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Most Famous Murder In Ancient Egypt
18 June 2026Millenia ago, a plot was hatched within the highest echelons of Egyptian society which ended with royal blood being spilt. This assassination,...
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Rise of The Plantagenets
16 June 2026What happened when Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II joined forces, and why did it set medieval Europe on fire?
Dr. Eleanor Janega and Matt...
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A Teasing History Of Burlesque
16 June 2026Has Burlesque always meant the same thing? Where did it come from? And how has it changed?
Kate is joined by Dr Marissa Vigneault, Associate...
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What Made America? The Professional Military
15 June 2026Today's United States of America boasts one of the largest and most expensive militaries in the world. But this wasn't always a...
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The Origins of the Tank
15 June 2026How did century-old 'landships' developed from agricultural tractors evolve into the armoured giants of the modern battlefield? Today, we trace...
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Elizabethans in America
15 June 2026How did two Indigenous men help shape Elizabethan England's dreams of empire? What do these early encounters tell us about the contested...
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The Dark History of the Quakers
15 June 202617th century England was a world turned upside down.
A civil war resulted in King Charles I being executed, and from this moment a religious...
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The Cambrian Explosion: When Life Began?
14 June 2026538 million years ago, life on Earth changed forever. In an evolutionary burst known as the Cambrian Explosion, complex animals rapidly appeared...
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The Queer Court of William Rufus
12 June 2026What really went on at the court of King William Rufus?
William the Conqueror's son and successor was fierce and ruthless. He taxed heavily,...
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Supersluts of History: Royal Mistress Madam du Barry
12 June 2026Madam du Barry's life was remarkable: from rags, to riches, to... revolution. And she pi**ed off Marie Antoinette along the way, too.
How...
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Eisenhower's Countdown to D-Day
11 June 2026On June 6, 1944, a combined Allied force carried out the largest amphibious invasion in history. They were led by an American.
What was...
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Mary Beard on Ruling the Roman Empire
11 June 2026What did it take to rule an empire that was never meant to have an emperor?
In this second episode of our series on the Roman Empire, we're...
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