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D. H. Lawrence and the Lady Chatterley Trial
4 July 2021D.H. Lawrence is best known for his work Lady Chatterley's Lover and the obscenity trial relating to the book's publication in the early 1960s. But...
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Persepolis: Jewel of Persia
4 July 2021It is one of the most remarkable ancient sites in the World. Situated east of the Zagros Mountains in modern day Iran, Persepolis was an important...
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The Truth About King Arthur
3 July 2021The legend of King Arthur has been reworked many times, but is there any historical truth behind the tales? Dr Miles Russell believes there is and in...
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Northampton: The Heart of Medieval England?
3 July 2021When we think of the heart of England, we often think of the city of London. But in Medieval times, Northampton held this title and it solidified...
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The Battle of the Somme
2 July 2021105 years ago the battle of the Somme raged on into its second day. 60,000 British casualties we recorded on its first day and by its close in...
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Coffee & Tobacco
1 July 2021When tobacco arrived in Britain in the 1560s, it was hailed as a "holy herb", a miracle cure to improve health and a catalyst for wit and...
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100 years of the Chinese Communist Party
1 July 2021100 years ago the Chinese Communist Party was founded and across the span of that century has become one of the most powerful organisations on the...
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Divorced, Murdered, Survived: Nero's Wives
30 June 2021In the long tradition of categorising famous wives as the good or the bad, Nero’s partners are no exception. These women are regularly reduced...
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Marginalised in the Middle Ages with Eleanor Janega
29 June 2021Much of Medieval history focuses on the kings, queens, bishops, and the nobility of the period, but what do we know about those people on the...
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Saint Edmund: England's Lost King
29 June 2021From Danish Archers using him as target practice to a wolf towing his perfectly severed head, King Edmund has a wealth of tales attached to his name...
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The Truth About Spartan Society
29 June 2021Sparta. Situated in the southern Peloponnese, this ancient Hellenic city-state has become ingrained in popular imagination as the home of unmatched...
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Heywood: The Catholic Satirist who Kept his Head
28 June 2021Playwright and musician John Heywood was a devout Catholic humanist and biting satirist - married to Sir Thomas Moore's niece - who managed to...
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Sarajevo 1914: Assassination of the Archduke
28 June 2021Europe in 1914 was a tinderbox of imperial tensions and the spark that would light the conflagration would be the assassination of Archduke Franz...
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Berlin and the Dawn of the Cold War
27 June 2021In the aftermath of World War II, amongst the shattered ruins of Berlin a new conflict was born, the Cold War. With the common purpose of defeating...
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Vindolanda: Jewel of Roman Britain
27 June 2021Situated roughly two miles south of Hadrian's Wall in the heart of the Northumberland countryside, Vindolanda is home to some of the most remarkable...
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From Airman to Attorney General: RAF Navigator Johnny Smythe
26 June 2021Beginning with his birth in 1915 in Sierra Leone, the life of John Henry Smythe OBE MBE is almost unbelievable. From becoming a navigator in the...
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White Ship Disaster
26 June 2021During the night of the 25 November in 1120, a routine crossing of the English Channel went catastrophically wrong. The White Ship disaster saw...
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Hunting the Viking Great Heathen Army
25 June 2021In 865 AD Britain was invaded by the Great Heathen Army an alliance of Scandanavian warriors determined to conquer the kingdoms of East Anglia,...
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Hampton Court: Gold & Glory
24 June 2021On 7 June 1520, Henry VIII of England and François I of France met at the Field of Cloth of Gold. For three weeks on English soil in Northern...
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History of Freemasonry
24 June 2021John Dickie joins Dan from the History Hit Archive to discuss the international story of an organisation that now has 6 million members across the...
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Artemis of Ephesus: The Great Mother Goddess
23 June 2021An incredibly popular goddess, characterised in statues of her by a vest of bee hives, or are they breasts … bull scrotums? In this episode Tristan...
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