Podcast Episodes

The Hundred Years' War

Over 100 years of conflict, two warring nations, five monarchs on either side and countless casualties in a dispute over claims to the throne: in this episode, Gone Medieval's Matt Lewis unravels the…

Published on 4 years ago

Discovered! Rare Celtic Coins in the New Forest

In a special episode of the podcast, Dan and his team hit the road after receiving a call about the discovery of a hoard of rare Iron Age coins, at a secret location in the New Forest. At the St Barb…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Ridley Scott on Gucci, Gladiator and the Blitz

Please note that this episode contains the use of explicit language right from the very beginning.  

Ridley Scott, a prolific director and producer, is responsible for some of the most critically accl…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Arnold Schwarzenegger on Churchill's Birthday

Actor and former Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger joins Dan in conversation on today's podcast about Winston Churchill, who was born on this day in 1874. They talk about Arnie's admiratio…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill was many things a writer, politician, journalist, painter but the defining aspect of his career was as a war leader. Warfare infused his life from its very beginning due to his rela…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

The Complicated Legacy of F W de Klerk

The result of his complicated legacy, the death of South Africa's last apartheid president, F W de Klerk, on November 11 2021 generated a flood of differing assessments. De Klerk wrote himself into t…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

The Rise of the Praetorian Guard

From Gladiator to Rome Total War to Star Wars, today the Praetorians are one of the most distinctive military units of Imperial Rome. It was their job to protect the Roman Emperor and his household, …

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

The British Spy who Saved Jews from Hitler

Thomas Kendrick was at the very centre of British Intelligence operations throughout the first half of the twentieth century. He combined a public face of an English gentleman whilst privately master…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

From the Punjab to the Western Front

Over a million Indian soldiers served during the First World War, but many of the records of the soldiers who fought valiantly for the Allied cause had been lost - hiding their stories from history. …

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

The British Monarchy

The British Monarchy is a thread that has run throughout the history of Britain but over the centuries it has been a constantly evolving institution. From the warrior kings of early England steeped i…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago