shocking death in Dallas she witnessed first hand, Jackie Kennedy is an enduring icon of the 20th Century. But much about her turbulent life in the public gaze - before, during and after her marriage to Kennedy - has remained a closely guarded secret.


    One of the world’s most successful biographers, J Randy Taraborrelli, has been working on a book about Jackie for thirty years, conducting hundreds of interviews with her friends, her family and her lovers. His best selling ‘Jackie, Public, Private, Secret' came out earlier this year. Reviewers have queued up to praise its blend of revelation and respect.


    J Randy joins Andrew and Phil to share his insights, reveal his methods and deliver a masterclass in the art of the biography.


    You can buy the book - along with thousand of others - at the Scandal Mongers own bookstore, with all profits shared between independent booksellers and podcasters.


    https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/jackie-public-private-secret-j-randy-taraborrelli/7441358?aid=12054&ean=9781250276216


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  • In the early days of the pandemic a lot of attention was paid to the fact that the Chinese city of Wuhan, from which the virus emerged, contained a biological research laboratory that had been experimenting with coronaviruses.


    But this was met by political and scientific reassurance that the virus was more likely the result of an evolutionary leap and had spread via a food market. Those who persisted with the laboratory hypothesis were criticised for being anti-Chinese or 'conspiracy theorists' and their views were largely excluded from mainstream media reporting and ‘flagged’ as outliers on social media sites.


    The fact that President Trump, who had been pushing strange ‘cures’ for Covid, also entertained the lab-leak theory, made many of his opponents feel it was probably incorrect.


    This week’s guest, journalist Matt Ridley wasn’t so sure, and he set about with a co-author, molecular biologist, Alina Chan, to investigate. Their 2021 book ‘Viral' laid out the case for and against the lab leak theory in great detail.


    Meanwhile the administration of President Biden started to review the evidence, as a series of scientific and congressional inquiries put ‘lab escape’ back on the mainstream news agenda. Today more and more experts are entertaining it.


    So what’s the real evidence - and could it be that political bias may have stopped us looking dispassionately at the cause of greatest public health emergency of the century?


    You can buy Matt Ridley’s book - and thousands more - from the Scandal Mongers own online bookstore - part of a profit-sharing collaboration between podcasters and independent book stories.


    https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/viral-the-search-for-the-origin-of-covid-19-alina-chan/6158390?aid=12054&ean=9780008487492


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  • With total silence from both the ‘firm’ and Team Harry and Meghan, the allegation that King Charles and Kate, Princess of Wales, both expressed 'concerns’ about the colour of a future royal baby linger poisonously in the air. What to make of it?


    After that Phil and Andrew meet Dan Davies to discuss one of the greatest scandals in British public life since the Second World War - a scandal that revealed a series of horrific sex crimes carried out by a much loved ‘national treasure’ and a history of cover ups and failed investigations what shook many institutions including police forces and the BBC, where Saville was a huge star for decades.


    Dan’s book ‘In Plain Sight’ is the definitive account of the Saville affair and was a major source for for the recent BBC dramatisation of Saville’s life, in which Dan is portrayed as one of the predator’s main interrogators over many years. 


    You can buy Dan’s book and other books by the authors we feature here in our own Scandal Mongers bookshop - along with thousands more. 


    https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/in-plain-sight-the-life-and-lies-of-jimmy-savile-dan-davies/155650?aid=12054&ean=9781782067467&


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  • A once popular British Prime Minister brought down by scandals, after a career in politics with more than its fair share of controversy.

    Is it too soon to write Boris Johnson off? What can we learn from his turbulent career? And what will his long term legacy be for British politics and the wider world?

    Our guest Tom McTague is one of the most respected political writers in Britain and he has spent a lot of time closely observing Boris Johnson, while working for The Atlantic Monthly and as editor of UNHERD.COM


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  • Phil's sympathetic comments on Prince Harry's reasons for fighting the press didn't persuade all of our audience last week, and the comments were lively!


    Andrew and Phil react to that and discuss the latest evidence of the deep rift in the British royal family - Harry's visit to London and the non-meeting between him and his sick father King Charles.


    Then historian Emma Southon joins us for a hugely entertaining and informative conversation about ancient Rome. Not about the Emperors and Generals that fill the history books, but the women whose stories get told a lot less often. And some of them were scandalous indeed!


    If you want to support what we do and help us grow this podcast we now have a Thank You option on YouTube for donations starting at 2 UK pounds - find it by clicking on the 'three dots' next to the 'download' button.


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    Emma's book can also be found here...

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Roman-Empire-21-Women/dp/0861548329/ref=monarch_sidesheet


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  • In this special episode Andrew and Phil speak with Shauna Kay, whose family of Australian based podcasts, The Vintage Read, has been a huge success in the last year or so. We have many friends and ideas in common, along with a shared fascination for all things literary, scandalous...and very often royal!

    We don't promise to agree all the time but if our audiences find these conversations entertaining and stimulating we intend to do more of them.


    If you want to support what we do and help us grow this podcast, please hit the 'Like' button and we now also have a Thank You option on YouTube for donations starting at 2 UK pounds - find it by clicking on the 'three dots' next to the 'download' button. 

     

    You can buy books from Andrew, Phil and the authors we feature in our own bookshop, along with thousands of others. All profit are shared between podcasters and independent booksellers...

    https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/scandalmongers

     

    Looking for the perfect gift for a special scandalous someone - or someone you'd like to get scandalous with? We're here to help.

    https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ScandalMongers...

     

    *** If you enjoy our work please consider clicking the YouTube subscribe button, even if you listen to us on an audio app. It will help our brand to grow and our content to reach new ears.


    THE SCANDAL MONGERS PODCAST is also available to watch on YouTube...

    https://www.youtube.com/@thescandalmongerspodcast/videos


    You can follow Shauna's channel here...

    https://www.youtube.com/@thevintageread


    Andrew Lownie...

    https://twitter.com/andrewlownie


    Phil Craig...

    https://twitter.com/philmcraig


    The Scandal Mongers...

    https://twitter.com/MongersPodcast


    You can get in touch with the show hosts via...

    [email protected]

    (place 'Scandal Mongers' in the heading please).


    Production by

    Theo X

    Kerem Isik


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  • Team Sussex has pulled off its first overseas tour with a super high profile visit to Nigeria, where Harry attended numerous events linked to the Invictus games and Meghan met with business and media leaders, hosted female entrepreneurs and generally looked and behaved like a Princess on the road!


    Is this a model for what 'non royal royalty’ looks like for the future - a refreshing multi racial alternative to the old fashioned, and all white, House of Windsor? Or is it a cynical marketing exercise for a couple battered by a year of falling ratings amid widespread criticism for producing boring podcasts and selling second rate jam?


    We’re joined once again by Simon Vigar, royal correspondent for Five News and a veteran of many royal tours. The Nigeria trip generated some great headlines and photos in the USA, so does that make it a success? Then our friend Dai Davies, former head of royal security, comes back to the pod with a very different perspective. Dai is very critical of the security background to the trip - and not at all sure that it was morally justifiable either.


    If you want to support what we do and help us grow this podcast we now have a Thank You option on YouTube for donations starting at 2 UK pounds - find it by clicking on the ’three dots’ next to the ‘download’ button.

    You can buy books from the authors we feature in our own bookshop, along with thousands of others. All profit are shared between podcasters and independent booksellers...

    https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/scandalmongers

    Looking for the perfect gift for a special scandalous someone - or someone you’d like to get scandalous with? We’re here to help...

    https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ScandalMongers

    *** If you enjoy our work please consider clicking the YouTube subscribe button, even if you listen to us on an audio app. It will help our brand to grow and our content to reach new ears.


    THE SCANDAL MONGERS PODCAST is also available to listen to watch YouTube...

    https://www.youtube.com/@thescandalmongerspodcast/videos


    Andrew Lownie...

    https://twitter.com/andrewlownie


    Phil Craig...

    https://twitter.com/philmcraig


    The Scandal Mongers...

    https://twitter.com/MongersPodcast


    You can get in touch with the show hosts via...

    [email protected]

    (place 'Scandal Mongers' in the heading please).


    Production by

    Theo X

    Kerem Isik


    Produced by...

    PodcastWorld.org



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  • Andrew Gold joins us this week to talk about his brand new book and his life as a 'heretic' podcaster and reporter. In recent months Andrew has established himself a leading voice in the anti-woke free speech broadcasting community, talking provocatively to natural rebels such as Robbie Williams, David Baddiel, John McWhorter, Jon Ronson, Amanda Knox, Richard Dawkins and Helen Lewis. Whether it's the excesses of the trans-rights movement, the campaign to close down debate about Covid or the politics of the great royal rift, Andrew has something interesting to say.


    For his fascinating new book he interviewed dozens of people with secrets - including cult members, fraudsters and violent prisoners - and he writes powerfully about how our ideas about secrecy, trust and exposure help define our world.


    If you want to support what we do and help us grow this podcast we now have a THANKYOU option on YouTube for donations starting at 2 UK pounds - find it by clicking on the 'three dots' next to the 'download' button.


    You can buy books from the authors we feature in our own bookshop, along with thousands of others. All profit are shared between podcasters and independent booksellers.


    https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-psychology-of-secrets-adventures-among-cults-psychopaths-and-murderers-andrew-gold/7525492?aid=12054&ean=9781035002597&


    This is a better link for anyone outside the UK looking to buy Andrew Gold's book

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Psychology-Secrets-Adventures-Murderers-Influencers/dp/1035002590/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=


    Looking for the perfect gift for a special scandalous someone - or someone you'd like to get scandalous with? We're here to help.

    https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ScandalMongers


    *** If you enjoy our work please consider clicking the YouTube subscribe button, even if you listen to us on an audio app. It will help our brand to grow and our content to reach new ears.


    Andrew Lownie...

    https://twitter.com/andrewlownie


    Phil Craig...

    https://twitter.com/philmcraig


    The Scandal Mongers...

    https://twitter.com/MongersPodcast


    You can get in touch with the show hosts via...

    [email protected]

    (place 'Scandal Mongers' in the heading please).


    Production by

    Theo X

    Kerem Isik


    Produced by...

    PodcastWorld.org


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.