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Conspiracy: was the moon landing faked?
Episode 1543
In the fifth episode of our new series on history’s most well-known conspiracy theories, we revisit a defining moment of the 20th century that many people believe never happened at all. Rob Attar is …
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Conspiracy: Who wrote Shakespeare?
Episode 1542
In episode four of our new series on history’s most well-known conspiracy theories, we ask why many people don’t believe that William Shakespeare was the real author of the plays attributed to him. I…
Published on 3 years ago
Conspiracy: did Anastasia escape her family’s murder?
Episode 1541
In the third episode of our new series on some of history’s most well-known conspiracy theories, we examine the suggestion that one of Tsar Nicholas II’s daughters – Anastasia – survived the family’s…
Published on 3 years ago
Conspiracy: did aliens build the pyramids?
Episode 1540
Continuing our series on some of history’s most well-known conspiracy theories, we delve into the idea that Ancient Egypt’s iconic monuments were built with extraterrestrial assistance. In conversati…
Published on 3 years ago
Conspiracy: Hitler’s escape to South America
Episode 1539
Did Adolf Hitler really make it out of the bunker alive at the end of the Second World War? In the first episode of our new series on some of history’s most well-known conspiracy theories, we explore…
Published on 3 years ago
Alexander the Great’s extraordinary childhood
Episode 1538
Alexander the Great didn’t become a brilliant warrior and empire-builder overnight. His talents were the product of an upbringing that encompassed political assassinations, a dysfunctional relationsh…
Published on 3 years ago
The Cuban Missile Crisis: the road to resolution
Episode 1537
In the concluding episode of our series on the Cuban Missile Crisis, we trace how a tentative compromise coincided with the most dangerous moments of the stand-off, in an exchange of letters that thr…
Published on 3 years ago
Dandies, fops & macaronis: fashionable men through history
Episode 1536
Dominic Janes discusses his new history of British dandies, which explores how such ‘dressy men’ – from fops and macaronis, to aesthetes – provoked both fascination and horror in their societies. Spe…
Published on 3 years ago
Brits abroad: a history
Episode 1535
Lucy Lethbridge discusses her new book on the emergence and boom of mass British tourism. Speaking to Ellie Cawthorne, she touches on early package holidays led by the fatherly Thomas Cook, the vomit…
Published on 3 years ago
Mongols vs Mamluks
Episode 1534
The Mongols were an unstoppable force through the 12th and 13th centuries, with an empire that stretched across huge swathes of land, from China to Europe. But its territory also included much of the…
Published on 3 years ago