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Season 1 Episode 17
What is fascism and where did it come from? No one admits to being a fascist yet it continues to be a term of abuse hurled on a regular basis. Tom Ho…
5 years, 2 months ago
Pompeii
Season 1 Episode 16
Pompeii
Why does Pompeii continue to hold such a fascination for so many people? And which secrets are still to be uncovered from beneath the ashes? D…
5 years, 2 months ago
Walls and Borders
Season 1 Episode 15
From the Great Wall of China to the Berlin Wall, history is littered with the building of barriers aimed at keeping people out, and sometimes in. Do …
5 years, 2 months ago
Historical Fiction
Season 1 Episode 14
Is the author’s responsibility to the quality of the novel or the truth of history? What makes a great historical novel and which authors have contri…
5 years, 2 months ago
Stephen Fry and Troy
Season 1 Episode 13
Stephen Fry is our guest on The Rest is History as he tells Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook about his enduring fascination with the Greek myths.
Le…
5 years, 3 months ago
Conspiracy Theories
Season 1 Episode 12
History is littered with conspiracy theories, from Popish plots to JFK’s assassination. But what makes people believe in them and how do they gain cu…
5 years, 3 months ago
Brexit
Season 1 Episode 11
As Britain leaves the EU, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook look at the best & worst comparisons from history that have been made to Brexit.
Learn m…
5 years, 3 months ago
Christmas
Season 1 Episode 10
Is Christmas an ancient ritual or was it invented by Dickens? Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland discuss the transformation of Christmas from public t…
5 years, 3 months ago
Causes of the First World War
Season 1 Episode 9
Whose fault was it? Does the question even make sense? Are wars always somebody's "fault"? Was it really the first global war? And should Britain hav…
5 years, 3 months ago
The Echo of a Coffee House
Season 1 Episode 8
Social media has colonised the world but is it really a new phenomenon? Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook debate the effects of technical innovations…
5 years, 4 months ago