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Althea Gibson: The Wimbledon Champion Who Beat The Odds
18 July 2023The world of tennis in the 1940s wasn't made for someone of Althea Gibson's background.
She was the descendent of slaves, and grew up in...
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Prigozhin: The Fate of Russian ‘Favourites’
17 July 2023Russian history is defined by the rise and fall of favourites. Peter the Great had Menshikov, and Nicholas II had Rasputin. It's part of the...
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A History of American Childhood
17 July 2023School, play and much less work: the idealised childhood is a very separate part of life. But how did it come to be so? And why is this perhaps...
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WW2: Top 5 Strangest Weapons
17 July 2023They say war can be one of the biggest drivers of innovation. Inventions like radar, computers and penicillin, all developed during the Second...
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41:52
Tudor Queens: The Power of Jewellery
17 July 2023From the mid-15th century to the mid-16th century, there were 10 Queens Consort of England, from Margaret of Anjou to Katherine Parr. For each of...
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Napoleon
16 July 2023Did Napoleon really come from nothing and conquer everything? The release of the trailer for Ridley Scott's new epic biopic film has created hot...
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Jersey: Ice Age Island
16 July 2023The largest of the Channel Islands, when you think of Jersey, it's doubtful that Neanderthals, Woolly Mammoths, and Woolly Rhinoceroses come to...
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Ectoplasm: Seances & the Rise of Spiritualism
16 July 2023Communicating with the dead has a long and winding history. The rise of seances and the showmanship of paranormal activity rose to prominence in...
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Mozart's Sex Life
14 July 2023When we think of the biggest pop icons of all time, we might reach for Madonna, Elvis, or yes, even Michael Jackson.
One name that’s...
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Ukraine: War Crimes & Cluster Bombs
14 July 2023As over a year passes since the Bucha Massacre, new information and intelligence on Russian war crimes continues to emerge from the conflict. With...
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Beowulf
14 July 2023Composed towards the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the classic Anglo-Saxon epic poem that transcends its time to shed light on...
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Helen of Troy with Natalie Haynes
13 July 2023Helen of Troy, the face that launched a thousand ships - but is there more to her than a beautiful face? Commemorated throughout history in...
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