Empire (podcast) Tickets

In each of these special shows, they’ll explore the extraordinary history of ordinary drinks.

From the breakfast drinking habits of the East India Company men who were so scared to drink the local water that they ‘purified’ it by adding alcohol, to the British obsession with tea leading to the outbreak of war, you can expect lots of surprising historical insights, as well as answers to audience questions!

For most of human history, the world has been ruled by empires. From the first in the 24th century BC right up to the present, empires have risen and fallen like the ebbs and flows of the tide, altering history with every wash. Through this they have shaped the very world around us today. To understand that world, you have to understand the empires that made it.