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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.
Episodes

Friday Apr 30, 2021
History Hack: A Guide to Medieval Monasticism
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Elysee Yhuel joins us to talk about the evolution of monasticism in the earlier medieval period.

Thursday Apr 29, 2021
History Hack: The Western Front
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Nick Lloyd joins us to discuss his new book on this pivotal front in the First World War.

Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
History Hack: Royals on Film
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Carolyn Harris joins us to asses portrayals of 18th century royals such as George III and Catherine the Great in popular culture.

Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
History Hack: Early Mediterranean Settlements
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Greg Woolf joins us to talk early settlements in the Mediterranean.

Monday Apr 26, 2021
History Hack: German Code-Breaking in WW2
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Christian Jennings joins us to talk all about the German experience of code-breaking during the Second World War.

Friday Apr 23, 2021
History Hack: The Italian Army in WW1
Friday Apr 23, 2021
Friday Apr 23, 2021
Vanda Wilcox joins us to talk all about the experience of the Italian Army in 1915-18.

Thursday Apr 22, 2021
History Hack: Understanding the Troubles
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Josh Levine joins us to talk about the year that he spent in Northern Ireland on a mission to write Beauty and Atrocity, an objective history of the troubles.

Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
History Hack: The Puritan Princess
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Move over Tudors, the Stuarts are taking over. Trustee of the Cromwellian Association, Miranda Malins, joins us to tell us all about bringing Oliver Cromwell's daughter back to life in The Puritan Princess.

Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
History Hack: The Island of Delos
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Christy Constantakopoulou joins us for a discussion about the mythical birthplace of Apollo.

Monday Apr 19, 2021
History Hack: The Atlantic Wall
Monday Apr 19, 2021
Monday Apr 19, 2021
Camilla Damlund joins us to talk about the archaeology behind the Atlantic Wall.