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Season 1 Episode 47
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are joined by historian and broadcaster Dan Snow to discuss the biggest event of the 18th century - The Seven Years…
4 years, 11 months ago
Culture Wars
Season 1 Episode 46
The battle lines are drawn as Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook get involved in this most timely of subjects.
They discuss the historical significance…
4 years, 11 months ago
Top Ten Eunuchs
Season 1 Episode 45
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook cross their legs and rank the best Eunuchs in history.
From religious fanatics to operatic singers, they discuss the…
4 years, 11 months ago
Season 1 Episode 44
It is perhaps the best known year in English history. But why has it endured in the national consciousness? Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook talk th…
4 years, 11 months ago
Season 1 Episode 43
It is arguably the most important year in modern history. With the British Expeditionary Force trapped at Dunkirk, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain…
4 years, 11 months ago
The Wild West
Season 1 Episode 42
Podcasting’s answer to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - that’s Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook of course - explore the Wild West in both fact a…
4 years, 11 months ago
Persia
Season 1 Episode 41
It is one of the truly great civilisations in world history and yet the story of Persia has faded from view in the west. Tom Holland and Dominic Sand…
5 years ago
History as Entertainment
Season 1 Episode 40
From re-enactment to reinforcing capitalism through the board game Monopoly. Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland examine the history of games and the p…
5 years ago
Elizabeth I
Season 1 Episode 39
She famously claimed to have the heart and stomach of a king and remains one of Britain’s most talked about monarchs, despite having reigned more tha…
5 years ago
Communism
Season 1 Episode 38
It was one of the great political ideologies of the 20th century, vying with capitalism for supremacy.
Now communism has retreated from the political …
5 years ago