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Back to SearchHow to be a Victorian
Episode 2480
The Victorian period was a time of great economic, cultural and technological change. But what was it like to actually live through it? Speaking to I…
5 months ago
"The streets will run with blood!": the uprising that shook Victorian Britain
Episode 2479
In 1838, a 6ft Cornishman going by the name of Sir William Courtenay led an insurrection in rural Kent. Courtenay claimed he was Jesus Christ – and a…
5 months ago
Pocahontas: life of the week
Episode 2478
Pocahontas's life is shrouded in myth – but how much of that lore is true? Speaking to Emily Briffett, historian Camilla Townsend brings us face to f…
5 months ago
The ruthless revolution that made Britain great
Episode 2477
The spinning jenny and steam power may be the textbook markers of the Industrial Revolution – but Edmond Smith argues the story starts earlier, and r…
5 months ago
The Magna Carta myth
Episode 2476
Magna Carta may be associated today with power, liberty and freedom – but those weren’t quite the concerns back in 1215. So what did the barons reall…
5 months, 1 week ago
Terrible puns and filthy limericks: the Victorian sense of humour
Episode 2475
Queen Victoria was – so legend has it – famously 'not amused'. But, as Dr Bob Nicholson reveals in this episode of the HistoryExtra podcast, the long…
5 months, 1 week ago
What your hands say about you – according to history
Episode 2474
What do your hands reveal about you? Historian Alison Bashford joins Elinor Evans to explore the extraordinary history of how people have interpreted…
5 months, 1 week ago
Thomas More: life of the week
Episode 2473
Thomas More is best remembered as a martyr and a saint, but the circumstances of his death were just one facet of his controversial life. Historian a…
5 months, 1 week ago
Going on strike in ancient Rome
Episode 2472
Strikes and unions may seem like modern inventions, but they’ve existed for much longer than many of us realise. Historian Sarah E Bond talks to Jon …
5 months, 1 week ago
Magna Carta: king v barons
Episode 2471
In the early 13th century, England was a kingdom under pressure, as the challenges posed by King John’s reign had left the realm restless. By 1215, t…
5 months, 2 weeks ago