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Introducing: Gone Medieval
21 April 2021From long-lost viking ships to kings buried in unexpected places; from murders and power politics, to myths, religion, the lives of ordinary people:...
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Lessons from the Antonine Plague
21 April 2021A plague which affects people from across society, the mass exodus from city centres and numerous opinions on how best to stay well ... all familiar...
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Operation Argument with James Holland
21 April 2021In this episode from the archives, Dan sits down with James Holland to talk about Operation Argument. Taking place in February 1944, this was the...
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Lady Mary and the First Inoculation
20 April 2021In the 18th century, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was an aristocrat, courtier, brilliant beauty, intellectual, wife to the ambassador to the Ottoman...
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Introducing 'Leonardo: The Official Podcast'
20 April 2021Here on The Ancients, we think that you will love Leonardo, the official podcast accompanying the murder-mystery period drama starring Aidan...
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Prisoners of Geography
19 April 2021Five years ago Tim Marshall wrote the international best selling book Prisoners of Geography which examined how our politics, demographics, our...
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The Plymouth Blitz
19 April 2021Thousands of houses, 26 schools, 8 cinemas and 41 churches destroyed; 640 separate air raid sirens and almost 1180 killed. Plymouth is not the...
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300 years of British Prime Ministers: Part 3
18 April 2021In the third episode of our series chronicling the history of British Prime Ministers we travel from one of the Most famous occupants of the office,...
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The Legacy of Thermopylae
18 April 2021Ever since its occurence in 480 BC, the Battle of Thermopylae has been the stuff of legend. Echoes of this battle, reportedly fought between a seven...
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Irish Independence
16 April 2021On 18th April 1949, the Republic of Ireland Act came into effect which saw Ireland become a republic and leave the Commonwealth. 2021 also marks the...
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JFK's Darkest Hour: The Cuban Missile Crisis
16 April 2021In October 1962 the world came very close to annihilation during the Cuban Missile Crisis. During the autumn of 1962, a U2 reconnaissance aircraft...
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Battle of Okinawa
16 April 2021The last major confrontation of the Second World War, and the largest amphibious assault of the Pacific theatre, the Battle of Okinawa ended in...
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