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Pride Flag: Birth of a Rainbow
18 June 2023The first ever Pride Flag was 30 ft high and 60 ft wide. A suitably epic beginning for a flag that has had a massive impact on the...
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43:10
The Picts
18 June 2023Emerging around the 3rd century CE and later designated official adversaries of the Roman Empire, the Picts wreaked havoc across the northern...
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Medieval Trans Saints & Sex Workers
16 June 2023In this episode of Gone Medieval for Pride Month, Matt Lewis takes a look at some transgender stories from the Middle Ages. Marinos was a 5th...
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Ukraine: The Counter Offensive Explained
16 June 2023After months of preparation, speculation, and planning, the Ukrainian counteroffensive has finally begun. With battles underway across the...
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48:50
Shakespeare's Sex Life
16 June 2023The Bard’s work featured many references to sex and sexuality - some more obvious than others. But what does the work reveal about the sexuality...
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Louisiana's Ancient Mystery: Poverty Point
15 June 2023There are no other historic sites like this one on the planet. The concentric semi circles and mounds of Poverty Point in Louisiana are a mystery...
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41:55
The First Spears
15 June 2023According to the work of today's guest, Dr Annemieke Milks, humans were using spears approximately 400,000 years ago. Thanks to fragments...
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34:21
Cromwell, Boleyn & Aragon: A New Discovery
15 June 2023Experts at Hever Castle - the childhood home of Anne Boleyn - have made an extraordinary discovery. They’ve established that an ornate 1527...
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44:51
Origins of Scottish Independence
14 June 2023For the first time in 18 years, the Declaration of Arbroath - an iconic document in the story of the struggle for Scottish independence in the...
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31:24
Pencils: A Surprising History
14 June 2023Is the pencil an example of perfect design? What is the greatest pencil of all time? What does a fallen down tree in the Lake District have to do...
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Wreck, Scandal & Mutiny on HMS Wager
13 June 2023In 1740, the Royal Navy ship The Wager set sail for the Pacific to take part in the War of Jenkins' Ear. The unfortunate ship was separated from...
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31:48
Marco Polo
13 June 2023One of history’s great adventurers, Marco Polo’s accounts of his travels - dictated while in prison - were exceptionally widely read,...
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