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The Murder of Thomas Becket
16 July 2024Today on Gone Medieval we arrive at one of the most consequential events in English history; the murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas...
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The Rise of Presidential Power
15 July 2024Right from independence, a question has hovered over the government of the United States. How much power should the President have? Not too much,...
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The Industrial Revolution: The Birth Of Modern London
15 July 2024The Industrial Revolution began in Britain in the late 18th century, giving birth to an era that has changed world history. The period was...
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The Death of Henry VIII
15 July 2024On 28 January 1547, King Henry VIII died at the age of 55. Just hours before his passing, his last will and testament had been read, stamped,...
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The Greatest Tea Race of the Victorian Age
14 July 20242/4. With towering masts and billowing sails, the Cutty Sark and the Thermopylae raced neck and neck through relentless waves to be the first to...
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Roman Roads
14 July 2024Do all roads lead to Rome? We find out in today's episode all about one of the Roman Empire's greatest legacies - it's web-like network of roads...
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Royal Murder: 1810 Death in St James's Palace
14 July 2024In 1810 a valet called Joseph Sellis was found dead in St James's Palace. All eyes turned to his master the Duke of Cumberland, fifth son of...
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The Cutty Sark
13 July 20241/4. Join Dan for the first episode in a mini-series telling four stories of ships that have shaped Britain and its maritime history, from the...
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Surprising History of Redheads: From Prehistoric Gingers to Ed Sheeran
12 July 2024Boudica. Elizabeth I. Ed Sheeran. The history of the redhead goes back thousands of years, and it fluctuates from prejudice in medieval Europe, to...
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Henry II & Thomas Becket: A Doomed Friendship
12 July 2024It's 1163; Thomas Becket has cast off the shackles of his working class roots to become King Henry II's right-hand man. He is appointed to the...
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President Grover Cleveland: Panic in the Second Term
11 July 2024What caused the economic panic of 1893? In this episode we are delving into the event that made Grover Cleveland's second term so different from...
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Birth of the Iron Age
11 July 2024It’s the end of the 12th century BC, and a once remarkable Near eastern world lay in ruin. Drought, warfare, famine, earthquakes, plague - all...
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