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Back to SearchHow 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…
3 years, 2 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…
3 years, 2 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…
3 years, 2 months ago
Shipwreck, scurvy & mutiny: the gruelling tale of HMS Wager
Episode 1643
In January 1742 a ramshackle boat washed up on the Brazilian coastline. Inside were 30 men, half starved and close to madness. Claiming to be survivo…
3 years, 2 months ago
WW2 the big questions: the Holocaust
Episode 1642
How did the Nazis’ poisonous antisemitic rhetoric eventually culminate in the systematic mass-murder of millions? In the fourth episode of our five-p…
3 years, 2 months ago
Crusader states: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1641
After the fall of Jerusalem into Frankish hands in 1099 during the First Crusade, a string of new crusader states emerged, initiating Western rule in…
3 years, 2 months ago
How women were excluded from sport – and fought back
Episode 1640
Looking at sport history, it’s easy to get the impression that women’s involvement in sporting activities only began in the 1970s. However, as author…
3 years, 3 months ago
Six wives | 1. Catherine of Aragon
Episode 1639
Catherine of Aragon’s 23-year-long marriage to King Henry VIII witnessed many twists and turns – triumph, tragedy, and, ultimately, betrayal. In epis…
3 years, 3 months ago
Æthelflæd: ‘Mother of the English’
Episode 1638
Æthelflæd was a successful and celebrated ruler of the Mercian peoples in the early 10th century, who enjoyed a period of great political prosperity.…
3 years, 3 months ago
Mindbending experiments: how drugs shaped modern science
Episode 1637
In the 19th century, cannabis, cocaine and heroin were widely available over the counter at the local chemist. Respected scientists and doctors teste…
3 years, 3 months ago