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The Red Army Surrounds Berlin
10 April 2025By April 1945, Soviet forces stood at the gates of Berlin. From the summer of 1944, Hitler's armies had suffered a series of cataclysmic defeats...
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President Lyndon B. Johnson: Triumph to Tragedy
10 April 2025Born in poverty in Texas Hill Country, President Johnson delivered an unsurpassed series of legislation, including the Voting Rights Act and Civil...
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The Great Jewish Revolt
10 April 202570 AD. Tens of thousands of Roman troops surround Jerusalem. What follows is one of the most brutal sieges in ancient history—and the dramatic...
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Christopher Columbus
10 April 2025Christopher Columbus was a man of contradictions: he professed God spoke to him to direct his travels, yet after four voyages he still could not...
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History's Worst F*ckboys: Emperor Caligula
10 April 2025Have you ever heard of the Emperor who made his horse a senator? Seems like a top bloke, right? Today on Betwixt the Sheets we’re going to meet...
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Tudor England's Dumbest Murder
10 April 2025Alice Arden wanted her husband Thomas dead. So did the rest of the village of Faversham. What followed was a twisted dance of passion, poison,...
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The Great Tariff Battle
8 April 2025Have trade tariffs ever worked? Dan explores a cautionary tale from the turn of the 20th century when Britain's Conservatives' flirtation with...
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Monsters of the Medieval Apocalypse
8 April 2025Does a four-winged leopard, a woman riding bareback on a monstrous serpent-like beast and giants having a good chat signal the beginning of the...
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Hysterectomies: 2000 Years of Care & Coercion
8 April 2025Today, it is one of the most commonly performed surgeries. But when was the hysterectomy, the removal of the uterus, first performed? How has this...
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Vietnam War: Turning Points
7 April 2025The Vietnam War is a defining chapter in American military history. But how did the US get so involved in this far away conflict? And when did...
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Henry VIII's Conscience and Contradictions
7 April 2025Professor Suzannah Lipscomb delves into the tumultuous and nuanced religious policies of Henry VIII's reign. She examines how Henry VIII utilised...
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Scotland's Darkest Folklore
7 April 2025From misty mountains to deep-sea caves, we explore the dark side of Scottish folklore. Tales of Selkies - seal folk caught between sea and shore -...
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