Podcasts
All Podcasts
26:12
The Demerara Uprising and Britain’s Legacy of Slavery
28 March 2022The Demerara Rebellion of 1823 was an uprising of over ten thousand enslaved people in the Crown colony of Demerara-Essequibo (now part of Guyana)...
Listen Now
29:11
Anne Boleyn's Early Life
28 March 2022March 2022 marks the 500th anniversary of Anne Boleyn's first recorded appearance at the English court. To celebrate, Hever Castle - Anne's...
Listen Now
26:14
Rethinking the Second World War
28 March 2022Did build up to World War Two only begin in the 20th century, or was the century of violent imperial expansion before 1939 the ultimate cause of...
Listen Now
27:57
Destroying a Nazi Stronghold: The St Nazaire Raid
27 March 2022On 28 March 1942, in the darkest months of World War Two, Churchill approved what seemed to many like a suicide mission. Under orders to attack...
Listen Now
55:26
The Legacy of Julius Caesar's Assassination
27 March 2022The legacies of the Ides of March stretch from that very afternoon on March 14th 44BC to the modern day. From Roman times to the Medieval period,...
Listen Now
29:31
The Atomic Bomb
27 March 2022In a world at war, and with no end in sight, the atomic bomb was positioned to be the one weapon that could end the conflict for good.
In...
Listen Now
25:16
The Wonder of Stonehenge
27 March 2022Towering above the Wiltshire countryside, Stonehenge is perhaps the world's most awe-inspiring ancient stone circle. Shrouded in layers of...
Listen Now
27:03
Findling Lost Medieval Manuscripts
26 March 2022A gap in knowledge - both of stories and artefacts - provides a frustrating block when looking into the past. But, a new report, based on the use...
Listen Now
39:13
The French in Vietnam
25 March 2022The conflict we know today as the Vietnam War–involving the United States and the Viet Cong–was actually the second of the Indochina Wars, the...
Listen Now
31:09
200 Years of British-Russian Relations
25 March 2022Russia and the UK have very different political structures and ambitions, from their alliance at the Battle of Navarino in 1827 to the historic...
Listen Now
14:48
Ragnarök: Twilight of the Gods
24 March 2022After spending a lifetime battling giants and feasting plentifully between adventures, the gods of Asgard must now face their doom. Ragnarök,...
Listen Now
14:51
Loki: The Fun God Turned Murderous Pariah
24 March 2022In Norse mythology, Loki has a place of his own. Taken into Asgard as an infant, he grew under the protection of Odin. Rival and friend of Thor,...
Listen Now