Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchScandals that shocked Georgian Britain
Episode 1768
From torrid affairs and messy duels to corrupt law-enforcers and vengeful ghosts, Georgian Britain loved a good scandal. Speaking to Ellie Cawthorne,…
2 years, 6 months ago
British parliament: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1767
From the gunpowder plot and Oliver Cromwell’s clash with Charles I to Winston Churchill’s speeches during the Second World War, parliament has witnes…
2 years, 6 months ago
When poison pen letters caused chaos
Episode 1766
Long before the rise of the internet troll, malicious letters written by anonymous authors were causing untold grief to those who received them, and …
2 years, 6 months ago
Great Reputations: Cleopatra
Episode 1765
In the latest in our series charting the contested reputations of key historical figures, Joyce Tyldesley and Catharine Edwards discuss the life and …
2 years, 6 months ago
Secrets of the Anglo-Saxon bone chests
Episode 1764
Held in Winchester Cathedral are several ornate chests, said to contain the venerated bones of early kings of Wessex and England, dating from the sev…
2 years, 6 months ago
Jane Austen’s passion for fashion
Episode 1763
From ribbons, bonnets and ballgowns to Mr Darcy’s see-through shirt, the works of Jane Austen have long sparked the imaginations of fashion-minded re…
2 years, 6 months ago
The brain behind the Dambusters raid
Episode 1762
The Dambusters raid of May 1943 is one of the most celebrated episodes of the Second World War. But in military terms, was it in fact a flop? And was…
2 years, 6 months ago
Spanish flu: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1761
Did the Spanish flu pandemic actually begin in Spain? What were the symptoms? Is it true it killed more people than the First World War, and how simi…
2 years, 6 months ago
Women who shaped the Roman empire
Episode 1760
How do you surface the stories of women in the Roman empire, when the majority of ancient texts were written by men, telling of military victories an…
2 years, 6 months ago
Great Reputations: Oliver Cromwell
Episode 1759
In the latest in our series charting the contested reputations of key historical figures, Ronald Hutton and Mark Stoyle debate the life and legacy of…
2 years, 6 months ago