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History of the Taliban
21 September 2021In August 2021 the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan for the second time capturing Kabul and ousting the American backed regime, but where do...
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Fortress Cilicia: Megastructures in the Near East
21 September 2021In the aftermath of Alexander the Great’s death, his empire became the subject of a series of titanic clashes: the Wars of the Successors. In...
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The Saxon Origins of London
21 September 2021From ghost town to ceremonial, ecclesiastical and economic hub: how did London develop in the Saxon era, and how is that crucial to what London has...
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Hans Holbein's Early Years
20 September 2021Hans Holbein the Younger is celebrated for his hyper-realistic, iconic portraits of Henry VIII, Thomas More, Thomas Cromwell, Anne of Cleves, Jane...
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Twelve Caesars with Mary Beard
20 September 2021The title of Caesar has echoed down the ages as the pinnacle of absolute power and perhaps even tyranny. A single man at the head of a nation or...
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WW2: Women & Work
20 September 2021From munitions factories and the cabinet war rooms, to flying aircraft and even shaking hands with Joseph Stalin; during the Second World War...
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The Harlem Hellfighters of World War One
19 September 2021During World War One the 369th Infantry Regiment of the US Army gained a fearsome reputation. One of the most effective fighting units they spent...
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Clodius: Best Villain of the Roman Republic?
19 September 2021Historian and author Dr. Emma Southon returns to the Ancients to shine a light on the life - and murder - of Publius Claudius Pulcher (aka...
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The Frontiers of Science & History with A.C. Grayling
18 September 2021A. C. Grayling is one of the foremost minds of his generation and his new book explores some of the biggest questions that face humanity. What do we...
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Witchcraft & the Nobility
18 September 2021Witchcraft has a plethora of negative connotations attached to it. Being accused and found guilty of this in the Middle Ages could be fatal, but...
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Henry VIII's Break with Rome
17 September 2021King Henry VIII was deeply religious and started out as a staunch supporter of the Pope and the Roman Catholic church. But everything changed when...
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Band of Brothers & Masters of the Air
17 September 2021Twenty years after the release of the landmark series Band of Brothers, screenwriter John Orloff is back to bring us Masters of the Air with Steven...
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