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The Spartan Warrior
9 December 2023One of the most famed classes of soldiers from antiquity, the Spartan warrior has been immortalised in media today. Characterised as super...
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The Invention of Heterosexuality
8 December 2023Sexuality is a funny thing. It's a social construct just as much as, say, virginity is.
We use words like heterosexuality and homosexuality...
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Vikings in Medieval Baghdad
7 December 2023In the ninth century, the Vikings earned a fearsome reputation by wreaking chaos on the coasts of western Europe. But what is perhaps less well...
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Demeter with Natalie Haynes
7 December 2023Demeter is the Goddess of the Harvest and Agriculture in Ancient Greek mythology.
Mother of Persephone, and daughter of Kronos and Rhea,...
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The Tudors' Portrait Artist: Holbein
7 December 2023How we visualise the Tudors largely comes from their portraits painted by Hans Holbein the Younger. Between 1526 and 1543, he captured the...
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The Ghost of Anne Boleyn
7 December 2023We talk the ghost of Anne Boleyn, Queen of England before Henry VIII chopped off her head, with the marvellous Tracy Borman.
Where can Anne...
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Mother Shipton: Tudor Prophetess of England's Doom
7 December 2023Did a Tudor prophetess correctly predict the English Civil War, the Crimean War, the sinking of the Titanic, World War One and the end of days?...
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President John Tyler: The 'Accidental' President
6 December 2023He may have been the tenth President, but John Tyler - 'His Accidency' - was a pioneer in many ways.
Tyler was the first Vice President to...
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A Guide to Ancient Egypt
6 December 2023Egypt was a vast kingdom of the ancient world. Its rulers were considered gods and wielded tremendous power and wealth. Egyptian scholars,...
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Medieval Baghdad
5 December 2023Today we find ourselves in 9th-century Baghdad, the beating heart of the Islamic Abbasid Caliphate. This was a vast empire that stretched from...
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The Rise & Fall of Political Parties
4 December 2023The two party division of the US political system is as evident as ever as we warm up to the 2024 elections. But where does this state of affairs...
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Hellfire Club: Sex, Scandal & Satanism in Georgian England
4 December 2023Sex, Satanism and Scandal surrounded the Hellfire Club that operated out of a network of caves in the country estate of 18th century aristocrat...
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