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Benediction: Recreating Siegfried Sassoon
20 May 2022Siegfried Sassoon is one of the most famous poets of the 20th century. But he is also famous as a soldier, decorated for his bravery on the...
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40:21
Medicine & Misogyny
20 May 2022Using leeches to suck the blood from patients, mercury pills, and removing limbs with NO anaesthetic - healthcare throughout history hasn’t...
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20:54
Medieval Myths and Legends
19 May 2022Various legends, characters and myths are associated with the medieval period. The British Isles is filled with prehistoric monuments - from...
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Homer
19 May 2022The Iliad and the Odyssey are two of the world’s most famous poems. But who was their author, Homer, and how have his name and poems survived so...
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Nature's Lessons in Happiness with Charlie Corbett
19 May 2022How can nature help us deal with grief? In today's day and age, it can feel like we're detached from the natural world around us - but how do we...
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58:34
Anne Boleyn: Dispelling the Myths
19 May 2022There are so many myths about Anne Boleyn - among them that she had six fingers, that she was a murderess, even that she was Henry VIII's own...
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Falklands40: The Loss of HMS Ardent
18 May 2022Please note that this episode contains frank discussions of conflict, mental health and suicide.
Admiral Lord West is the former First Sea...
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35:22
The Jeep and World War II
18 May 2022We’re shaking things up today and sharing a preview from Car Show!, a new podcast from our friends at Pushkin Industries. Longtime Car...
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40:06
The Aeroplane
18 May 2022On 17 December 1903 the Wright Brothers successful completed the first manned, controlled and sustained flight in human history.
They made...
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36:24
Food in the Ancient World
17 May 2022When we think of the modern Mediterranean, delicious and vibrant food is one of the first things that come to mind. But how much has the regional...
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42:07
Royal Sex
17 May 2022Why did kings and queens have spectators on their wedding night? Was sex always just for the love of their country and the want of an heir, or...
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What Did the Anglo-Saxons Eat?
17 May 2022Early medieval royals ate mostly meat, right? Wrong! A new study that’s made headlines around the world has shown that medieval kings were...
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