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Echoes of History: A New Chapter
13 May 2024Introducing a new chapter of Echoes of History, the podcast that explores the incredible real-life stories and events that inspire the locations,...
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The Real Hamilton: Downfall, Duel & Death
13 May 2024When Alexander Hamilton took a bullet to the abdomen on the morning of the 11th July 1804, he joined a long list of people who had fallen foul of...
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Shardlake and its Creator C.J. Sansom
13 May 2024Fans of historical fiction and crime novels have been saddened to learn of the recent death of the award-winning, best-selling author C.J. Sansom,...
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The Great Famine: Ireland’s Darkest Chapter (Part 1)
13 May 2024One million people died. Two million emigrated. The Great Irish Famine was the world turned upside down. The darkest chapter in Ireland's...
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Twelve Caesars with Mary Beard
12 May 2024The title of Caesar has echoed down the ages as the pinnacle of absolute power and perhaps even tyranny. A single man at the head of a nation or...
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Marshal Pétain: Hero or Traitor?
11 May 2024Marshal Pétain emerged from the First World War as a French national hero. His defence of Verdun had set him on course to become one of France's...
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The Cleopatras: A Dynasty of Rule Breakers
11 May 2024Cleopatra. It is one of the most recognisable names in ancient history, made famous by the exploits of Egypt’s controversial pharaoh queen. But...
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The Viking Age: What Discoveries Reveal
10 May 2024The Vikings continue to fascinate us because their compelling stories connect with universal human desires for exploration and adventure. But...
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Menopause: History, ‘Hysteria’ & Hormone Revolutions
10 May 2024When you look into the history of menopause it’s steeped in misogyny, fear and demonising women’s bodies.
But what is the truth...
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Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe
9 May 2024**This episode contains conversation about sexual behaviour**
In early modern Europe, acting upon same-sex desires was forbidden. We only...
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President James A. Garfield: Sex Cults & Assassination
8 May 2024This may have been the second shortest Presidency in the history of the United States, but the term of James Garfield is definitely not one to...
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Nineveh
8 May 2024Nineveh was one of the great cities of ancient Mesopotamia. Situated on the eastern bank of the River Tigris, it rivalled cities like Babylon and...
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