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Churchill's Surprising Career in Scotland
16 January 2023Winston Churchill is possibly the most famous politician in British history. Throughout his career, he would hold numerous positions in...
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28:05
Levi's Jeans
15 January 2023150 years ago a patent was lodged for the first ever pair of jeans (what we’d think of as jeans today at least). There were two names on it. One...
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Orkney: Centre of the Stone Age
15 January 2023Orkney, a group of islands off Britain’s north coast, famed for their stunning, rural scenery. But 5,000 years ago, during the Neolithic Period...
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27:09
The Prester John Myth
14 January 2023Matt Lewis continues his Mystery Month on Gone Medieval with another tantalising enigma of the Middle Ages - the legendary figure of Prester...
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J. Edgar Hoover & The FBI
13 January 2023Known today as one of the most powerful law enforcement agencies in the world - the Federal Bureau of Investigation, more colloquially known as...
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55:44
Royal Sibling Rifts
13 January 2023Just in case you haven’t heard, a certain prince has released a memoir recently detailing a challenging relationship between him and his...
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34:40
The Mongol Empire
13 January 2023The Crusades are well-known but only part of the complex history of the medieval Near East. During the same era, the region was completely remade...
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39:39
Charles Dickens in America
12 January 2023One of the most famous writers ever to have lived, Charles Dickens travelled twice to the US, in 1842 and 1867. This made him one of the first...
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Nonsuch: Henry VIII's Lost Palace
12 January 2023In April 1538 - to celebrate the birth of Prince Edward and the 30th anniversary of his reign - King Henry VIII began work on a royal palace in...
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The Kings of Rome
12 January 2023This episode contains references to sexual assault and suicide.
When you think of Ancient Rome, you don't often associate it with the idea...
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The Himalayas
12 January 2023The Himalayas is one of the most expansive and storied regions in the world. It's also a place that we're hugely dependent on, providing billions...
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Sex (and the fish who invented it)
11 January 2023250 million years ago the armour-plated Placoderm fish invented the act of sex as we know it. Hubba Hubba. Dive in the historical sack as we go in...
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