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Edward III's Failed Leopard Coin
11 September 2021The leopard coin, which is considered the last 'unsuccessful' was re-called shortly after release. But did this coinage make more of an impact than...
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45:35
The Blitz: An Alternative History
10 September 2021Between September 1940 and May 1941, the German Luftwaffe relentlessly pounded British cities with bombs in an attempt to force the British to...
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9/11: From the 105th Floor
10 September 2021For the majority of us, our experience of 9/11 was transmitted through a TV screen, radio, newspaper or even history book. But Joe Dittmar’s...
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Making Babies in the 17th Century
9 September 2021Making babies was a mysterious process for people in early modern England. Their ideas about conception, pregnancy, and childbirth tell us much...
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America's Secret President
9 September 2021In October 1919 President Woodrow Wilson suffered a massive stroke leaving him paralyzed and partially blind. In the face of this crisis of...
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Sex in Ancient Rome
9 September 2021We’ve covered bloody battles, we’ve covered stunning cities, we’ve covered civilisations far away from the ancient Mediterranean. But in some...
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52:45
Trident: Does the Nuclear Deterrent Work?
8 September 2021With the release of the nuclear submarine TV series, Vigil, Dr Nick Ritchie, Senior Lecturer at the University of York and the UK’s leading...
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9/11: Evacuating Ground Zero
8 September 2021At 8:46 am on 11 September 2001 the first plane hit the North Tower of the World Trade Centre in Lower Manhattan. Over the next 9 hours, almost half...
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The Normans
7 September 2021The Norman conquest of England in 1066 was one of the great milestones of English history but there were in fact many Norman invasions and their...
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Viking Ships
7 September 2021The Vikings are remembered fundamentally as seafaring people, and how could they be so if not for their ships? In this episode, Cat speaks to a world...
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Ottoman Traveller: Fynes Moryson
6 September 2021In July 1596, Fynes Moryson - a Lincolnshire gentleman and travel writer - was struck down with grief when his younger brother died as they...
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A New History of the Middle Ages with Dan Jones
6 September 2021Do the 21st Century and the Middle Ages really share that much in common? Climate change, pandemics, technological disruption, interconnected global...
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