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Back to SearchOlaf Tryggvason: life of the week
Episode 2538
From thrall to king; from pagan to Christian: Olaf Tryggvason was one of the titanic figures of the Viking Age, whose story straddles the line betwee…
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The death of Adolf Hitler
Episode 2537
What do we really know about Adolf Hitler’s death? In this episode of the HistoryExtra podcast, historian and author Caroline Sharples tells Charlott…
2 months, 1 week ago
Fear and faith: coping with the Black Death
Episode 2536
For those who lived through it, the Black Death left a legacy of fear, loss and uncertainty. But how did people cope with such overwhelming catastrop…
2 months, 1 week ago
Attenborough: a life on screen
Episode 2535
This May marks the 100th birthday of leading British documentary-maker and natural historian David Attenborough. But what's the longer history of wil…
2 months, 1 week ago
A worker's eye-view of ancient Rome
Episode 2534
We know plenty about the lives of rich and powerful Romans – men such as Julius Caesar and Augustus. But Kim Bowes is more interested in those who wo…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Niccolò Machiavelli: life of the week
Episode 2533
From obscure beginnings to torture, exile, and desperate reinvention, the biography of Renaissance diplomat and author Niccolò Machiavelli reads like…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
How to pull off a Georgian dinner party
Episode 2532
A dinner party in a beautifully decorated Georgian dining room might sound sophisticated, even romantic – but planning such events was not for the fa…
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The Black Death: a global contagion
Episode 2531
The Black Death is remembered as one of the most devastating catastrophes in human history – a pandemic that swept across continents and killed milli…
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George Orwell's final chapter
Episode 2530
Did you know that George Orwell only found national acclaim as an author in the final years of his life, as his health was worsening? Or that, with t…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Was Elizabeth II's reign a golden age?
Episode 2529
When the late Queen acceded to the throne in 1952, Britain, though left bankrupt and reeling from the Second World War, was still a major global powe…
2 months, 3 weeks ago