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The March on Washington
On August 28, 1963, some 200,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. to protest the continuing inequalities faced by…
3 years, 6 months ago
Storytime with the Snows: 1066
1066 is one of the most critical and dramatic years in British history. In the space of one year, the country had three kings, three major battles an…
3 years, 6 months ago
Richard III: How to find a Lost King
In August 1485, King Richard III was killed at the Battle of Bosworth. In 2012, having been lost for over 500 years, the remains of King Richard III …
3 years, 6 months ago
Witches
What comes to your mind when you think of a witch? Broomsticks? Black cats? Warts?
Early modern witchcraft expert, John Callow, is Betwixt the Sheets …
3 years, 6 months ago
The Revolution of The Chinese Script
What does it take to reinvent the world's oldest living language? China today is one of the world's most powerful nations, yet just a century ago it …
3 years, 6 months ago
The Voyage That Kickstarted Globalisation
In February 1882 the SS Dunedin departed New Zealand on a voyage that would revolutionise the way we eat and kickstart the globalisation of the world…
3 years, 7 months ago
100 Years of British Political Nightmares
Over Britain’s first century of mass democracy, from the Great Depression to the pandemic, politics has lurched from crisis to crisis. How does this …
3 years, 7 months ago
Warships
Today we are talking warships: from the revolutionary Tudor ships to modern aircraft carriers, and all the innovations along the way.
In this episode …
3 years, 7 months ago
What happened to the bones of the Waterloo battlefield?
In June 1815 the French army under the command of Napoleon was decisively beaten by an allied army led by Britain and Prussia at Waterloo in what is …
3 years, 7 months ago
Walter Purdy: The Traitor of Colditz
In the Second World War, the Germans liked to boast that there was 'no escape' from the infamous fortress and POW camp Colditz. However, the elite Br…
3 years, 7 months ago