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Who was Al-Jahiz?
13 November 2023In a time bound by rigid social and class divides, knowledge and the pursuit thereof often bridged the gap between lowly beginnings and a prolific...
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Remembrance Day: Searching for My Father the WWII Pilot
13 November 2023John Watts never knew his father. He was conceived days before his father, Wing Commander Joseph Watts, was killed on a bombing mission over...
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The Man Who Hanged Nazis: Albert Pierrepoint
12 November 2023For Albert Pierrepoint, execution was a family affair. His father and uncle were hangmen and from the 1940s until the late 1950s Albert was...
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Persephone: Queen of the Underworld
11 November 2023This episode contains references to death and sexual assault.
Persephone is Queen of the Underworld in Ancient Greek...
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42:01
Love, Lust & Fighting in World War II
10 November 2023It can be hard to comprehend the magnitude of historical events, with World War Two a prime example of this.
By 1945, some 3 million British...
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President Martin Van Buren
9 November 2023The 'Little Magician', the 'Sly Fox' or - to our expert guest - a 6.5/10 president. We're onto President number 8, Martin Van Buren.
Don is...
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Ghost Fetishes: From Ancient World to Victorians
9 November 2023What is spectrophilia? Well, it's a fetish for ghosts (as well as mirrors), so being turned on by anything lurking in the non-physical realm. What...
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The Medieval Boleyns
9 November 2023From the fields of Norfolk to the royal court - via city commerce, local government, liberal education and numerous wedding bells - the Boleyns...
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47:51
Hitler's Third Reich
9 November 20233/4. In this special 4-part series, we look back at the life of Adolf Hitler. With the help of Frank McDonough, a leading historian of the Third...
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40:02
The Illyrians: Pirates of the Adriatic
8 November 2023Inhabiting the Balkans in antiquity, the Illyrians played a vital role in Ancient History. From their renowned reputation as skilled craftsmen,...
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Witchcraft: Everything You Need to Know
8 November 2023In this episode of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb pays a visit to historians Dr. Anthony Delaney and Dr. Maddy Pelling, who are...
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The Rise of Hitler
8 November 20232/4. In this special 4-part series, we look back at the life of Adolf Hitler. With the help of Frank McDonough, a leading historian of the Third...
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