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Elizabeth I: Make-Up & Beauty Tips
18 April 2024What do we know about what Elizabeth I actually looked like? How was her appearance altered through the use of cosmetics? Portraits suggest...
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The Goths
17 April 2024The Goths are renowned for many things, not least sacking Rome in 410 AD and helping to bring about the fall of the Western Roman Empire. They...
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The Georgian Husband with Fourteen Wives
17 April 2024Charles Hamilton allegedly had fourteen wives according to the newspapers, but the headline was that Charles used to be called Mary. In the 18th...
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Mao's China, The Berlin Wall and WWII Egypt: Witnessing History with Peter Snow
16 April 2024As a foreign correspondent for ITN in the 70s, Peter Snow remembers handing tins of film to strangers on airport runways, hoping they would take...
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The Battle of El-Alamein Explained
16 April 2024Fought in the second half of 1942, the Battles of El Alamein were a series of climactic confrontations in Egypt between British Imperial and...
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Rise of Wessex
16 April 2024In Gone Medieval’s special series exploring some of Anglo-Saxon Britain’s most influential kingdoms, we reach Wessex - the last kingdom left...
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Fetishwear: A Kinky History
16 April 2024What is the origin of the word fetish? How did the war play a part in shaping fetishwear? And what are some of the styles that are most...
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President Ulysses S. Grant: The Myth of the Butcher
15 April 2024How does a heroic general of the Civil War become one of the lowest rated Presidents (at least until recently)?
To discuss Grant's...
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Bigfoot: the Origin Story
15 April 2024Our second episode examining the very real history of Bigfoot. This time we're looking at ancient Native American rock art and meeting the extinct...
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37:36
Unusual Births and Disability in 17th Century England
15 April 2024**WARNING: This episode contains themes that some listeners might find distressing and commonly-used historic terminology that does not reflect...
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The Trial of Charles I
14 April 2024In the mid-17th century, King Charles I of England was put on trial for treason against the sovereign state. Such a process involved a singular...
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What is Zionism?
13 April 2024Dan delves into the complex history of Zionism, exploring its multifaceted origins and the various ideological strands that have shaped it over...
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