Giovanni Paolo Panini, Modern Rome, 1757. Met Museum.

I am so excited to share that the latest BBC HistoryExtra podcast had me answering lots of different questions about, and sharing highly entertaining stories from, the Grand Tour. It’s a topic I’m fascinated by, so I am so grateful to have been a part of the show!

The Grand Tour was the original gap year for wealthy Britons, mainly during the eighteenth century. Often it is discussed as only young men taking part (before they settled down in their responsibilities!), but many women, and people from different walks of life, took to continental Europe in this time to soak up languages, history and culture.

You can listen on Spotify below, I hope you enjoy!