Podcasts

Forgotten Women of the Crusades

Little has been known up until now about the involvement and power of women during the Crusader period. When Saladin's armies besieged Jerusalem...

How to Party like an Ancient Greek

In Ancient Greece, the symposium was no ordinary after-dinner drinking party, but one in which the Hellenic men of society got together to wine,...

Francesca Caccini: Composer to the Medicis

Francesca Caccini (1587-c.1641) is one of the forgotten women of classical music. She was an exceptional singer and instrumentalist, but above...

Operation Amherst

On the 7th April 1945, 702 French members of the Special Air Service parachuted into the Netherlands to recapture Dutch canals, bridges and...

The Objects That Made Britain

What can art tell us about a country's history? Well, a lot! In today's episode, Dan is joined by Art Historian Temi Odumosu and popular historian...

The Ear Trumpet

Ear Trumpets are seen as old fashioned and clumsy, mostly deployed in pop culture for comic effect as a snarky shorthand for how old and...

The Rise of Marius: Third Founder of Rome

Gaius Marius (157 BC – 86 BC) was one of the first warlords of the late Roman Republic, a general and statesman who held the office of...

The Rise of Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan is still considered one of the most famous and most feared warrior kings in history. But his name still divides opinion. To some, he...

The Falklands War: Turning Points

As a mist set in and the sea began to swell, British and Argentine warships circled one another off the coast of the Falkland Islands. Yet hidden...

Resisting the Third Reich

Across the whole of Nazi-ruled Europe, the experience of occupation was sharply varied. As a result, resistance movements during World War II...

The Tudors in Portraits

Visitors to the Holburne Museum in Bath are having a close encounter with the most familiar faces in English history. A stunning exhibition,...

The Moving Forest with Ben Rawlence

If you are listening to this in the UK, the spot where you are standing was almost certainly once forest. 

Ben Rawlence joins Jimmy to...