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History Hack: King John’s Queens
Episode 656
Kristen McQuinn joins us to discuss two Isabellas, Gloucester and Angouleme, who had the misfortune to find themselves married to this unpopular king…
4 years ago
History Hack: Victorian Social Housing
Episode 654
Nina Harkrader returns to talk all about the early principles of social housing in Britain.
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4 years ago
History Hack: Medicine Since 1750
Episode 648
Dr Claire Jones joins us to discuss how medicine has changed and why we are guilty of ignoring some important people in the history of medicine over …
4 years ago
History Hack: The Varangian Guard
Episode 657
James Holloway joins us to talk about the history, myth and reality behind this legendary Byzantine unit
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4 years ago
Hedge-Hopping with Matt Bone: Typhoon Legacy with Ian Slater
Episode 661
In British Columbia, Canada, Typhoon Legacy are rebuilding Hawker Typhoon JP843 to airworthiness. JP843 was lost with her pilot, Kiwi Peter Price, on…
4 years ago
History Hack: Pirate Killers
Episode 655
Graham Thomas joins us to discuss his new book on the Royal Navy's attempts to deal with African piracy.
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4 years ago
History Hack: Retreat on the Western Front
Episode 653
History Hack regular Andrew Lock joins us to commemorate the 105th anniversary of the German Army's voluntary withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line at th…
4 years ago
History Hack: Disability in the Tudor Period
Episode 652
Philippa Vincent-Connolly joins Zack to chat about her new book looking at the stigma (or lack of) that was attached to being disabled during the Tud…
4 years ago
History Hack: Napoleonic War Graves
Episode 651
Zack takes the stage to talk all about the preservation and creation of adequate graves and memorials to the fallen of the Napoleonic and Revolutiona…
4 years, 1 month ago
History Hack: Spaniards in WW2
Episode 647
Sean Scullion chats to Zack about the remarkable stories of the Spaniards who served in the British Army during the Second World War - there are some…
4 years, 1 month ago