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Inside the Victorian Asylum
5 January 2026One of the dark symbols of the Victorian age is the asylum. It struck fear into the mind but what was the reality of life inside its walls? Maddy...
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Christopher Marlowe: A Dangerous Life
5 January 2026Was Christopher Marlowe a rebel, a genius, or a heretic ahead of his time? From his plays that shocked Elizabethan England to his brutal murder,...
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The Rise, Fall and Rise of the Taliban
5 January 2026The Taliban’s return to power in August 2021 shocked the world. But, it was not an abrupt collapse — it was decades in the making. Lyse Doucet...
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Alfred the Great's Downfall: The Battle of Chippenham
5 January 2026Among the many cool characters from the Viking Age that are brought to life in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is Alfred the Great. Before his...
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Rise of Christianity
4 January 2026How did a persecuted minority religion rise to be embraced and enforced by mighty Roman Emperors?
Tristan Hughes is joined by Professor...
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How Filthy Were The Romans?
2 January 2026Some of the key remnants of the Roman Empire are their public baths - huge complexes, multiple different rooms, the basis of many of our modern...
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The Kingdom of Mercia
2 January 2026Once the powerhouse of the Anglo-Saxon world, the kingdom of Mercia dominated not just Wessex but nearly all its neighbouring realms. At its...
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How Dangerous Was The Oregon Trail?
1 January 2026From the 1830s until the arrival of the transcontinental railroad, hundreds of thousands of people packed their possessions into wagons and headed...
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Enchanted Realms: Fairies in the 16th Century
1 January 2026In the early modern period, belief in fairies was quite commonplace. But put all thoughts of Tinkerbell aside! Professor Suzannah...
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The First Life on Earth
1 January 2026Today we’re going back to the beginning – no Romans, Celts, Egyptians or Macedonians in sight. Billions of years of prehistory as we look at...
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How Did Ancient Romans become Christians?
1 January 2026Around 50 CE, a small group of travellers began to preach that a Jewish man, crucified by the Romans, had risen from the dead. Teaching love,...
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The Truth About the Conjuring's Ghost Hunters
1 January 2026Ghost hunting couple Ed and Lorraine Warren transformed twentieth century America into an enchanted land dotted with haunted houses, cursed...
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