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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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Friday Oct 15, 2021
History Hack: Down the Pub
Friday Oct 15, 2021
Friday Oct 15, 2021
The regulars convene to debate the wackiest saint in history.
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Friday Oct 15, 2021
History Hack: The Rise of the Ottomans
Friday Oct 15, 2021
Friday Oct 15, 2021
Marc Baer joins us for a fascinating jaunt through 300 years of imperial Ottoman history.
But Marc's book, The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs, at our very own Bookshop here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6252/9781473695702
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Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
History Hack: Cecily with Annie Garthwaite
Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
Author Annie Garthwaite joins Charlotte and Boney to discuss the incredible Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV and Richard III and the subject of her new novel, Cecily, which views the Wars of the Roses through the incredible woman history has pushed out of focus.
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Monday Oct 11, 2021
History Hack: War Graves in the UK
Monday Oct 11, 2021
Monday Oct 11, 2021
Megan Kelleher joins us to talk about the work of the Commonwealth War Graves at home and how it has evolved in the last 100 years.
Learn more about the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at: https://www.cwgc.org/
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Friday Oct 08, 2021
History Hack: Kubilai Khan
Friday Oct 08, 2021
Friday Oct 08, 2021
Jonathan Clements returns for another rip-roaring jaunt through Asian history. This time it's the life and times of Kubilai Khan.
Buy Jonathan's book, A Brief History of Khubilai Khan: Lord of Xanadu, Founder of the Yuan Dynasty, Emperor of China, at our very own Bookshop here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6252/9781472143204
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Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
The Luftwaffe's actions in the air in the Second World War tend to occupy our memories, but they were very active on the ground and committed the same atrocities as the other arms of the Nazi war machine. In his new book, Birds of Prey, Dr Philip Blood analyses the efforts of a Luftwaffe ground unit that attempted to pacify a forest in East Prussian and in these actions, the mindset of The Hunter that pervaded the Nazi mindest. In Part 2, Matt and Phil discuss Goering's intentions for the conquered lands in the East, the action of the Luftwaffe and they close chatting about the late, great military historian Richard Holmes, to whom Birds of Prey is dedicated.
Part 1 is available to watch here: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-m7m32-10e3710
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Follow Phil's Birds of Prey updates on Twitter at @Birdsof79875803
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Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
History Hack: Remembering R101
Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
To mark the 91st anniversary of the airship's demise, Lydia Saul and Mike Stubbs join us to talk about commemorating the 1930 crash and Bedfordshire's airship legacy.
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Monday Oct 04, 2021
History Hack: Before the Pharaohs
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Julian Maxwell-Heath joins us to talk about the completely marginalised history of Stone Age Egypt and why there is lots of exciting history that predates the Pharaohs.
Buy Julian's book, Before the Pharaohs: Exploring the Archaeology of Stone Age Egypt, at our very own Bookshop here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6252/9781526790415
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Friday Oct 01, 2021
History Hack: Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine
Friday Oct 01, 2021
Friday Oct 01, 2021
Matthew Lewis joins us to talk all about one of the power couples of medieval England, Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
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Thursday Sep 30, 2021
History Hack: Brothers in Arms with James Holland
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
James Holland returns to History Hack to tell Ale and Boney all about his latest book, Brothers in Arms, which follows the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry from D-Day to Germany. It is a fascinating look at a single unit the in middle of it all and we, quite rightly, take credit for it.
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