Podcasts
All Podcasts
40:17
Battlefield Archaeology
10 July 2021How different is battlefield archaeology compared to other disciplines? Do local legends ever help track down evidence in a field? And why are potato...
Listen Now
41:05
How Coffee and Tobacco Captivated Britain
9 July 2021When tobacco arrived in Britain in the 1560s, it was hailed as a "holy herb", a miracle cure to improve health and a catalyst for wit and...
Listen Now
28:17
Spitfires: The Kids Who Built Them
9 July 202181 years after the beginning of the Battle of Britain in July 1940, we are looking at the people behind one of the iconic machines which helped the...
Listen Now
41:24
The Death of Anne Boleyn
8 July 2021The Story of the Death of Anne Boleyn is a long narrative poem written by the secretary to the French ambassador in London within two weeks of the...
Listen Now
42:10
England and Italy. The History.
8 July 2021The history of Italy and England stretches back thousands of years well before Italy and England even existed as nations. As the two will meet in the...
Listen Now
40:33
Begram: Crossroads of the Ancient World
8 July 2021Bagram, also known as Begram, has been in the news a lot recently. Over the past couple of days, the last US and NATO troops have withdrawn from...
Listen Now
21:51
The Japanese Americans Who Fought in WWII
7 July 2021After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in December 1941, Japanese Americans were put in a terrible position in the USA. Many tens of thousands of...
Listen Now
22:17
WW2: Spying on Nazis
7 July 2021When captured Nazi generals found themselves in Britain in the Second World War, they were probably surprised to be brought to a beautiful country...
Listen Now
28:07
Assyria and the Birth of Writing
6 July 2021It is often the case that it is assumed that it was in ancient Greece and the eastern Mediterranean that was host to the foundation of European...
Listen Now
41:25
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Strait of Messina
6 July 2021Dividing Sicily from Italy, the Strait of Messina is a small stretch of water with an incredible history that stretches back to ancient times. It was...
Listen Now
22:55
Bunions in the Middle Ages
6 July 2021Fashionable footwear in the Middles Ages was not just uncomfortable, but downright dangerous. It turns out fashionable people paid the price for...
Listen Now
51:31
10 Treasures from the National Trust
5 July 2021Dr Tarnya Cooper is the Curatorial and Collections Director at the National Trust. For her recent book, 125 Treasures from the Collections of the...
Listen Now