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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.
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Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Nicola Lambert joins us to discuss the concept of masculinity. What did it mean in the nineteenth century, especially to women and what kind of connotations did it have on sex and relationships? The answers are a little bit disturbing...
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Why in times of national crisis is the consumer told the the patriotic thing to do is go shopping! How has this philosophy evolved over time? And did the British people invest themselves in this concept? Serena Dyer joins us to explain all!
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Monday Aug 17, 2020
David Davies rejoins us to give us a comprehensive breakdown on the seminal events of the Spanish Armada in 1588.
Friday Aug 14, 2020
Friday Aug 14, 2020
Courtesan does not equal shady sex-worker in Indian history. Katherine Schofield joins us to talk all about this aspect of asian history stretching back centuries, with reference to some particularly outstanding women.
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
The fabulous Nicolai Eberholst joins us to begin a comprehensive account of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Great War. In this episode, we talk about the years preceding the outbreak, the opening engagements in 1914 and a whole, bloody mess that spread into the beginning of 1915.
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
Gabby Storey joins us to compare and contrast Queen Matilda and Eleanor of Aquitaine, two giants of medieval Queenship.
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Cambridge University's Tim Whitmarsh joins us for a fascinating talk on Ancient Greek identity. How do you define who was Greek and who wasn't? How did citizenship work? How did they view themselves? And how did they see others, such as the Romans?
Monday Aug 10, 2020
Monday Aug 10, 2020
Continuing on our quest to cover the war in the Pacific comprehensively, Richard Frank joins us to talk about one of the most infamous days in America's history.
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Brace yourselves for more nonsense. This week we pay "shag, marry, kill" and find out that Alex's road-trip buddy needs the concept explained to him in great detail...