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What Is an Oligarch?
The use of the word ‘Oligarch’ has been increasingly rampant across international news outlets since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine just weeks ago. But…
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The Steam Engine and Simultaneous Invention
The revolution in speed ground to a halt in the 1960s. The previous half-century saw great leaps in how quickly people could get from place to place:…
3 years, 9 months ago
The Assassination of Julius Caesar: Explained
March 15th 44BC is perhaps the most notorious date in all of ancient history. On that fateful day, the Ides of March, 55-year-old Roman dictator Gaiu…
3 years, 9 months ago
The KGB in Ukraine
The KGB was the main security agency for the Soviet Union. Tasked with surveillance and rooting out dissidents, religious practitioners and anti-gove…
3 years, 9 months ago
My Dad Wrote a History Hit!
In this special episode Dan Snow teams up with Alice Levine, Jamie Morton and James Cooper from My Dad Wrote A Porno to chat about all things sex and…
3 years, 9 months ago
The Origins of Kyiv
24th of February 2022 marked the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This episode of Gone Medieval looks at the origins of its capital city, K…
3 years, 10 months ago
Preventing Nuclear War
While Ukraine fights to defend itself from Russian forces, Putin makes a nuclear threat to the west and the rest of the world. Dr Jeremy Garlick, Ass…
3 years, 10 months ago
Endurance22: Shackleton's Lost Ship Discovered!
Ernest Shackleton's famous shipwreck the Endurance has been found! This is the exclusive behind the scenes story of how the international crew of the…
3 years, 10 months ago
War, Women and the 1921 Census
After World War One women outnumbered men by the highest margin in recorded history, even compared to after World War Two. This had wide-reaching imp…
3 years, 10 months ago
Escape From a Nazi Concentration Camp
In April 1945, weeks before the Nazi defeat, nine women made a last-ditch escape from the concentration camp at Ravensbruck. The group, who had all b…
3 years, 10 months ago