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Back to SearchAssassinations that shaped US history
Episode 2042
Following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump earlier in July, historian Adam Smith speak to Matt Elton about previous attempts to kill polit…
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Is democracy doomed? History behind the headlines
Episode 2041
In the latest episode of our monthly series exploring the past behind the present, Hannah Skoda and Rana Mitter are joined by Professor Paul Cartledg…
2 years ago
Catherine of Braganza: the Merrie Monarch's forgotten queen
Episode 2040
Picture Charles II's court and you'll probably imagine a riot of excess, filled with drinking, games, and of course, mistresses. The queen by Charles…
2 years ago
The Spanish Inquisition: everything you wanted to know
Episode 2039
The era of the Spanish Inquisition is most commonly remembered as a period of widespread fear and paranoia, where communities turned on each other an…
2 years ago
1217: the year that (almost) changed English history
Episode 2038
1217 is not one of the most famous years in English history. But with a major French invasion looming and a brutal war that wracked both towns and th…
2 years ago
Deeds not words | 6. Mission accomplished?
Episode 2037
After an escalating campaign of bombing and arson attacks, the suffragette movement was brought to a sudden halt on the outbreak of war in 1914. In t…
2 years ago
Kindness & hostility: refugees in wartime Britain
Episode 2036
Before and during the Second World War, Britain provided a safe haven for thousands of people fleeing Nazi persecution. But, as the author Paul Dowsw…
2 years ago
Catherine de' Medici: life of the week
Episode 2035
Catherine de' Medici has gone down in history as the sinister 'serpent queen', who had a troop of female spies in her court and may have instigated t…
2 years ago
The suffragettes who fell in love
Episode 2034
Evelina Haverfield and Vera Holme, known as Jack, were in love. Not only were they in love, but they also worked together – as suffragette protestors…
2 years ago
Servants: everything you wanted to know
Episode 2033
What was it like to be a servant in one of Britain's grand stately homes? How much were domestic staff paid? And what made maids revolt against weari…
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