Manx History, Heritage & Culture Podcasts

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Manx History, Heritage & Culture:

MANX RADIO OLD NEWS:

• OLD NEWS 12 FEBRUARY 2026 Golf Links Hotel

  As we hear about plans to redevelop the Golf Links Hotel site in recent news, H looks through the archives to find how the iconic building has featured in the press over the years

 MANX RADIO'S ISLAND LIFE SERIES:

• A Day in the Life of... Ben Hartley

  In this World Radio Day special of 'A Day in the Life of...', Siobhán Fletcher only ventured across the corridor in Manx Radio, as we hear from our very own Ben Hartley.Alongside this podcast you can see what they got up to here

THE ARCHIVE ROOM:

• A few more of the best bits - suspicions about Santa and stories from someone who never gives interviews!

  Another chance to hear a few gems from the shelf marked 'Christmas' in the Archive Room - including an interview with Geraldine Jamieson - the Manx Radio presenter who never gave interviews!

AT YOUR SERVICE:

• Richard Andrew shares some stories that have shaped his life - and David Wilkinson takes a close look at a kiss!

  Current President of the Methodist Conference, Rev'd Richard Andrew - on a recent visit to the Isle of Man - shares some of the stories of people and places that have shaped his life as an ordained minister - and Rev'd Professor David Wilkinson has a very original way of showing how science and religion - far from opposing each other - actually help our understanding of both. Plus music from hymnwriter Fanny Crosby, and our usual notice board.

PAUSE FOR A POEM:

• 1. PAUSE FOR A POEM - Joan Bennett

  Join H as he turns back the years and flips through the pages of "Pause for a Poem" - a Manx Radio feature back in 1970s. Did you feature?!

MANX RADIO AT 60:

• Manx Radio at 60: The Last Look

  John Moss takes a final trip into the archives to relive some of the finest interviews and features we've brought you throughout our 60th anniversary year.

KELLY'S EYE: 

• KELLY'S EYE - CLARENCE TERRACE

  David and Peter look at well-known terrace from the 1840s and some new buildings there . .

ISLE OF MAN HERITAGE RAILWAYS: 

• MANX ELECTRIC RAILWAYS 130th ANNIVERSARY

  A continuation of Mike Buttell's journey through history on our Heritage Transport in a year of Anniversary Celebrations.  This week: Mike completes the journey to Ramsey, remembers a landslip that might have seen the end of the Railway and reveals a top secret service at the top of Snaefell, in this final part of our series about the Island's pioneering and much loved form of transport.

TERRY CRINGLE'S HISTORY MAN:

• The History Man - 18th December 2022

  In this archive edition, Terry looks at the history of Noble's Hospital.

THE CHARLES GUARD SERIES

• Giles Job relives childhood memories of Derby Castle

  Giles Job lived in the Derby Castle Hotel as a child in the late 1940s. At the time the building was divided into two apartments and he and his family lived in one of them.
  On a recent visit to the Isle of Man he took the opportunity to talk to Charles Guard about his memories of the living there, including anecdotes about the Derby Castle theatre, the dance hall and the underground maze of cellars and passages that he explored as a young boy.
   

 

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