Podcasts

The Great Napoleonic Escape

Lieutenant Charles Hare was a young British naval officer who made an extraordinarily elaborate escape from a French prisoner-of-war camp during...

Ptolemy I: The First Greek Pharaoh

In the aftermath of Alexander the Great’s death his former generals carved out their own kingdoms in the chaos that was the Wars of the...

Castles and the Conquest of Ireland

Ireland has been known as the land of saints and scholars and once was the farthest reach of the known world. But it's also home to one of the...

The Hunt for the Endurance Shipwreck

In 2022 Dan was part of the international expedition that went in search of Shackleton's lost shipwreck Endurance in the Weddell Sea in...

The Battle of Bull Run

On July 21, 1861, Confederate and Union forces met for the first time in full-scale battle at Bull Run Creek, near Manassas, Virginia. By the end...

Henry VIII's Brothers in Armour

Henry VIII loved the spectacle of a tournament to show off. In addition to jousting displays with François I of France, Henry and the Holy Roman...

The Circus Maximus

What was the most popular sporting spectacle in ancient Rome? Gladiator bouts? Beast hunts? It was in fact chariot racing! For centuries the...

Final Days of Anne Boleyn

Today we’re exploring the grim and heroic final days of the Anne Boleyn, the thousand day queen.

We are joined by the one-and-only Dr...

Nefertiti: The Greatest Ancient Egyptian Queen?

Ancient Egyptian rulers, incest, the Nazis and female empowerment, all in one episode! 'But how?' You say. 'What story could possibly bring all of...

Tom Crean: The Unsung Irish Hero of the Antarctic

He was one of the last men to see Antarctic Explorer Robert Scott alive and was Shackleton's right-hand man on the Endurance expedition. So why...

A Stonemason's Secrets

Medieval churches are among our most enduring links with the Middle Ages. But it's not always easy to understand what parts of a church to look...

Inside the Witch Trials: Pendle | The Child Who Condemned Her Family

People in the 17th century were at spiritual war with the devil. 

It was a time of huge upheaval. What became known as the witch...