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Is the Renaissance a Myth?
25 February 2025Dr. Eleanor Janega reveals the darker side of the Renaissance with Dr. Ada Palmer, challenging the notion that it was a golden age, exposing it as...
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Sex & Scandal in 1920s Soho
25 February 2025When and why did Soho become a hedonistic hotspot, the home of sex, drugs and music?
Kate is Betwixt the Sheets with Dan Snow to talk about...
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Jamestown: Decline & Fall?
24 February 2025In 1699, Virginia’s government and capital moved from Jamestown to Middle Plantation, renaming it Williamsburg.
But why did they abandon...
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35:48
How to Run a Stuart Household
24 February 2025Professor Suzannah Lipscomb delves into the world of Stuart-era recipe books, in which medicine, cookery and women's roles combine in fascinating...
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Final Days of Thomas Cromwell
24 February 2025From ruthless schemer to pragmatic hero - who is the real Thomas Cromwell? And how did he meet his end? Today Anthony Delaney tells Maddy Pelling...
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Mount Hiei: Home of Japan's Warrior Monks
24 February 2025Assassin's Creed Shadows gives players the chance to visit the imperial capital of medieval Japan. But today, we're heading to a mountain lying...
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Soho: London's Most Notorious Neighbourhood
24 February 2025Soho was once a thriving melting pot of speakeasies, sex work and organised crime. From razor gangs of the 1920s to money laundering, the area has...
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48:41
End of Ice Age Britain
23 February 2025As Ice Age Britain thawed, temperatures surged, sea levels rose, and humans and animals faced a fight for survival. But this shift was anything...
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52:35
Aztecs
21 February 2025Matt Lewis is joined by Professor Camilla Townsend to delve into the story of the Mexica, commonly known as the Aztecs. They unpack the true...
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51:47
Inside Europe's Biggest Red Light District
21 February 2025Between 1860 and 1925, tens of thousands of women worked in Dublin's Monto, the largest red light district in Europe.
It was a world of...
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Dogs
21 February 2025From the small corgis that drove cattle to Smithfield market to the Dalmatians that protected carriages from highwaymen, humans and dogs have...
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Jamestown: Surviving The Fort
20 February 2025What was it like to live in the fort at Jamestown? Who was in charge? What provisions were there? And why is this considered to be the birthplace...
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