Podcasts

Aphra Behn: Revolutionary, Author, Spy

Aphra Behn was a true original. Not only was she the first woman to earn a living by writing, she was also a spy, a political propagandist and a...

Easter Rising: Build-Up To Irish Rebellion

(Part 1/2) With Britain engaged in the First World War in Europe, Irish rebels sensed an opportunity.

Irish revolutions had fought for...

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

He was responsible for the fastest trains in history. He built innovative new hospitals for Florence Nightingale. His vessels shattered records...

Welsh Folk Tales

Dr. Eleanor Janega welcomes Russ Williams, author of 'Where the Folk? A Welsh Folklore Road Trip', to delve into the rich tapestry of Welsh...

The Murder That Shook Edwardian Britain

When the music hall dancer, Belle Ellmore, disappeared in January 1910, it was her performing colleagues who raised the alarm.

Her murder by...

Confederacy: Myth of the Lost Cause

How do you justify a war you lost, and that destroyed countless homes, businesses, towns and families? This was a question facing the southern...

Dr Faustus: Pacts with the Devil

Professor Suzannah Lipscomb steps into the electrifying world of Elizabethan theatre to unravel the dark allure of Christopher Marlowe's Dr....

Black Death: 5 Strangest Cures

It was a plague like no other. It provoked strange cures like no other. Anthony Delaney takes Maddy Pelling in search of the oddest cures...

Ranjit Singh: India’s Sikh Warrior King

Of the many empires that have risen and fallen throughout history, Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India draws our attention to one of the...

THE LEADERS: Hirohito

Was Hirohito really as passive as history has painted him? Emperor Hirohito stood at the head of Japan’s war machine, yet after 1945, both the...

The Fall of Athens

In 404 BC, Athens faced total defeat. Once the dominant power of the Greek world, their navy was shattered, their food supply cut off, and on the...

Medieval Jerusalem

Imagine walking where those who shaped your deepest beliefs have walked...

Matt Lewis is joined by archeologist Professor Jodi Magness to...