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America and the Haiti Revolution
23 February 2023The revolution in Haiti freed the country from French control and created the first Black republic after years of fighting, in 1804. Leslie...
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The Origins of Buddhism
23 February 2023One of the oldest religions in the world, Buddhism is practiced by over 400 million people today, but where did it originate from? Pioneered by...
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The Blood Countess: Elizabeth Bathory
23 February 2023In the early seventeenth century, a Hungarian aristocrat called Erzsébet Báthory - or Elizabeth Bathory - was accused of murdering more than 600...
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History of Britain's Black Airmen
23 February 2023When you think of some of the remarkable feats of airpower throughout history, you might think of the Dambusters, or the Battle of Britain. But...
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The Rise and Fall of the BlackBerry
22 February 2023At its peak, the BlackBerry was the world’s most popular smartphone with almost 50% of the US market. They were called the ‘CrackBerry’ so...
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The Gough Map: One of Britain's Earliest Maps
21 February 2023Maps. They are an essential part of modern life. But when and how did people in medieval Britain first start mapping their surroundings? The Gough...
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Cooking for Churchill: Georgina Landemare
21 February 2023Clear soup, Irish stew and steamed puddings - this was the war work of Georgina Landemare, the Churchills’ longest-serving...
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Rosa Parks
21 February 2023On the 1st of December, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. After taking her seat in the section designated for people of...
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Samuel Adams
20 February 2023One of the Founding Fathers of the United States, Samuel Adams was a political force of nature. Stacy Schiff tells Don how Adams, fuelled by...
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1993 World Trade Center Bombing
20 February 20239/11 remains the most infamous act of terrorism perpetrated against the United States - but it did not mark the first time terrorists had targeted...
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Mary Queen of Scots’ Lost Letters Decoded
20 February 2023The most important discovery related to Mary Queen of Scots for 100 years was recently made - by a team of amateur cryptologists.
In...
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How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Humanity
20 February 2023We think of our natural environment as a subset of history, like studying the history of warfare or economics. But in truth, climate is the...
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