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American Civil War: The Causes (Part 1)
Episode 200
Welcome to The Rest Is History 'American Civil War' series.
The release schedule of the four episodes is as follows:
The Causes (Monday 27th June)
Outbr…
4 years, 2 months ago
Stonehenge
Episode 199
On today's pod Tom and Dominic are joined by Stonehenge expert Mike Pitts to discuss all the big questions that surround Stonehenge:
Who built it? How…
4 years, 2 months ago
ARCHIVE: Watergate (Part 2)
Watergate 50th Anniversary re-release (Part 2):
Last October we recorded a two part special on the remarkable political story which became known as Wa…
4 years, 2 months ago
ARCHIVE: Watergate (Part 1)
Watergate 50th Anniversary re-release:
Last October we recorded a two part special on the remarkable political story which became known as Watergate.
T…
4 years, 2 months ago
Cleopatra's Downfall (Part 4)
Episode 198
Join Tom and Dominic for the fourth and final instalment in their Cleopatra mini-series, as they discuss Octavian's propaganda, the war he waged agai…
4 years, 2 months ago
Antony & Cleopatra (Part 3)
Episode 197
After centuries of Cleopatra and Mark Antony’s relationship being told and fictionalised by Plutarch and Shakespeare alike, Tom Holland and Dominic S…
4 years, 2 months ago
Julius Caesar & Cleopatra (Part 2)
Episode 196
Join Tom and Dominic for the second episode of this four part mini-series on Cleopatra, where they discuss her relationship with Julius Caesar and th…
4 years, 2 months ago
Young Cleopatra (Part 1)
Episode 195
Welcome to The Rest Is History Cleopatra series!
The release schedule of the four episodes is as follows:
Young Cleopatra (Monday 13th June)
Julius Caes…
4 years, 2 months ago
The First Fascist
Episode 194
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the 'first' fascist, Gabriele D'Annunzio, with historian Lucy Hughes-Hallett.
D'Annunzio was a key figure in…
4 years, 2 months ago
How Prime Ministers Fall
Episode 193
As British PM Boris Johnson survives a no confidence vote, Tom and Dominic record a special episode on the history of bringing down Prime Ministers. …
4 years, 2 months ago