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ShortHand: Eric Gill - British Art’s Darkest Secret
Episode 242
From the BBC and Westminster Cathedral to Penguin paperbacks, typeface creator Eric Gill was once lauded as the eccentric genius behind some of Brit…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
ShortHand: Should We Support Paedophile Catchers?
Episode 241
To some paedophile catchers like Chris Hansen are online superheroes, protecting children and putting predators behind bars. To others they're vigil…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
The Murder of Rebecca Park - Part Two: The Investigation | #469
Episode 269
Fetal abduction is incredibly rare, so it’s no surprise that it wasn’t top of the list of possible motives when a heavily pregnant 22-year-old Rebec…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
ShortHand: Deadly Beauty Practices
Episode 240
From Belladonna eye drops to literally eating arsenic, human vanity has taken us to some pretty dark places in our quest to look drop dead gorgeous……
3 weeks, 4 days ago
ShortHand: Princess Anne’s Kidnap Chaos
Episode 239
This week, we’re taking you back to 1974 for a rollocking royal story that The Crown won’t tell you - the time a young Princess Anne was almost kidn…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
The Murder of Rebecca Park - Part One: Cortney Bartholomew | #468
Episode 268
Families are complicated, but when Rebecca Park went missing while heavily pregnant with the child of her mother’s ex-boyfriend, it raised eyebrows.…
1 month ago
ShortHand: The Black Death
Episode 238
In just seven years, the bubonic plague killed half of all Europeans – more than 50 million people. We look at its surprising origins on the Mongoli…
1 month ago
ShortHand: Julian Assange
Episode 237
When Julian Assange created WikiLeaks in 2006, it was the aim of rooting out corruption and improving transparency. And its successes were unprecede…
1 month ago
Lindsay Clancy - Part 2: The Trial | #467
Episode 467
Did Lindsay Clancy kill her children? Despite what was portrayed online, this was not the question at the heart of a trial which has gripped a natio…
1 month, 1 week ago
ShortHand: Joan of Arc
Episode 236
Jeanne D’Arc – the teenage girl guided by saintly voices to command actual French armies into actual military victories – is one of history’s best-k…
1 month, 1 week ago