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The Last Gay Men Executed in Britain
18 February 2024Why was Georgian Britain's penal code so bloodthirsty when it came to homosexuality? Was Britain unusually cruel in this regard? And does this...
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32:58
Ice Age Britain: Finding the First Homo sapiens
17 February 2024Roughly 40,000 years ago, Ice Age Britain was undergoing a transformation.
The first modern humans, Homo sapiens, were arriving and...
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41:08
Sex Work in the Middle Ages
16 February 2024Medieval England was not subtle.
Take sex work, for example. You knew exactly where to go, because the streets were labelled accordingly....
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26:33
President James Buchanan: The Worst President Ever?
15 February 2024From 1857 to 1861, James Buchanan held the office of President of the United States. It was a pivotal moment in the history of America, a bitterly...
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51:44
Sulla
15 February 2024Lucius Cornellius Sulla Felix is one of the most important Roman statesmen of antiquity. An inspiration to figures such as Julius Caesar, Sulla...
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Origins of the Condom
15 February 2024The first surviving mention of condoms dates from the mid-16th century, in the writings of an Italian anatomist better known for the discovery of...
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34:53
Murder in Henry VIII's England
15 February 2024In a world before police, what happened when someone was murdered? How were murderers caught? How did the wheels of justice turn?
We talk to...
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Medieval Mass Murdering Monk: Malmesbury Abbey
15 February 2024Malmesbury Abbey in Wiltshire was an institution of national significance from the late seventh century until the dissolution of the monasteries...
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34:02
Life and Death in Greco-Roman Egypt
14 February 2024In its final centuries, Ancient Egypt was conquered by the Persians, the Greeks and the Romans, beginning with the invasion of Alexander the Great...
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28:08
The Great Pyramid of Giza
13 February 2024Built by Pharaoh Khufu some 4,500 years ago, the Great Pyramid was the first ancient wonder to be built and is the only one still standing....
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Rameses The Great
13 February 2024Was Rameses really that great or just an excellent self-promoter? Well, as Dan learns in this episode, a little bit of both. He reigned for 66...
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The Mystery of the Medieval Green Children
12 February 2024Two green children walked into the village of Woolpit in Suffolk, England, sometime in the 12th century. They said they were from a magic land...
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