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David Musgrove introduces listeners to Bob Carlisle; Victorian celebrity, seafarer, lion tamer and ‘wheelbarrow pedestrian’

Published: February 22, 2024 at 6:00 AM

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Bob Carlisle was a Victorian influencer and minor celebrity; a global seafarer, circus clown and lion tamer, and Britain’s original long-distance ‘wheelbarrow pedestrian’. This new six-part series sees David Musgrove recover the story of this widely forgotten and larger-than-life character. In this first episode, David talks to historians Valerie Sanders and Bob Nicholson to explore Bob’s early life and investigate what his experiences can tell us about life-writing and the media in 19th-century Britain.

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Authors

Dr David Musgrove, FSAContent director

David Musgrove is the content director at HistoryExtra

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