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Episode 2192
What can Saint Augustine tell us about attitudes to grief in the Middle Ages? What made women steer clear of the shrine of Saint Cuthbert? And why di…
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What is the greatest historical movie of all time?
Episode 2191
What makes a great historical movie? An accurate portrayal of a period, a nostalgic look back at the past, or simply a ripping yarn? Well, on our web…
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Nell Gwyn: life of the week
Episode 2190
Nell Gwyn epitomised the wild spirit of the Restoration era. An orange-seller turned actress, turned royal mistress of King Charles II, she hustled h…
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How pigs caused a stink in medieval England
Episode 2189
They attacked children. They exhumed dead bodies. They were even thought to be in league with the devil. And yet, despite this long list of misdemean…
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The Hanseatic League: everything you wanted to know
Episode 2188
The Hanseatic League was often compared to a crocodile, because it was a shadowy, somewhat sinister entity that kept its true intentions concealed. H…
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Secret forceps & pig bladders: medical objects through time
Episode 2187
What was it like to undergo an operation in a world with no anaesthetic? How was the stethoscope invented? And when did surgeons first operate on a h…
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How Roman roads transformed Europe
Episode 2186
They spanned a continent, offered a conduit for soldiers and pilgrims alike – and may not have been as straight as legend suggests. Roman roads playe…
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Hotel Lux: the guesthouse of world revolution
Episode 2185
History is often told through the epic struggles of famous personalities or grand movements. Yet sometimes the voices of ordinary people break throug…
1 year, 2 months ago
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Poisoned sweets. Criminal misdeeds. And a sex scandal involving… the prime-minister.
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Susan B Anthony: life of the week
Episode 2184
The name Susan B Anthony is inextricable from any history of the American movement for women's suffrage. Yet the life of the woman herself can be obs…
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