3min chapter

No Such Thing As A Fish cover image

303: No Such Thing As Suckling's Column

No Such Thing As A Fish

CHAPTER

The Nelson Touch To

Nelson's mother died when he was either eight, nine or 10. He claimed to remember her well but then the only concrete thing he remembered about her was that she hated the French. So crowds thought he was rubbish and a German onlooker at the crowd called him 'a more miserable collection of bones and a whizzened frame I have never yet come across' Nelson had the crack kicked out of him at war - he lost an arm. But if he had a six pack and he also invented the phrase, the Nelson touch to. What does that mean? It's about having some kind of brilliant naval strategy.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode