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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
Friday Sep 25, 2020
Friday Sep 25, 2020
Historyland's Josh Provan returns to talk all about the forward-thinking, modern former monarchy of Hawaii.
Thursday Sep 24, 2020
Thursday Sep 24, 2020
Manx native Laurence Robinson joins us to talk all about the wars that rocked Finland in the wake of the First World War.
Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
Historian Craig Bruce Smith joins us to talk all about the men who forged a nation, but it's not quite as cut and dried as you might think!
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Osteoarchaeologist Katie Tucker joins us to talk about what bones can tell her, and in particular how she came to specialise in decapitation.
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Naval guru Phil Weir joins us to talk all about the Royal Navy's contribution to Britain's "Finest Hour."
Friday Sep 18, 2020
Friday Sep 18, 2020
Melissa DeVelvis joins us to talk all about women during the American civil war, particularly nurses, and the shocking events that they both witnessed and participated in.
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
In this extended special, Zack White and Marcus Cribb join us for a Brit's guide to France's Hero; and to discuss a rather odd field of scholarship in some quarters that worships him as a god.
Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
Lizzie Rogers joins us to talk all about adventurous women who packed their bags in the 18th Century and decided not to let young men have all the tourist fun.
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Andrew Wallace-Hadrill joins us to talk all about Pompeii's oft-forgotten neighbour.
Monday Sep 14, 2020
Monday Sep 14, 2020
You'd have been forgiven for thinking that there was nothing to smile about in Stalin's Russia, but Jonathan Waterlow joins us to talk about the evolution of a very particular sense of humour at the time.