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Episode 2023
How much do we really know about the Iceni warrior leader who rose up against Rome? How close did she come to success? And can we know what she looked like? Speaking to Elinor Evans, archaeologist an…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
How Stalin ran rings round the west
Episode 2022
The wartime alliance between Josef Stalin, Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt was arguably the most important of the 20th century – and among the most fraught. Here, in conversation with Spen…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
British general elections: everything you wanted to know
Episode 2021
While it might seem unimaginable today, there was a time when who you voted for in a general election was a matter of public record - and if you were working class, or a women, you wouldn’t have been…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Medieval keep fit
Episode 2020
You might think that people in the Middle Ages did not exercise for fun. But that's not so, according to Professor Carole Rawcliffe of the University of East Anglia. She has studied medieval fitness …
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Deeds not words | 3. Making a statement
Episode 2019
From eye-catching merchandise and punchy logos to memorable colour-schemes and trouble-making stunts, the suffragettes mastered the art of making a statement. In the third episode of our new series D…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
A 21st-century Holocaust trial
Episode 2018
In October 2019 Bruno Dey went on trial in Hamburg for his involvement in a horrific crime – 75 years after that crime had been committed. Dey was now an old man but in his youth he had served as a g…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Catherine Parr: life of the week
Episode 2017
She was the most-married wife of England's most-married king, but there was so much more to Catherine Parr. Speaking to Kev Lochun, Tudor historian Elizabeth Norton explores the circumstances that br…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Invisible ink & toad poison: tools of Elizabethan spycraft
Episode 2016
How did spies plot and plant information in Elizabethan England? How easy was it to break open a confidential sealed letter and, if necessary, forge its contents? And how high were the stakes? Speaki…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Chocolate history: everything you wanted to know
Episode 2015
It's one of the world's most popular treats and a significant part of the global economy, but how much do you really know about the history of chocolate? Well, for today's 'everything you wanted to k…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Work-life balance: how our ancestors fought for free time
Episode 2014
Work-life balance might seem like a thoroughly modern concern, as many people today struggle to maintain boundaries between our jobs and out home life. But in fact, this issue has a long history. So,…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago