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Sexual Violence
26 August 2022Definitions of what can and cannot be described as sexual violence vary widely across time and place. In 48 countries around the world today, for...
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Richard III: How to find a Lost King
25 August 2022In August 1485, King Richard III was killed at the Battle of Bosworth. In 2012, having been lost for over 500 years, the remains of King Richard...
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Ancient Americas: The Moche
25 August 2022Known for their iconic ceramics and notable artwork - the Moche people flourished in ancient northern Peru. But who were the people behind the...
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Thomas Cromwell's Private Life
25 August 2022Thomas Cromwell was an extraordinary figure in the Tudor court. Lawyer, politician, minister and peer of the realm, Cromwell deployed all of his...
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Witches
24 August 2022What comes to your mind when you think of a witch? Broomsticks? Black cats? Warts?
Early modern witchcraft expert, John Callow, is Betwixt...
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Home Security System
24 August 2022The patent for the Ring doorbell cites this as the starting point. A Heath Robinson looking design with peep holes, sliding cameras and radio...
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The Revolution of The Chinese Script
23 August 2022What does it take to reinvent the world's oldest living language? China today is one of the world's most powerful nations, yet just a century ago...
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Welcome to American History Hit
23 August 2022Join Don Wildman twice a week for your hit of American history, as he explores the past to help us understand the United States of...
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Viking Sex
23 August 2022Who was Loki having sex with? What is a horse penis cult? And were the Vikings as brutal as we think they were?
Betwixt the Sheets today,...
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Viking Sex
23 August 2022In this episode of Gone Medieval, presenter Dr. Cat Jarman swaps seats and becomes the guest of Dr. Kate Lister’s brilliant podcast from History...
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The Voyage That Kickstarted Globalisation
22 August 2022In February 1882 the SS Dunedin departed New Zealand on a voyage that would revolutionise the way we eat and kickstart the globalisation of the...
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India-Pakistan: On the Brink of Nuclear War
22 August 2022In 1970, the deadliest storm in modern history ripped Pakistan in two, leading the world to the brink of nuclear war after American and Soviet...
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