Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
12 Days: Good King Wenceslas and the first Gilbert & Sullivan
Was Wenceslas good? Was he a king? And Dominic remembers the popular Victorian light opera maestros first production "Thespis".
*The Rest Is History L…
4 years, 3 months ago
12 Days: Coronation of Charlemagne and the collapse of the Soviet Union
To kick off our 12 Days of Christmas mini-series, Tom and Dominic remember the birth of the Holy Roman Empire and Mikhail Gorbachev's resignation
*The…
4 years, 3 months ago
Christmas churches
Episode 133
Fan favourite Rachel Morley from Friends of Friendless Churches is back to count down her top ten churches with a festive connection
Go to restishisto…
4 years, 3 months ago
A Christmas Carol
Season 1 Episode 132
Join Tom and Dominic in this festive special as they retrace the steps of Scrooge, Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim in an episode dedicated to Charles Dicke…
4 years, 3 months ago
The 1960s (preview)
In Tom and Dominic's inaugural livestream for the Rest is History Club, we dive into one of the most seminal decades in modern history: the 1960s. Sh…
4 years, 3 months ago
Burgundy: Europe's forgotten superpower
Episode 131
Now mostly overlooked by history, Burgundy was a major political and cultural power in western Europe during the Middle Ages, rivalling France and En…
4 years, 3 months ago
Superheroes
Episode 130
From their origins in the 1930's running parallel to the rise of fascism in Europe, to the Adam West camp of the 1960's, to the gritty modern reboots…
4 years, 3 months ago
Cricket
Episode 129
How did a game played by peasants in the English countryside as early as the 17th century evolve into one of the most popular sports in the world? Jo…
4 years, 4 months ago
History's greatest clubs (preview)
A chance to peek behind the curtain into the new weekly bonus episode for subscribers to the Rest Is History Club. As well as the extra episode, subs…
4 years, 4 months ago
Rasputin
Episode 128
The peasant who became one of the most influential figures in the final days of the Russian Empire is an unbelievable story. But how much of the goss…
4 years, 4 months ago