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The Invention of Sex Toys

_CW: This episode is a bit saucier than normal with explicit sexual references and some swearing. If that isn’t your cup of tea or are listening...

Poppers

*WARNING There are adult themes and explicit descriptions of drug use in this episode. All drugs come with their own risks and legal implications....

Why the USA Joined WW1

It's easy to forget there was a time before the special relationship, when the United States might never have gotten involved in the First World...

The Sinking of the Lancastria

On June 17, 1940, the British ocean liner, RMS Lancastria, was sunk during Operation Aerial.

RMS Lancastria had sailed to the French port of...

Mary II and Anne: Sister Queens

To mark the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, June is Queenship month on Not Just the Tudors. Our series continues with a look at two of...

Sustainable Farming with The Radwans

Have you ever thought about having a complete change in lifestyle, trading in the busy city hustle for more traditional way of life on a farm? The...

HS2: Uncovering An Anglo-Saxon Burial Site

An extraordinary discovery has been unearthed by archaeologists working alongside the HS2 rail project. The find, made at an undisclosed location...

Mermaids

The central Mediterranean is home to a bounty of creatures - fish, dolphins, and... mermaids? In today's episode Dr Amelia Brown returns to the...

The Siege of Loyalty House

The Civil War was the most traumatic conflict in British history, pitting friends and family members against each other, tearing down the old...

Lunar Rover

The success of the Apollo Missions relied on hugely imaginative engineering. There is perhaps no better example of this than the first off-planet...

Treasures of The Royal Mint

A history of British monarchs in coins. With a history stretching over 1,100 years, The Royal Mint has forged a fascinating story through the...

Urban Life in Medieval Cities

Between 1000 and 1500, European towns and cities started to take shape, impacting the lives of millions of people as different cultural, social...

The Femme Fatale & The French President

This is the story of Marguerite Steinheil, the woman who shook Paris at the turn of the 20th century with one scandal after the next…one of...

Falklands40: Identifying the Unmarked Graves

Argentina surrendered to British forces in Port Stanley on the 14th of June 1982. The Falklands conflict was over. In the months after the...

How to Become Queen in Early Modern Europe

In Early Modern Europe, Queens did not come fully formed. Rather, a series of rites, rituals and ceremonies transformed a hesitant bride into a...

Food as a Weapon of War

Russia has been accused of using food as a weapon of war in Ukraine, pushing up to 49 million people into famine.

Further afield, Putin's...

Falklands40: Return to Mount Tumbledown

The Battle of Mount Tumbledown was an attack by the British Army and the Royal Marines on the heights overlooking Stanley, the Falkland Islands'...

The Death of Alexander the Great: Explained

Alexander the Great’s untimely death at Babylon in 323 BC triggered an unprecedented crisis across his continent-spanning empire.

Within a...

Plastic Surgery

As a result of all the military and medical advancements of World War One there were more seriously injured and disfigured soldiers surviving the...

The Wars of the Roses: The Uncrowned Queen

Matt Lewis concludes his series on the Wars of the Roses with a look at a figure who is often divisive and misunderstood, despised or loved, but...

Disaster Before D-Day: Exercise Tiger

The D-Day landings of June 6 1944 were the largest amphibious landing in the history of warfare, and are famed as a major turning point towards...