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The Rise of China
How has China become the economic superpower that it is today? The decades since the death of Chairman Mao Zedong have seen an unprecedented economic…
3 years, 3 months ago
Sportswashing and the Nazi Olympics
With the 2022 FIFA World Cup well underway, the phenomenon of sportswashing is once again in everybody's minds. Autocracies and democracies alike hav…
3 years, 3 months ago
Life in Tudor England
What was life really like in Tudor England? This was a society where monarchy was under strain, the church was in crisis and contending with war, reb…
3 years, 3 months ago
A Short History of The World
How can you condense the history of the world into a book? Well-celebrated historian Simon Sebag Montefiore does just that in his new epic. He takes …
3 years, 3 months ago
Atlantis: Deciphering The Truth
Atlantis is one of the most compelling legends - an advanced, mythical civilisation, wiped out by an unknown phenomenon. The allure of this civilisat…
3 years, 3 months ago
Owain Glyndwr and The Welsh Revolt
England plays Wales in the World Cup today so it only makes sense that Dan looks back at what's often called Wales' last war of Independence against …
3 years, 3 months ago
The Legacy of Rome
Rome has attracted aspiring conquerors and leaders for millennia, not just as a great metropolis, but as an idea. It has long been a symbol of milita…
3 years, 3 months ago
Plagues
From a plague in Athens during the Peloponnesian War in 430 BCE, to another in 540 that wiped out half the population of the Roman empire, down throu…
3 years, 3 months ago
A Short History of Scotland and England's Union
Yesterday the UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Scottish government is not allowed to hold a second independence referendum without Westmin…
3 years, 3 months ago
Kings and Queens: Villains, Heroes and Rulers
Dan teams up with his parents and esteemed journalists Peter Snow and Ann MacMillan to explore the lives, loves, triumphs and disasters of a monarchy…
3 years, 4 months ago