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Episode 1628
If – or when – a nuclear bomb was dropped on Cold War Britain, the nation was primed to react fast. When the sirens sounded, children would run home …
3 years, 3 months ago
Wild urban spaces: a history
Episode 1627
In recent years, discussions about sustainability and how we can create greener, more environmentally conscious urban spaces have been at the forefro…
3 years, 3 months ago
Boudica’s rebellion: a blood-soaked blow to the Roman empire
Episode 1626
Rome’s conquest of Britain in the first century AD was a brutal affair, as was the revolt against it led by Boudica. Duncan Mackay guides David Musgr…
3 years, 3 months ago
What did the Tudors wear?
Episode 1625
How many pieces of clothing did the average Tudor own? Did women in the 16th century have specialised maternity wear? And what was behind the fascina…
3 years, 3 months ago
WW2 the big questions: the build up
Episode 1624
In the first episode of our podcast series The Big Questions of the Second World War, historian and broadcaster Laurence Rees explains some of the sh…
3 years, 3 months ago
British castles: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1623
What was the interior design like in medieval castles? Why were so many of these fortresses built in Wales? And what was it like to live in one? In o…
3 years, 3 months ago
The mindset behind the Holocaust
Episode 1622
The Holocaust is an event so vast and terrible it can often be hard to wrap our heads around it. But what motivated those who perpetrated horrific cr…
3 years, 3 months ago
Grisly killings & mysterious motives: murder in early modern Britain
Episode 1621
Today’s modern fascination with true crime is nothing new – our early modern ancestors also devoured sensational stories of brutal deaths and shockin…
3 years, 3 months ago
The man who almost discovered the double helix
Episode 1620
Seventy years since James Watson and Francis Crick first revealed DNA’s double-helix structure, Dr Kersten Hall shares the story of the scientist who…
3 years, 3 months ago
Marriage, Middlemarch & male pseudonyms: George Eliot’s unconventional life
Episode 1619
George Eliot is hailed as one of the greatest novelists of the 19th century. And in many ways the writer’s life was just as fascinating as her work. …
3 years, 3 months ago