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President FDR & the New Deal
9 January 2025In 1932, amidst the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected the 32nd President of the United States. He was more than a leader; he was...
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Final Days of Mary Queen of Scots
9 January 2025The moment Mary Queen of Scots set foot in England, she became Elizabeth I's prisoner. Mary was fleeing from war and misogyny, hoping for help...
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Rome's Crisis of the Third Century
9 January 2025What happens when emperors are murdered more often than they die of natural causes? Tristan Hughes is joined by Dr. David Gwynn to unravel the...
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Rise of the Borgias
9 January 2025In the 15th and early 16th centuries, one Spanish family rose to exert its influence over Renaissance Italy - the Borgias. Deploying diplomacy,...
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How to Survive a Medieval Crusade
7 January 2025What would it have been like to go on a medieval crusade? What dangers would you have faced on the gruelling journey to the Holy Land, and what...
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Ancient Eroticism, Pagan Workouts & Body Ideals: History of the Gym
7 January 2025It's January and (reluctant) thoughts turn to gym memberships, but what are the ancient origins of this phenomena?
From the naked workouts...
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The Real Lady Macbeth with Val McDermid
7 January 2025Lady Macbeth is best known to us as Shakespeare’s scheming, sleepwalking villain. But, as with most of his so-called history plays,...
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The First 12 Days of the Civil War
6 January 2025In April 1861, Union forces having lost the first battle of the Civil War, attention turned to the Confederacy's likely next target - Washington...
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Hagia Sophia: Where Worlds Collide
6 January 2025The Hagia Sophia is a landmark that has stood for 1500 years, and that players can clamber all over in Assassin’s Creed Revelations. It is...
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Machiavelli
6 January 2025Niccolo Machiavelli’s name has become synonymous with cunning, deceit and a lack of morality to achieve one's goals in politics or business. He...
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Great Fire of London: Who started it?
6 January 2025(1/2) London's Burning! London's Burning! Disaster strikes in 1666 as the dense, mostly wooden, city of London begins to burn. Who started the...
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Rome's Greatest Humiliation: Roman Empire vs Germanic Tribes
5 January 2025In 9 AD, the rebel chieftain Arminius and his confederation of Germanic tribes ambushed three Roman legions in the Teutoburg Forest. For days the...
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