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Justinian: Greatest Byzantine Emperor?
8 February 2024The Eastern Roman Emperor from 527 to 565, Justinian was a ruler who infused even the most mundane tasks with spiritual and religious...
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Private Life of King James VI & I
8 February 2024King James VI and I, the first monarch to reign over Scotland, England and Ireland, has a mixed reputation. To many, he is simply the homosexual...
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What Was Sex Like In Medieval Times?
8 February 2024What happened when medieval monks were told by the church that they had to be celibate? And how did their wives react?
On today's episode,...
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The Epic of Gilgamesh: Quest for Immortality
8 February 2024The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the oldest surviving works of storytelling in history. It begins with the tale of Gilgamesh’s friendship with...
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Dragons: From the Ancient World to the Hobbit
8 February 2024Take dinosaur bones, snake poison, volcanic lava, fear of the unknown. Mix it all together and you have a dragon!
Today we're finding out...
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Facebook at Twenty: From College Dorms to Court Cases
7 February 2024Where did the idea for Facebook come from? How has the site evolved? And how has it changed the world? In this episode, 20 years after the...
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The Real King Arthur
7 February 2024If King Arthur never existed, why does he loom so large in England's history? Dan traces the real-life figures who could have been the legendary...
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Who are the Houthis?
7 February 2024As Houthi missile attacks on shipping in the Red Sea continue, we turn to the past to answer the all-important questions - who are the Houthis,...
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Origins of the Civil War
5 February 2024The war between the Union and the Confederacy is a major turning point in the history of the United States. But why did it happen?
From...
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The REAL Charles Dickens with Miriam Margolyes
5 February 2024Joining us today is writer, actor and all-round Charles Dickens superfan Miriam Margolyes.
You might be familiar with Dickens' hugely...
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Supernatural Beings in Early Modern Britain
5 February 2024In the early modern period, it was patently clear to everyone that supernatural beings, foremost among them the devil, were at work in the world,...
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How Everyday People Built Medieval Japan
5 February 2024When it comes to Japan in the Middle Ages, we think mostly of stories of the Shogun, samurai and ninjas. But for a society dominated by the...
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