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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
Jul 2, 2021
Jul 2, 2021
34 min
Gilad Jaffe returns to talk all about biblical history, and two competing theories about the existence of King David and his heir.
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Jul 1, 2021
Jul 1, 2021
49 min
To mark the 105th anniversary of the battle, Peter Doyle joins us to talk about the journey of Kitchener's men from recruiting office to the Somme.
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Jun 30, 2021
Jun 30, 2021
1hr 24 min
Onyeka Nubia joins us to talk about Africans in Tudor England and to challenge our distorted perception of this era in our past.
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Jun 29, 2021
Jun 29, 2021
46 min
Teresa Falgo-Naidoo joins us to talk about the history of Indians in South Africa.
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Jun 28, 2021
Jun 28, 2021
54 min
Professor Maria Hayward joins us to talk about Tudor fashion, what was 'in vogue' and what it was even illegal to wear during the period.
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Jun 25, 2021
Jun 25, 2021
40 min
Tour guide and historian Becky Laxton=Bass returns to give us the lowdown on four more women with links to her work who we really should know more about...
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Jun 24, 2021
Jun 24, 2021
55 min
Our chum Jonathan Clements returns with his passion for Chinese history, this time to tell the tale of the exceptional Medieval Empress Wu.
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Jun 23, 2021
Jun 23, 2021
37 min
Kit Chapman brings the science. What sounds trivial is actually a massively important piece of history, not to mention tragic, bloody and sinister.
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Jun 21, 2021
Jun 21, 2021
38 min
Rob Thompson from the Films Team at Army University press joins us to talk about his new book on the pacification of Phù Yèn during the Vietnam War. We concentrate on the most significant year, 1970
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Jun 18, 2021
Jun 18, 2021
1hr 1 min
Elizabeth Mason joins us to talk about how and why you put genocide on film.
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