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The Sahara: Traders and Travellers
26 October 2023Stretching across from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, Northern Africa is dominated by the Sahara Desert. The largest hot desert in the world,...
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The Templars in Britain
26 October 2023The Knights Templar have an enduring reputation―but not one they would recognise. Originally established in the twelfth century to protect...
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History of Asexuality
24 October 2023We live in a hyper-sexualised world. But what if you don't take a sexual interest in anyone?
Asexuality makes up roughly 1% of the...
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The Real Wild West
23 October 2023Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford, John Wayne. We've seen them roping and wrangling and defeating their enemies, all by the time the credits...
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Who was Al-Mahani?
23 October 2023In medieval Baghdad, there was a particular focus on two elements of knowledge expansion: recording existing principles, and further expanding on...
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Last Witch of Scotland
23 October 2023In 1727, Janet Horne of the Highland community of Dornoch became the last person in Britain to be tried and executed for witchcraft.
As the...
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Kings of Medieval Ethiopia
23 October 2023Overseeing a rich and diverse kingdom, Ethiopia’s medieval monarchs consolidated their power by claiming descent from the Biblical King Solomon....
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The Murders of Alexander the Great
22 October 2023This episode contains strong language, and references to sexual assault.
Alexander the Great - conqueror, legend, murderer. After ascending...
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Inside the Tudor Home
22 October 2023We are all familiar with great Tudor palaces and country houses but what were the homes of ordinary people like during that time? How were...
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Hitler's Sex Life
20 October 2023We all know how the song goes, the one about Hitler having one testicle.
And whilst it's disarming to poke fun at someone so evil, there's...
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Medieval North America: Gods of Thunder
19 October 2023From 800 to 1300 CE, a great religious movement swept Mesoamerica, the Southwest, and the Mississippi valley. This Medieval Warm Period was one of...
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The Hundred Years War
19 October 2023For the last several decades, Jonathan, Lord Sumption - former senior judge and medieval historian - has been crafting a monumental, five-volume...
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