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Back to SearchBeer history: everything you wanted to know
Episode 2326
Beer is one of the world’s most popular alcoholic beverages. From refreshing lagers to amber ales and creamy stouts, there’s a style for virtually every drinker to enjoy. But how did this winning com…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Mein Kampf: Hitler's dark vision for the future
Episode 2325
Published 100 years ago in 1925, Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf was one of the most consequential books of the 20th century. It laid out Hitler's political ideology and future aspirations, as well as maki…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
King vs parliament: the moment that sparked civil war
Episode 2324
Over the winter of 1641-2, England stood on the precipice of civil war. Historian and author Jonathan Healey charts how the relationship between the king and parliament disintegrated during those mon…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Mitford sisters | 2 : life of the week
Episode 2323
Like many families, the Mitfords emerged from the Second World War bearing scars. Yet as the world entered a new, uncertain era, the sisters' knack for making headlines showed no sign of abating. Rel…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Slavery on the medieval Silk Road
Episode 2322
Slavery was a grim but omnipresent reality across the Silk Road during the Middle Ages. Speaking to Emily Briffett, Claire Taylor unpacks the complex networks of enslavement that spanned from Ireland…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
The history of women's football: everything you wanted to know
Episode 2321
Who was Nettie Honeyball? Why was the First World War a golden age for female factory teams? And why did the English Football Association move heaven and Earth to stamp them out? Speaking to Spencer …
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Live Aid: pop's Big Bang moment
Episode 2320
It may be hard to believe for those of you who can remember it, but this month marks the 40th anniversary of the iconic music extravaganza that was LiveAid. David Hepworth co-presented the BBC's cove…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Exploring the medieval world with Marco Polo
Episode 2319
You may be familiar with the name of Marco Polo – the 13th-century Venetian merchant who travelled along the Silk Road, journeyed through Asia and spent time at the court of Mongol emperor Kublai Kha…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Mitford Sisters | 1 : life of the week
Episode 2318
For much of the 20th century, six sisters from Britain’s minor aristocracy had a knack for making headline after scandalous headline. They were Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica and Deborah Mitfor…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Beyond the trenches: a new take on WW1
Episode 2317
When you think of the First World War, what springs to mind? Is it trench warfare? The myth that troops would be home by Christmas? Or perhaps the idea that the whole thing began because of the assas…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago