{"id":773,"date":"2017-02-25T11:48:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-25T11:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/?p=773"},"modified":"2017-02-25T11:48:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T11:48:53","slug":"how-to-be-a-good-tour-guide-telling-stories-is-the-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/ru\/how-to-be-a-good-tour-guide-telling-stories-is-the-key\/","title":{"rendered":"How to be a good tour guide — telling stories is the key!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is what I want to do — in my work, and now in this blog.<\/p>\n

One of the best examples of exciting history story-telling that I ever came across is the British History Podcast. I came across is when researching Anglo-Saxons for the British Museum tour, and have been absolutely captivated by Jamie the presenter’s style.<\/p>\n

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The website says, ‘The BHP is a chronological retelling of the history of Britain with a particular focus upon the lives of the people.’ <\/p>\n

Actually, it is much more than that. It is just the right mixture of meticulously researched historical content and a captivating manner of presenting it. To me, it goes like a detective story, with a cliff-hanger at the end of the episode!<\/p>\n

The best example is the first Sutton Hoo podcast — a must for everyone doing Anglo-Saxons as part of  primary school history curriculum:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.thebritishhistorypodcast.com\/128-sutton-hoo-the-finding-of-raedwald-and-rabbits\/<\/p>\n

Lilia loved that one, and the first part of the following episode, which gives a vivid imagery of what it was like to be present at a cremation ceremony of a real life Anglo-Saxon, with sounds and smells of burning a body on a huge funeral pyre!<\/p>\n

Well, some episodes are more exciting than others, but for me, every little detail of historic importance is worth knowing, and I am savouring every one of them, being only half way through Anglo-Saxons, and they are over 230 episodes, and only up to King Alfred!<\/p>\n

It felt a bit weird at the start to listen to British History in an American accent, quite used to that after the first few episodes.<\/p>\n

I became a member, not just because I can get special members only episodes and transcripts, but also I love supporting this great project. I met Jamie in person during last months’ BHP in London, and although I was there only briefly, it was a great pleasure to have a chat with the BHP team and other followers, hopefully, they will have more of those going in the future.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, I will do my best to tell stories from history, from everywhere we go on our adventures.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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