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Sex: The Medieval Rules
3 October 2023Given that the medieval period covers the best part of 1000 years, there's a fair amount of sexual myth and beliefs to get through.
How...
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Suleyman the Magnificent
2 October 2023The Lion House is a riveting new book from journalist and historian Christopher De Bellaigue, written like a novel that tells the dramatic story...
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The American Buffalo with Ken Burns
2 October 2023'It's one of those threads you pull on and immediately you're connected to the whole fabric of American history.'
The American Buffalo,...
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The Habsburgs
2 October 2023How did an obscure Swiss family grow in power to gain control of the Holy Roman Empire in the 15th century? How did they manage to then take in a...
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28:23
How Shakespeare Depicted Race
2 October 2023In the same way that Shakespeare’s women characters were performed by boys in female costume, African, Middle Eastern, Hispanic and Jewish roles...
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The Palace of the Golden Gate
1 October 2023Alongside the Great Mosque, the palace was the first structure built in Baghdad. Let’s imagine this…
You’re a new visitor, you’ve...
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The Caravanserai
1 October 2023Let’s take a jaunt to an ancient structure that made all of medieval Baghdad possible, the caravanserai or funduq. Originally built by the...
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The Dead Sea Scrolls: Jesus, John the Baptist & Essenes
1 October 2023Part 2/2. Of unknown authorship, the Dead Sea Scrolls - also known as the Qumran Scrolls - are some of the most important ancient documents ever...
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Julius Caesar's Sex Life
29 September 2023"I came. I saw. I conquered".
Perhaps the most famous Julius Caesar quote of all time. But after hearing all about his bedroom antics, it...
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President James Monroe
28 September 2023Serving from 1817 to 1825, James Monroe's presidency was only the fifth presidency of the United States. Monroe's time in power saw the...
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Mysterious Anglo-Saxon Bone Chests with Cat Jarman
28 September 2023In 1642, a Parliamentarian army smashed up Winchester Cathedral, including ten beautiful, 7th century mortuary chests, that housed the mortal...
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Anne Boleyn & Catherine Howard's Uncle, Thomas Howard
28 September 2023Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, is often vilified as one of the Tudor century's most unpleasant characters. His was a family marked by...
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