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Directly quoted from to describe Britain in the late Iron Age, including settlement patterns and cultural characteristics

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Referenced when discussing Druids and human sacrifice, described as 'brilliant' on these topics. Hutton is also mentioned as having done episodes with the podcast and being 'a friend of the show'

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Dominic references 'your wonderful book, Pagan Britain' when asking Ronald Hutton about the elderly women found at Kimmeridge in Dorset with their heads chopped off and jaws removed.

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Described as Ronald Hutton's 'great book' - a history of the ritual year in Britain, cited for its discussion of Christmas and the December 25th date

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At the end of the episode, the hosts recommend this book (transcribed as 'statues of the sun') for readers interested in festive paganism, particularly as winter approaches.

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Described as being about 'the ritual year in Britain' and addressing questions about whether Halloween and Christmas go back to pagan times

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Mentioned during discussion of Oliver Cromwell - described as 'Ronald Hutton's absolutely... most recent book' and praised as 'absolutely fantastic' for locating Cromwell in the landscape and imaginative world of the 17th century, noted as first of a three-part biography

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Described as Ronald Hutton's 'most recent book' and praised as 'absolutely superb' for its treatment of Cromwell as well as its descriptions of the English countryside, seasons, flowers, and landscape.

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Described as Ronald Hutton's most recent book and praised as 'absolutely my history book of the year so far'

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The speaker mentions receiving this biography as a Christmas present from their uncle David Gregory around 1990, describing it as 'a great book'

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Given to the speaker by their uncle, described as 'the best named academic text I've ever come across,' containing an essay about the challenge of writing about paganism