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Manx History, Heritage & Culture Podcasts

Manx History, Heritage & Culture:

MANX RADIO HOLD NEWS:

  • OLD NEWS 09 FEBRUARY 2025 Beer!

    It's been proudly brewed on the Isle of Man for centuries - but how has beer fared in the news over the generations? And why? Beer for breakfast anyone?!

 MANX RADIO'S ISLAND LIFE SERIES:

  • LOCAL ELECTIONS SPECIAL

    It’s been four years since the last round of local authority elections were held on the Island and seven constituencies elected new members to these boards. But what does it take to be a commissioner or councillor and why should we care about our local authorities? Local Democracy Reporter Emma Draper finds out more, chatting to the current Leader of Douglas Council Claire Wells, Garff Commissioner Melanie Christian, Ramsey Commissioner Lamara Craine, Peel Commissioner and former DOI Minister Ray Harmer, as well as former commissioners and current MHKs Michelle Haywood and Lawrie Hooper.

AT YOUR SERVICE:

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: 

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 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.