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Back to SearchHotel 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, 8 months ago
Introducing History's Greatest Scandals | New Podcast
Poisoned sweets. Criminal misdeeds. And a sex scandal involving… the prime-minister.
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1 year, 8 months ago
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…
1 year, 8 months ago
How the compass became a political weapon
Episode 2183
Why did early Islamic cartographers place south at the top of their maps? Who invented the magnetic compass? And why has 'the west' become an intense…
1 year, 8 months ago
Medieval towns: everything you wanted to know
Episode 2182
What was it like to live in a British town or city in the Middle Ages? Were they filthy hotbeds of crime and violence? How often did fires break out?…
1 year, 8 months ago
Harold Wilson: the rock 'n' roll prime minister
Episode 2181
Harold Wilson is as central to the story of sixties Britain as the Beatles, Profumo and miniskirts. Admirers applauded the social reforms he introduc…
1 year, 9 months ago
Who is buried at Sutton Hoo?
Episode 2180
The Sutton Hoo ship burial is one of the most famous discoveries in British archaeological history. But who is actually buried there? Or perhaps a be…
1 year, 9 months ago
Sex and Christianity: 2,000 years of love and fury
Episode 2179
What were Jesus's views on sex? Why did so many Christians choose a life of celibacy? Has the church ever been tolerant of homosexuality? These are s…
1 year, 9 months ago
Catherine the Great: life of the week
Episode 2178
Catherine the Great stands out from the rulers of Imperial Russia – a 'philosopher empress' whose wit, political savvy, and unyielding ambition trans…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Second Norman Conquest
Episode 2177
William of Normandy famously invaded England in 1066 – but, he didn't quite conquer it all. In fact, the duty of leading a second assault was left to…
1 year, 9 months ago