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Episode 378
Baghdad was a place of fabulous sophistication and teeming multitudes, where terrible things could happen, but great wonders could also be found… Dur…
2 years, 5 months ago
Baghdad: Crossroads of the Universe
Episode 377
“No city in the world will ever rival it for prosperity...“ Baghdad, originally a Christian village in Iraq, was chosen by the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mans…
2 years, 5 months ago
Baghdad: The Forging of Islam
Episode 376
A story of great myth and of huge historical significance, the foundation of Baghdad is a fundamental episode in the development of Islam. The Umayya…
2 years, 6 months ago
Hitler and the Mitford Sisters
Episode 375
The Mitfords were the most glamorous aristocrats on the London scene in the 1920s, with at their head Diana, the most beautiful woman in London, who …
2 years, 6 months ago
The Battle of Cable Street: Fascism Defeated
Episode 374
“You will never catch Sir Oswald admitting to anti-semitism - all he does is embody it!”
Following the violent scenes at Kensington Olympia, the Briti…
2 years, 6 months ago
Oswald Mosley: Fascist Leader
Episode 373
The fascists in Britain have found a leader known across the country: the sinister yet complex Oswald Mosley. Following stints as an MP for both the …
2 years, 6 months ago
The Birth of British Fascism
Episode 372
The cultural roots of fascism swirled around Britain at the turn of the 20th century, as medieval nostalgia, an obsession with hygiene, anti-semitism…
2 years, 6 months ago
The 1973 Chilean Coup: General Pinochet Seizes Power
Episode 371
The U.S. have given up on ousting the socialist President Allende through democratic means, and shift to a more militaristic approach, in the form of…
2 years, 6 months ago
The 1973 Chilean Coup: Allende, Nixon and the CIA
Episode 370
In the midst of the Cold War, the 1973 coup against the socialist Chilean president Salvador Allende, led by General Pinochet with the support of Ric…
2 years, 6 months ago
PAX: War and Peace in Rome’s Golden Age (Extract)
In anticipation of the U.S. release of PAX, here’s the book’s introduction for you to enjoy, read by its author, our very own Tom Holland…
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2 years, 6 months ago