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How Poets Spoke Truth to Power
Episode 484
Throughout history, the words of poets have often ignited change or unsettled those in power. In England particularly, poetry has both celebrated and…
9 months, 1 week ago
Dark Side of the Quakers
Episode 483
**Contains story of a young male suicide**
Out of the devastation of the English Civil Wars, a radical new religious movement was born. The early Quak…
9 months, 1 week ago
Mother of All Tudors: Margaret Beaufort
Episode 482
Step into the turbulent heart of the Wars of the Roses and meet one of history’s most formidable survivors: Lady Margaret Beaufort.
A child bride, a t…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Origins of Free Speech
Episode 481
Free speech is today more contested than ever before. In many places, differing views about politics, sex, and religion are suppressed and punished. …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Raleigh and the Lost Colony of Roanoke
Episode 480
What happened to the lost colony of Roanoke?
In the 1580s Sir Walter Raleigh set about establishing a permanent English colony on Roanoke Island, off …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Tudor True Crime: Who Murdered Lord Darnley?
Episode 479
**Contains accounts of murder and sexual violence**
After an explosion rocked Edinburgh in February 1567, Lord Darnley - husband to Mary, Queen of Sco…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Hans Holbein: New Discoveries
Episode 478
Henry VIII’s commanding gaze, Thomas More’s intellect, Anne of Cleves’ cautious poise; Hans Holbein’s portraits didn’t just depict the Tudors, they d…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
The Rise of St Paul's Cathedral
Episode 477
St Paul’s Cathedral still dominates the London skyline, defiant, majestic, timeless. Yet, its story begins in the ashes of the Great Fire of London o…
10 months ago
What if Guy Fawkes had succeeded?
Episode 476
On 5 November 1605, Guy Fawkes became infamous not for what he achieved, but for what he failed to do: kill King James VI & I and bring down the Brit…
10 months ago
King vs. Emperor: The Battle of Pavia, 1525
Episode 475
500 years ago, the fields outside Pavia in Italy became the stage for one of the most dramatic and decisive battles of the Renaissance. Francis I of …
10 months, 1 week ago