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The Origins of Wine
10 March 2024Wine is one of the most popular alcoholic beverages in the world. But its popularity dates back thousands of years. Throughout ancient history,...
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Oppenheimer vs Einstein
10 March 2024Today we're talking about two 20th century titans, the physicists J. Robert Oppenheimer and Albert Einstein. Their scientific achievements changed...
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Medieval Origins of Italian Food
8 March 2024For a thousand years, Italy’s cities have been magnets for everything that makes for great eating: ingredients, talent, money and power. Italian...
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The Real Joan of Arc
8 March 2024How did a peasant girl go on to lead French armies at the age of 17?
To mark International Women's Day on March 8th, Kate's joined by...
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Lincoln & the Civil War
7 March 2024Inaugurated into the thick of secession and assassinated just weeks after Confederate surrender, there is no separating the story of Abraham...
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Jane Seymour: Henry VIII’s Third Queen
7 March 2024Jane Seymour is a paradox. Of Henry VIII’s six wives, she is the one about whom we know perhaps the least. She was the most lowly of the queens,...
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4. Machu Picchu: The Fall of the Inca Empire
7 March 2024Part 4/4. The Spanish conquistadors arrived in Peru in 1526 in a bloody pursuit of gold and riches; it was the beginning of the end for the Inca....
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The Great Pyramid of Giza
6 March 2024The Great Pyramid of Giza is the only ‘Wonder of the Ancient World’ still standing. Built over 4500 years ago at the same time as Stonehenge,...
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Pirate Queens: Mary Read & Anne Bonny
6 March 2024Mary Read and Anne Bonny are legendary female pirates from the golden age of piracy. Raised as boys, they sailed with captain Calico Jack and...
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3. Machu Picchu: Inca Gods and Human Sacrifices
6 March 2024Part 3/4. Juanita the Ice Maiden is one of the most famous mummies in the world. She was found in 1991 by anthropologist Johan Reinhard lying out...
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Kink in the Renaissance
5 March 2024Come with us back to Renaissance England, when writers were playing with ideas of sexuality in interesting ways.
How much of a filth bag was...
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St. Thurstan: York's Rebel Archbishop
5 March 2024One of Medieval England’s most influential figures, Thurstan was the Archbishop of York from 1114 to 1140 who fought attempts by the Archbishop...
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