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Back to SearchThe mindset behind the Holocaust
Episode 1622
The Holocaust is an event so vast and terrible it can often be hard to wrap our heads around it. But what motivated those who perpetrated horrific cr…
2 years, 11 months ago
Grisly killings & mysterious motives: murder in early modern Britain
Episode 1621
Today’s modern fascination with true crime is nothing new – our early modern ancestors also devoured sensational stories of brutal deaths and shockin…
2 years, 11 months ago
The man who almost discovered the double helix
Episode 1620
Seventy years since James Watson and Francis Crick first revealed DNA’s double-helix structure, Dr Kersten Hall shares the story of the scientist who…
2 years, 11 months ago
Marriage, Middlemarch & male pseudonyms: George Eliot’s unconventional life
Episode 1619
George Eliot is hailed as one of the greatest novelists of the 19th century. And in many ways the writer’s life was just as fascinating as her work. …
2 years, 11 months ago
George VI’s Nazi dilemma
Episode 1618
As the Second World War raged, King George VI faced not only a battle for the nation’s survival, but also for the royal family’s reputation. And that…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Seven Years’ War: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1617
The Indian subcontinent, North America, south-east Asia and continental Europe all saw vicious fighting in the 1750 and 1760s as part of a major conf…
3 years ago
Six Wives Trailer
The story of Henry VIII’s six wives is a tale of political crisis and personal tragedy, sacrifice and survival, sex and death, scandal, love and betr…
3 years ago
Patriarchy’s long roots
Episode 1616
Throughout history, have societies always been dominated by men? And how have patriarchal values shaped lives across centuries and continents? Histor…
3 years ago
Grisly killings & mysterious motives: murder in early modern Britain
Episode 1615
Today’s modern fascination with true crime is nothing new – our early modern ancestors also devoured sensational stories of brutal deaths and shockin…
3 years ago
Women & the crusades: patronage, propaganda & prayer
Episode 1614
You might think that the crusades were a largely male enterprise. But while that may have been the case on the battlefield, it certainly wasn’t elsew…
3 years ago