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12 Days: The Murder of Thomas Becket and the Wounded Knee Massacre
Tom takes us through the murder of Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral in 1170, while Dominic looks at one of the United States' most tragic massac…
4 years, 8 months ago
12 Days: Massacre of the Innocents and the Tay Bridge disaster
In a suitably festive edition, Tom recounts the biblical story of King Herod's massacre of babies in Jerusalem, and Dominic remembers a rail disaster…
4 years, 8 months ago
12 Days: Port wine and Darwin sets sail
How the English's fondness for Portuguese fortified wine began, and the unlikely story of the voyage which inspired Charles Darwin's natural philosop…
4 years, 8 months ago
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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 months ago