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Anne Boleyn & Katherine of Aragon: Rival Queens?
18 May 2023History has painted Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn in two very different hues: one wife, one mistress; one Spanish, one French; one committed...
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43:47
Henry III vs. Simon de Montfort
17 May 2023After speaking to Gone Medieval in April 2022 about the first volume of his magisterial biography of Henry III, David Carpenter promised Matt...
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37:09
Inventing Bond: Wiretapping
17 May 2023We live in a world where everything is bugged. We all know we are being monitored. The surprising thing is that this is nothing new.
From...
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24:30
Britain's WWII Lumberjills
16 May 2023The Second World War placed a tremendous strain on Britain's natural resources. One of the most important materials for fuelling the war effort...
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42:42
Murder in the Roman World
16 May 2023The Ancient Romans are often thought of as ahead of their time. They invented concrete, sophisticated road systems and even underfloor...
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44:29
Henry III vs. Simon de Montfort
16 May 2023After speaking to Gone Medieval in April 2022 about the first volume of his magisterial biography of Henry III, David Carpenter promised Matt...
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27:28
Nazi Codebreaking with Betty Webb
15 May 2023Betty Webb is the last known living veteran who worked on both German and Japanese codes at Bletchley Park and Dan got an invite to her 100th...
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41:28
LBJ's Legacy
15 May 2023The Vietnam War or the Great Society? Which event looms larger in the history of the United States?
The 36th President of the United...
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34:36
The Dambusters Raid with Max Hastings
15 May 202380 years ago, in the late hours of May 16th 1943, Wing Commander Guy Gibson fearlessly commanded the 617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force to...
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44:51
Enslaved Children in 16th Century Spain
15 May 2023Following the Second Granada War (1568-70), thousands of Moriscos in Spain were exiled, imprisoned or enslaved. Moriscos were former Muslims who...
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37:01
The Haitian Revolution and King Henri Christophe
14 May 2023In the summer of 1791, thousands of enslaved people in Saint Domingue, as Haiti was then known, cast aside their shackles and revolted against...
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Chicken Nuggets: A Bitesized History
14 May 2023The most famous chicken nugget of them all, the McDonald’s McNugget, turns 40 this year. So we’re asking, who invented the Chicken...
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