Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGoths: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1653
What’s the difference between the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths? Why did the Goths have whole settlements devoted to the production of combs? And were…
2 years, 10 months ago
How (and how not) to stage a coronation
Episode 1652
The British monarchy is known for its pomp and pageantry, and a coronation is a big chance to show off. But with so much pressure to get time-honoure…
2 years, 10 months ago
Six wives | 3. Jane Seymour
Episode 1651
Jane Seymour has gone down in history as Henry VIII’s dream wife – the simpering spouse who couldn’t put a foot wrong. But the reality was much more …
2 years, 10 months ago
Queen Charlotte: real history behind the new Bridgerton series
Episode 1650
Tomorrow, period drama fans will be glued to their screens as Netflix releases their latest show set in the Bridgerton universe – Queen Charlotte: A …
2 years, 10 months ago
Pomp & power: royal ceremonies through the centuries
Episode 1649
Later this week, royal ceremony and spectacle will be deployed in full force for the coronation of King Charles III. But this latest lavish display i…
2 years, 10 months ago
WW2 the big questions: final stages of the conflict
Episode 1648
How risky were the D-Day landings? What sealed the downfall of Nazi Germany? And why did the US decide to drop atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? …
2 years, 10 months ago
Westminster Abbey: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1647
Westminster Abbey has hosted royal coronations since the medieval period, and the next monarch to be crowned there will be King Charles III. In our l…
2 years, 10 months ago
How the Bristol bus boycott changed Britain
Episode 1646
This April marks the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Bristol bus boycott in 1963, a campaign to overturn a bar on black and Asian conductors…
2 years, 10 months ago
Six wives | 2. Anne Boleyn
Episode 1645
Harlot, feminist, witch, backstabber, icon, powerplayer, victim – in the centuries since her execution, Anne Boleyn has been branded all of these. Bu…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Waco siege: an American tragedy
Episode 1644
Thirty years ago, a deadly standoff in Texas between a religious cult and the FBI hit the headlines around the United States. The story of leader Dav…
2 years, 11 months ago