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Royal Mistresses
The role of the royal mistress may, on the face of it, seem a simple position but in reality, there was a lot more to being a royal mistress than it …
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The Bombing of Nagasaki
The second atomic strike on the city of Nagasaki is less well known than the one a few days earlier on Hiroshima, but was it more influential in forc…
4 years, 7 months ago
The Ultimate Cold War Spy Story
A Soviet double agent at the top of his game, a deadly game of cat and mouse with the KGB and one of the most daring escapes of the Cold War from the…
4 years, 7 months ago
The Origins of English
Approximately 1.35 billion people use it, either as a first or second language, so English and the way that we speak it has a daily impact on huge nu…
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The Birth of the Internet
In the last 30 years, the internet has utterly changed the world in which we live and is now as vital as electricity in our daily lives. August 6, 19…
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Canada Confronts Its Past
The discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at former Canadian residential schools have has led to a crisis of identity for the country as it comes …
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How WWI Began
On August 4, 1914, Britain declared war on Germany and entered the First World War. This was a conflict of unparalleled savagery with industrialized …
4 years, 7 months ago
Britain's Forgotten Olympic Heroes
The Olympics are a sporting event like no other and in this episode, we celebrate two great British Olympians of the past Anita Neil and Hugh 'Jumbo'…
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The Fall and Rise of India's Royal Families
One aspect of India's independence that is often overlooked is the role of India's princely states; the Maharajas. During the Raj, these states had b…
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The Spanish Armada
In 1588 the English Navy defeated one of the greatest fleets ever assembled; the Spanish Armada. A week of running battles in the English Channel cul…
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