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Nur Jahan: Empress of Mughal India
27 October 2022In 1611, the daughter of a Persian nobleman and widow of a subversive official, became the 20th and favourite wife of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir....
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Colosseum
27 October 2022Nicknamed the 8th wonder of the ancient world, the Colosseum still stands in splendour today. Located in the heart of Rome, nestled at the bottom...
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Elizabeth Báthory: The Vampire of Hungary
26 October 2022The inspiration behind countless gothic novels, Countess Elizabeth Báthory is said to be one of the most prolific serial killers of all time,...
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Nuclear Fusion Power
26 October 2022For almost a century we’ve been trying to build a star on earth. Not easy with temperatures reaching 150,000,000℃.
Today on Patented...
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Rasputin: Myth & Manhood
25 October 2022Was Rasputin really Russia’s greatest love machine? Did he have any healing powers? And why might his penis be pickling in a jar?
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Ghosts
25 October 2022How long have people believed in ghosts?
Eleanor Janega is back Betwixt the Sheets with Kate to tell us why you should always stand up to...
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Who were the Africans in Medieval Britain?
25 October 2022Earlier this month, it was reported that DNA analysis of the skeleton of a 10-year-old girl buried in Kent in the 7th century showed she was of...
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The Extraordinary Life of James Harley
24 October 2022James Arthur Stanley Harley was a scholar, reverend, politician, and perhaps aristocrat. Born in a poor village in the Caribbean island of...
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TUTANKHAMUN: Mini-Series Coming Soon!
24 October 2022On the 1st of November comes an immersive mini-series telling the story of one of the great discoveries of all time: the tomb of Tutankhamun. For...
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The Oregon Trail
24 October 2022From the 1830s until the arrival of the transcontinental railroad, hundreds of thousands of people packed their possessions into wagons and headed...
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Edward VI & The Prayer Book Rebellion
24 October 2022The so-called “Prayer Book Rebellion” of 1549 saw the people of Devon and Cornwall rising up against the young King Edward VI, determined to...
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Origins of Modern Iran
24 October 2022As protests continued across Iran last week, a number of Iranian-made kamikaze drones were fired by Russian forces at targets thousands of miles...
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