History Hack

History Hack: Dissecting the Legend of King Arthur

Caleb Howells joins us to talk about his book, which attempts to weed the truth from the endless legend surrounding King Arthur. 

History Hack: The History of Vampires

Violet Fenn joins us to talk all about the cultural history of the Vampire and all things connected to it. So that's a lot of blood, sex, and people being buried when they're not dead... 

History Hack: The Wicked Earl

Ruth Derham discusses the life and times of an Edwardian rogue: the 2nd Earl Russell. 

History Hack: Disney's Hercules, Fact or Fiction?

Well they got his name wrong for a start. The fantastic Michael Scott rejoins us to talk all about the legend of Heracles and how it spread throughout the globe.

History Hack: Vichy France

Chris Millington joins us for an excellent dive into the structure and impact of Vichy France during WW2. 

History Hack: Busting Open the Middle Ages

Eleanor Janega joins us to talk all about her new book, which tackles the Middle Ages in graphic form.

History Hack: The Suez Crisis

Adrian Smith joins us to talk all about what a real crisis looks like on the Suez Canal. The Ever Given was just a minor blip... 

History Hack: The Gentleman Wears Prada

Matthew McCormack joins us to talk all about the history of 18th century shoes and what they can tell us about the people who wore them.

History Hack: Old Testament Warriors

Simon Elliott returns to cover a massive 11,000 years of history as we look to find out how far back the history of warfare actually goes...

History Hack: The Wehrmacht in Defeat

Bas Willems joins us to talk all about his new book, which focuses on the violence of defeat and the Wehrmacht on German soil in 1944-1945.