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Surviving Plague in Florence
4 July 2022Between 1630 and 1631, the city of Florence suffered its last epidemic of plague. Some 12% of the city's population of 75,000 perished.
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41:23
The Life of Anne Frank
4 July 2022It's exactly 80 years since Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Perhaps the most well-known Jewish victim of...
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32:53
The Real Alexander Hamilton
3 July 2022How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence impoverished...
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35:11
Video Games
3 July 2022A whistle stop tour of the 50 year history of video games — and all the innovations along the way, from our TV sets to virtual...
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51:01
Prehistoric Rock Art of Atlantic Europe
3 July 2022Dozens of incredible examples of prehistoric rock art have been found across western Europe in recent decades - but what do they...
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31:37
The Medieval Origins of Fairy Tales
2 July 2022When we think of fairy tales, we think of imprisoned maidens, turreted towers, magic spinning wheels, wicked witches and demonic dwarves and...
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37:34
The Korean War: A Forgotten Conflict?
1 July 2022Millions dead. A higher proportion of civilian casualties than in World War Two. America, Britain, Russia & China all involved in a conflict...
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34:37
The First Queer Activist
1 July 2022On 29 August 1867, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs stood in front of the Congress of German Jurists in Munich and urged them not to extend sodomy laws...
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43:26
Viking Voyages and Legends
30 June 2022In the dying days of the eighth century, the Vikings erupted onto the international stage with brutal raids and slaughter. The medieval Norsemen...
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41:45
Elizabeth I: Last Days and Legacy
30 June 2022In the last years of Elizabeth I’s reign, many of the preoccupations of earlier decades had been abated. Mary, Queen of Scots had finally been...
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46:06
Growing your Own Drugs with James Wong
30 June 2022Did you know around 50% of all medicinal drugs are derived from plants?
James Wong is a gardener, ethnobotanist, broadcaster and proud owner...
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42:24
Sparta and the Nazis
30 June 2022Ancient Sparta was co-opted by the Nazis as a supposed model civilisation for the Third Reich’s twisted racial and martial...
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