Little Knowledge Podcast

10/10/2025

Little Knowledge Podcast

Caldicot Castle. once owned by the illustrious de Bohun family, and then Edward III's son Thomas of Woodstock (Shakespeare gives him more than a shout-out in his play 'Richard II') has had a storied, but occasionally forgotten, history. Here Goff and Paul mull on a 14th century murder, how a certain cradle yet again makes an appearance, and on the 19th century conversion of the ruined castle into a family home by J.R. Cobb. We also touch on such historic ships as HMS Foudroyant, HMS Trincomolee and the ill-fated HMS Implacable, which all have strong links to Caldicot Castle.

https://youtu.be/iuOuRg9wXmY?si=Tow7nLSe4CSkZakx

12/09/2025

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Great to see FoNMAG members and newcomers yesterday at Newport Museum and Art Gallery for the first of our 2025 autumn/winter evening events. Thanks to Harley Jones, former Head of Newport Film School for the talk about his life in film and to all who came along.

FoNMAG's next talk will be on October 14th at 7pm when local historian, Paul Busby will talk about Thomas Protheroe. Paul co-hosts Little Knowledge Podcast on local history with Goff Morgan. As always, the talk will be free to members and £3 to non-members.

Picture: Harley Jones presents 'My Life in Films' in the art gallery, 9/9/25.

01/08/2025

Apropo of nothing, Goff now has his own YouTube channel, and TikTok page thing (I don't know the precise term!).

As you may know, between 1991 and 2015 Goff was a regular contributor to BBC Radio Wales as a comic poet.

He has been dabbling with adapting his back catalogue of poems into songs with the help of AI Music Generators.

This is mostly for his own amusement, but he hopes it will amuse you too!

Please pop along when you have a moment and like, subscribe and share where appropriate.

https://youtube.com/?si=4a0OOikxiUF16_YE

https://www.tiktok.com/.morgan?_t=ZN-8yW59iFmKfe&_r=1

Goff Morgan is a multifaceted artist from Newport, Wales, renowned for his contributions as a poet, broadcaster, storyteller, and comedy actor. In 1997, Morgan was appointed as Newport's Town Poet, a role he held until 2000, making him the only official town poet in Wales during that period. Even af...

01/08/2025

At the heart of the immensely successful National Museum of History at St Fagan's, we have the Elizabethan house built on the imprint of a lost castle that for centuries was owned by such locally powerful families as the Lewises, Herberts and Windsor-Clives.
In this episode we discuss the purpose behind its creation, why it had to be sold to hunt for a legendary city of gold, how it was neglected, and then reborn as the home of the Earls of Plymouth.
Plus, Goff gets his teeth into another Victorian murder.

At the heart of the immensely successful National Museum of History at St Fagan's, we have the Elizabethan house built on the imprint of a lost castle that f...