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How To Live Like A Monk
27 November 2021Monks. We know that they dedicated their lives to serving God, but what did it mean to be a Monk? In today's, episode Matt is joined by the...
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The Punjab Soldiers of WWI
26 November 2021About one in six of the men who served in the First World War came from undivided India. However, unlike those who hailed from Britain and the rest...
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The Rise of the Praetorian Guard
26 November 2021From Gladiator to Rome Total War to Star Wars, today the Praetorians are one of the most distinctive military units of Imperial Rome. It was their...
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The First Gun Crime in London
25 November 2021Early in the morning of Sunday 13 November 1536, a London merchant named Robert Pakington was shot dead crossing Cheapside as he walked to...
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Menka: Village of the Breadfruit Goddess
25 November 2021It is one of the most remote ancient sites in the world. Situated on the isolated Micronesian island of Kosrae are the ruins of an ancient...
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27:15
The British Spy who Saved Jews from Hitler
25 November 2021Thomas Kendrick was at the very centre of British Intelligence operations throughout the first half of the twentieth century. He combined a public...
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The Battle of Prokhorovka
24 November 2021The Battle of Prokhorovka was one of the largest tank battles in military history. Taking place on the Eastern Front, it was fought on 12 July 1943...
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23:04
From the Punjab to the Western Front
24 November 2021Over a million Indian soldiers served during the First World War, but many of the records of the soldiers who fought valiantly for the Allied...
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34:48
Medieval Treasure: What To Do If You Find Some
23 November 2021If you're lucky enough to find some 'treasure', you're legally obliged to report it. A coroner then decides whether it's actually treasure. Yes,...
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34:56
The British Monarchy
23 November 2021The British Monarchy is a thread that has run throughout the history of Britain but over the centuries it has been a constantly evolving...
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Henry VIII's Wives on Stage: Six - The Musical
22 November 2021Since its first outing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2017, the stage musical Six has become a worldwide theatre sensation. In it, the six...
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The Nazi Hunt for Mona Lisa
22 November 2021During the Second World War, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa left her usual position in the Louvre, Paris. From 1939 to 1945, the portrait was moved...
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