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Agatha Christie goes to war
Episode 28
Agatha Christie is the world’s best selling author and rightly regarded as the queen of crime. But less well known is her medical service in both wor…
2 months ago
The history and cultural impact of Asterix the Gaul
Episode 27
The best selling comic series in the world is One Piece. But the second best selling, with almost 400 million copies sold, is neither British nor Ame…
2 months, 1 week ago
The myth and reality of medieval Crusader States
Episode 26
In the aftermath of the First Crusade, four Christian kingdoms were established in the near east. In this episode we explore the history of the Crusa…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
18th Century letter writing and the hidden history of women
Episode 25
In 1740, Samuel Richardson published Pamela, a novel purporting to be the letters of a young woman. In 1748, he followed this up with Clarissa, writt…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
How Games Workshop changed the world with Jordan Sorcery
Episode 24
In 1975, three young men sat in a grotty flat in West London decided to launch a games company. Over the next few years, they would find themselves a…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Robin Hood: The Truth Behind the Myth
Episode 23
Lythe and listin Gentilmen, That be of freebore blode I shall tell you of a gode Yeman His name was Robyn Hode These are the opening words to The Ges…
3 months ago
How Piracy Actually Worked
Episode 22
Ask most people to describe a pirate and their ship, and they’ll likely conjure up an image of an eye-patch-wearing man commanding a huge ship. An im…
3 months, 1 week ago
America’s influence on Tudor England
Episode 21
The 16th Century saw a two way exchange of objects, ideas and people between Europe and the Americas to a far greater extent than is often understood…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
When Radium Was Put in Everything
Episode 20
The discovery of Radium in 1898 opened up new frontiers of science and medicine. But the sheer difference between the behaviour of radium and every e…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Demonology and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Episode 19
The period of the Second Temple was a time of cultural change for Jewish communities, including in how they regarded concepts such as magic and demon…
4 months ago