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The Trials of Oscar Wilde: Downfall and Prison (Part 2)
Episode 342
It’s 1895, and with the libel case brought against the Marquess of Queensbury having collapsed, Oscar Wilde is now arrested and charged with committi…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Trials of Oscar Wilde: Sex and Scandal (Part 1)
Episode 341
“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” As his most popular work, "The Importance of Being Earnest", hints at, Oscar Wilde’s life was a complica…
2 years, 9 months ago
Hadrian and Antinous
Episode 340
A mysterious death on the Nile, an unconventional love affair, a Roman-Greek hero turned God - the story of Hadrian and Antinous is full of intrigue.…
2 years, 9 months ago
Ireland: The Easter Rising, 1916 (Part 4)
Episode 339
The Easter Rising began in Dublin's General Post Office on Easter Monday, 24th April 1916, with Patrick Pearse’s dramatic proclamation of the Irish R…
2 years, 10 months ago
Ireland: Home Rule, Mutiny - and Civil War? (Part 3)
Episode 338
The year is 1912. The bitter arguments about Home Rule for Ireland are reaching boiling point. But with Ulster in uproar, the Tories encouraging muti…
2 years, 10 months ago
Ireland: Union, Famine and Parnell (Part 2)
Episode 337
At the start of the 19th century, the kingdoms of Britain and Ireland were officially 'united' with the Acts of Union. Historian Paul Rouse continues…
2 years, 10 months ago
Ireland: Celts, Conquest and Cromwell (Part 1)
Episode 336
“In every generation the Irish people have asserted their right to national freedom and sovereignty; six times during the past three hundred years th…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Freemasons: History's Greatest Conspiracy Theory
Episode 335
A grubby, secretive cabal of devil worshippers that run the world, or a fraternity of like-minded individuals who enjoy eccentric rituals? Freemasonr…
2 years, 10 months ago
Athens and the Birth of Democracy
Episode 334
What did "demos" really mean to the Athenians? Why were women such a crucial part of Athenian democracy? And who was the Tom Wamsgams of Athens? Join…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Republic of Britain: Life under Cromwell
Episode 333
It's 1649 and a new republic has been declared, the Commonwealth of England. It's an age of 17th century republicanism, difficult policies in Ireland…
2 years, 10 months ago