The Quilkin
By Benjo Taylor
Welcome to The Quilkin. Benjo Taylor - who is not an historian - presents a series of curious stories from history. Which is challenging. Because he's not an historian.
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The Flight of Mathias Rust
Benjo tells the unlikely story of Mathias Rust, intersected by a brief talk on cheese. -
The Gin Palace
In the first ever - and possibly last ever - episode, Benjo tells the story of the ship with three names.Corrections:The instruction placques were in Turkish rather than Arabic.There may have been more than two ferrets.