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Back to SearchPregnancy & childbirth in the 19th century
Episode 1682
Despite motherhood being viewed as a fundamental part of a woman’s destiny during the 19th century, pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal experience ar…
2 years, 9 months ago
Historical echoes of the Ukraine war
Episode 1681
More than a year in, the war between Russia and Ukraine has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths, with repercussions on an international scale. It…
2 years, 9 months ago
Plato: the world’s greatest philosopher?
Episode 1680
He learned from Socrates, taught Aristotle and is often described as the key figure in the history of philosophy. But what do we actually know about …
2 years, 9 months ago
How women helped sustain the slave trade
Episode 1679
Slavery was a system that pervaded life in the American South, and as historian Stephanie E Jones-Rogers reveals in her book They Were Her Property, …
2 years, 9 months ago
The fall and rise of Henry III
Episode 1678
King Henry III was one of England’s longest reigning monarchs, but his time on the throne saw a long period of peace punctured by an extraordinary re…
2 years, 9 months ago
The SAS in WW2: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1677
The SAS – or Special Air Service – is Britain’s elite special forces unit. Founded in the deserts of North Africa during the Second World War, it has…
2 years, 9 months ago
Plot or paranoia? The Amboyna conspiracy trial
Episode 1676
In 1623, at a Dutch fort on the remote island of Ambon, in modern-day Indonesia, a young Japanese mercenary was arrested for asking suspicious questi…
2 years, 9 months ago
Messalina: sex, slander & scandal in imperial Rome
Episode 1675
Even in the ancient Roman world of ruthless politicking, suspicious deaths and high-stakes schemes, the scandalous reputation of Empress Valeria Mess…
2 years, 9 months ago
Amazing archaeological discoveries that trounce Indiana Jones
Episode 1674
You may think that Indiana Jones created a swashbuckling vision of archaeology that only exists on the silver screen – but, in fact, real archaeologi…
2 years, 9 months ago
Living the life of luxury with the Persians & Greeks
Episode 1673
When Greek soldiers captured the royal command tent of the Persian king during the Greco-Persian wars, they were stunned by what they saw. Their migh…
2 years, 9 months ago