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The Jacobite Risings
20 August 2021On 19 August 1745, the Jacobites engaged in the final of their five uprisings, stretching back to 1689. In this episode, Kelsey Ellington examines...
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Beauty Ideals in the 16th Century
19 August 2021What was the 16th century ideal of beauty for women? Fat or thin? Blonde or brunette? Pale or tanned? How did women keep clean? Did they...
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What Went Wrong in Afghanistan?
19 August 2021History is vital for contextualising current events but as Professor Paul Miller argues in today's episode of the podcast it cannot tell us all we...
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Colchester: From Bronze Age to Boudica
19 August 2021It is the one possible case of urbanisation in Britain prior to the arrival of the Romans, and that is just the start of the story of Colchester. In...
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Afghanistan: History Repeating Itself?
18 August 2021The collapse of the Afghan army and government and takeover by the Taliban has evoked many historical comparisons, but how valid are they? To find...
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Critiquing the War in Afghanistan with Mike Martin
18 August 2021In 2014, Dr Mike Martin famously critiqued the Ministry of Defence with a book based on a series of conversations Martin had with the Afghan locals,...
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The Rise of Oliver Cromwell
17 August 2021Oliver Cromwell is the only English commoner to become head of state and is one of the most remarkable and controversial figures in history....
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Tacfarinas: The Desert Hydra
17 August 2021He was one of the greatest rebels of Rome from the 1st century AD, but his name is not one you might initially think of. Derided by Roman historians...
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Æthelred the Unready
17 August 2021His 38 years as king make him one of the longest ruling monarchs in English history, and yet he is remembered as unsuccessful, naive and overly harsh...
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Bloody Mary vs. The Virgin Queen
16 August 2021Queen Mary I has had a bad press over the centuries, her five-years on the throne overshadowed by her half-sister Elizabeth's 45-year...
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Bonnie Prince Charlie
16 August 2021In August 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie led a rebellion that brought the Jacobite cause closer to seizing the throne than almost any other. He had...
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WW2: Tank Hero in Battle of Arras
16 August 2021Major-General Eugene Vincent Michael Strickland, known to many as Strick - was a tankman and war hero of France, Italy, and North Africa during...
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