1.3M
Downloads
753
Episodes
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
Jun 4, 2021
Jun 4, 2021
30 min
Caleb Howells joins us to talk about his book, which attempts to weed the truth from the endless legend surrounding King Arthur.
Jun 3, 2021
Jun 3, 2021
44 min
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...
Jun 2, 2021
Jun 2, 2021
48 min
Ruth Derham discusses the life and times of an Edwardian rogue: the 2nd Earl Russell.
Jun 1, 2021
Jun 1, 2021
41 min
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.
May 31, 2021
May 31, 2021
1hr 11 min
Chris Millington joins us for an excellent dive into the structure and impact of Vichy France during WW2.
May 28, 2021
May 28, 2021
1hr 2 min
Eleanor Janega joins us to talk all about her new book, which tackles the Middle Ages in graphic form.
May 27, 2021
May 27, 2021
58 min
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...
May 26, 2021
May 26, 2021
38 min
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.
May 25, 2021
May 25, 2021
38 min
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...
May 24, 2021
May 24, 2021
55 min
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.