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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
May 12, 2021
May 12, 2021
1hr 17 min
Richard Williams joins us to discuss the life and career of a motor racing legend.
May 11, 2021
May 11, 2021
35 min
Elodie Harper joins us to talk about taking fragments of lives from the ruins of Pompeii and turning them into a smash hit novel.
May 10, 2021
May 10, 2021
47 min
Sam Kean joins us to talk all about the Bastard Brigade: the team who made it their mission to stop the Nazi's getting their hands on nukes.
May 7, 2021
May 7, 2021
42 min
Thor Ewing joins us to try and get as close as possible to the real figure behind the legend of Robin Hood.
May 6, 2021
May 6, 2021
1hr 13 min
Ada Palmer joins us to discuss the Spanish Inquisition, and how it has impacted the world we live in today.
May 5, 2021
May 5, 2021
48 min
Chaz Mena joins us to talk linguistics, and the history of America's accents.
May 4, 2021
May 4, 2021
50 min
Owen Rees and Giles Penman join us to discuss shades of the ancient world in Great War commemoration.
May 3, 2021
May 3, 2021
1hr 1 min
Joined by Rowland White, we take an in-depth look at 809 Naval Air Squadron and their deployment to the Falklands.
Apr 30, 2021
Apr 30, 2021
43 min
Elysee Yhuel joins us to talk about the evolution of monasticism in the earlier medieval period.
Apr 29, 2021
Apr 29, 2021
27 min
Nick Lloyd joins us to discuss his new book on this pivotal front in the First World War.