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The Czech Braveheart: Jan Žižka
5 November 2022Jan Žižka is the legendary Czech national hero who led Hussite forces against three crusades and never lost a single battle. His rise to...
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Indecent Exposure
4 November 2022It can happen on a bus, in a park, in your home, at the school gates. An estimated one in every ten women in England and Wales have reported it...
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Iranian Revolution
4 November 2022The current uprisings in Iran have connections that date back to the 1979 Iranian revolution, which saw the country go from a monarchy, to an...
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4. Tutankhamun: Inside the Tomb
4 November 20224/4. Dan descends the very same stone steps into Tutankhamun's tomb that Carter did, 100 years earlier. From within the chamber, Dan and...
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Becoming FDR
3 November 2022In August 1921, when Franklin D. Roosevelt was 39 years old, he contracted Polio, paralysing him from the waist down. Jonathan Darman tells Don...
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Tutankhamun
3 November 2022Tutankhamun is one of the most famous names in ancient history. Known as the 'Boy King', he ascended the Egyptian throne at the age of 9 and ruled...
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Mary I: Myths Vs. Reality
3 November 2022Queen Mary I was the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. She reigned - as England’s first Queen Regnant - between 1553-1558. Unlike...
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3. Tutankhamun: The Life of a Boy Pharaoh
3 November 20223/4. How much do we know about Tutankhamun, his short life and even shorter reign? Dan unravels the complicated legacy of Tutankhamun's...
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Online Advertising
2 November 2022What was the first ever internet ad? When was the last time someone actually clicked on one? What happened to all the proper ads with catchy...
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2. Tutankhamun: The Discovery of a Lifetime
2 November 20222/4. Dan dives into Carter’s obsession with Tutankhamun and the trials and idiosyncrasies that made him the right man for the discovery. Dan...
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Vikings in Britain: New Evidence
1 November 2022Archeological evidence of the Vikings as far north as Northumbria has practically been non-existent. On Gone Medieval in May 2021, Dr. Cat Jarman...
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Gothic Fiction
1 November 2022From Dracula, to Frankenstein, to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, to Twilight’s Edward Cullen…when did our fascination with gothic fiction...
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