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Christmas Carols: A Musical History
27 December 2022Traditionally sung at Christmas itself or during the surrounding Christmas holiday season, it is thought that carols existed to keep up people’s...
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Santaphilia: Sexual Attraction to Santa
23 December 2022How long have people been hoping for Santa to hurry down their chimneys for?
Whether it’s because he’s a bear, a dom or the ultimate...
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The CIA: Secret Drone Wars
23 December 2022Like most aspects of the organisation, the CIA drone programme is shrouded in secrecy. With covert bases located across the globe, all armed with...
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Christmas Feasts Through The Ages!
23 December 2022Porpoises, beaver tails, boar's head and puffins: are just some of the exquisite dishes on medieval tables during the festive season. In this...
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The First Americans
22 December 2022Modern humans thrived in the Americas for thousands of years before the first European colonists arrived, but how and when did they get...
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The Biggest Discoveries of 2022
22 December 2022Professor Suzannah Lipscomb presents her annual review of the year, recommending the finest history books she has discovered, the best television...
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The First Britons
22 December 202267 million people currently inhabit the United Kingdom - but what do we know about the original, first Britons? It's no secret when looking back...
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The Real 'Good King' Wenceslas
22 December 2022Click here to vote for Gone Medieval at the Signal Awards.
At this time of year, many of us will find ourselves singing about a royal...
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Christmas Crackers
21 December 2022Ho ho ho! Come with us on a Christmas tale of invention as we talk to the world’s only Christmas Cracker historian, Peter Kimpton of...
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The Battle of the Bulge
21 December 2022Lasting six brutal weeks, from December 16, 1944, to January 25, 1945, the Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes region of Belgium was Adolf...
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The Real 'Good King Wenceslas'
20 December 2022At this time of year, many of us will find ourselves singing about a royal personage who braves the snow on the Feast of Stephen –...
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Sex Advice in the 20th Century
20 December 2022What is ‘good’ sex? Why might you need to get your protractor out in the bedroom? And when was foreplay ‘invented’?
In this episode,...
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