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Episode 1838
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Medieval manners: social etiquette in the Middle Ages
Episode 1837
Medieval people are often portrayed in popular culture as being grubby and smelly, with few manners to recommend them. However, in reality, such unco…
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Marshal Pétain: Vichy France in the dock
Episode 1835
Following its liberation in 1944, France began a reckoning with its years of defeat, occupation and collaboration with Nazi Germany. On trial was Mar…
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1950s Britain: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1834
Was 1950s Britain a grim, grey nation, haunted by the spectre of the Second World War, or was it a vibrant, forward-thinking country that had – in th…
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The dangerous road to the Bastille
Episode 1833
The French Revolution of 1789 is one of the defining events of world history – but the decades preceding the revolution were also seismic, being mark…
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Shakespeare: Past Master | 3. Julius Caesar
Episode 1832
Islam Issa charts what the tragic history play tells us about the ancient world – and the insights it offers into the politics of the playwright’s ow…
2 years, 7 months ago
Du Fu: China's greatest poet
Episode 1831
Writing during the celebrated Tang dynasty, Du Fu is heralded as China's greatest poet, musing on subjects from how to cook noodles to war and rebell…
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Cities that turbocharged art history
Episode 1829
From Renaissance Florence and ancient Babylon to the kingdom of Benin and Heian-era Kyoto, cities across history have served as launchpads for extrao…
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Astronomy history: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1828
When was it established that the Earth is round? Did the Catholic church help or hinder the practice of astronomy? And how transformative was the big…
2 years, 7 months ago
The dark side of Dickens
Episode 1827
Charles Dickens was a master of managing his personal brand. In fact, almost everything we know about him comes from one biography, written by his fr…
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