Pockets (from Here For The History)

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You can also enjoy a range of our podcasts ad free. with an Amazon music subscription. Hello, in our time listeners. What an honor it is to be dropping into your feed while Misha Glenny takes a well earned summer break. I'm Alice Loxton. And I'm Ben Henderson, and we're delighted to be able to tell you about our new history podcast, which we hope you'll like. It's called Here for the History, and each episode we find out how stories from the past have shaped our lives in the present.

I want to start our chat today with a famous quote, which has been slightly altered, you might recognise parts of it. It is a truth universally acknowledged. That a woman in possession of a good dress Is in want of a pocket. That's right. This is loosely based on the opening lines of Pride and Prejudice, her most famous novel. And this week we're looking at Pockets, um, which is a bit

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