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We are a slightly mad, always fun podcast bringing you all the History you love and a lot that you didn‘t know you‘d love until you heard it here! Recommended by BBC Radio, and presented by acclaimed historian Alexandra Churchill, with Alina Nowobilska, Chris Sams and the rest of the awesome team.
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Monday Jul 13, 2020
Monday Jul 13, 2020
Historian and academic Joseph Quinn joins us to provide some introductory perspectives on Ireland and the Second World War. From politics and cooperation to those who served.
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Based on his fabulous book, The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth, medical historian Thomas Morris joins us to talk through some bizarre mishaps and confusing cases from years gone by.
Saturday Jul 11, 2020
Saturday Jul 11, 2020
Theoretical physicist, historian and TV presenter Jim Al-Khalili takes us back to the days of the Arabian Nights to tell us the amazing story of when Arabic/Islamic science lit the way forward for the world.
Friday Jul 10, 2020
Friday Jul 10, 2020
After weeks of voting, your top ten is revealed in order. For balance, we also look at the worst Britons in history. Also, we analyse the results, there's a treatise on how to pronounce "twat" an international review of morons and Holmes puts forward his case for a job with the Boulogne tourist board...
Friday Jul 10, 2020
Friday Jul 10, 2020
Sergey Radchenko joins us to talk about ailing relations between the Soviet Union and China during the Cold War.
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Alexander Larman joins us to celebrate the release of his new book, that offers a countdown of the events that led to the abdication of the King in 1936 and the accession of the Queen's father as George VI
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Mark Kramer joins us to talk all about the Solidarność (Solidarity) movement in Poland in the 1980s
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Leighan Renaud joins us for a fascinating discussion on marronage in the Caribbean, exploring the idea of freedom and what people will do to secure it, looking back into her own family heritage and how African culture survives on the islands today.
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Historian April Pudsey joins us to talk all about her research into what it was like to be a child in Roman Egypt.
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Dutch Historian Alex Tijhuis joins us to talk all about collaboration with the Nazis in WW2. As ever with history, nothing is entirely black and white...